Utopica

  • (continuare a articolului Ipocriziile ignoranţei docte (M. Foucault)) Pe coasta de vest a Americii trăiesc a ”bunch of liberals”, copiii generației hippie de prin ’60-’70, postmoderni fițoși, activiști ai drepturilor minorităților de orice fel și culoare (cam la fel de violenți ca talibanii retrograzi de prin alte colțuri ale lumii), ”tree huggers” emoționați la zumzetul unui

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  • Surviving the future?

    Becoming a simple mechanism in the fabric of our existence, considering the gospel of progress, part of  our present omnipotent techno-soteriology, and using the predictive simulations of computers (instead God’s holograms or “prophecies”, in biblical terminology), is good to listen, critically, some warnings and promises of utopian futurism: death of nature, supremacy of technology, control of birth,

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  • At the celebration of 34 years, I heed the words of Shakespeare: I wasted time, and now doth time waste me (“King Richard II” by W. Shakespeare, Act V, Scene V49) or I can listen very carefully the words of  the psalmist: Teach us to count our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of

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  • În sfârșit o șansă pentru a umaniza maimuțele. După ce L-am ”antropologizat” pe Dumnezeu, începem să antropologizăm și animalele. Bat-o vina de evoluție că tot creaționiști suntem! (Reuters, July 21, 2011) – Scientific experiments that insert human genes or cells into animals need new rules to ensure they are ethically acceptable and do not lead

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  • Microsoft’s Reign

    I found a funny picture, old but still valid (even if the Microsoft’s trend is decreasing and Apple can take the “tyrant’s” place). Credits: The Apple Collection (:-) )

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