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It's Good to Know You Do Care Really
Putting aside the credibility problem that afflicts ''Why We Don't Care'' pieces, roughly in proportion to their word count, Kirsch was doing alright here. That is, up until his assertion that the source of injustice at the Swedish Academy is Europe's pent-up resentment at being ''culturally, economically and politically dependent on the United ...
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Nordolf
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October 7, 2008
synchronicity
has anyone else noted how nicely this dovetails with Saturday's Undercover Economist, ''How Facebook Is Like Ikea They get their customers to do the workâand to enjoy doing it.''? http://www.slate.com/id/2182149/
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gzuckier
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January 23, 2008