Day: March 4, 2015

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6 Ways to Humiliate Yourself in Europe

Fernando Kaskais

by SmarterTravel The consequences of looking like a tourist in a foreign place can range from serious (becoming a target for theft and scams) to humorous (awkwardness, frustration, public embarrassment). Here are a few of the most blatant ways that your lack of familiarity with local culture in Europe can bring you public shame and humiliation, plus advice on keeping it cool while abroad. Pack Too Much Less is more in Europe, where you’ll definitely have some difficulty maneuvering a 33-inch spinner onto public transit and through busy city streets. Mortification and frustration are common side effects that occur when … Continue reading 6 Ways to Humiliate Yourself in Europe

Big Brother, Bizarre, Curiositys, Globalization, Matrix, Media&Culture, Technology1 Comment

We Give Up Our Data Too Cheaply

Fernando Kaskais

by Bruce Schneier Our data has enormous value when we put it all together. Our movement records help with urban planning. Our financial records enable the police to detect and prevent money laundering. Our posts and tweets help researchers understand how we tick as a society. There are all sorts of creative and interesting uses for personal data, uses that give birth to new knowledge and make all of our lives better. Our data is also valuable to each of us individually, to keep private or disclose as we want. And there’s the rub. Using data pits group interest against … Continue reading We Give Up Our Data Too Cheaply

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The growing anti-science movement is making people in Silicon Valley nervous

Fernando Kaskais

Wikimedia/ National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Galileo, who was forced to recant his scientifically correct discovery that the Earth revolved around the sun. by Matt Rosoff I was at a small dinner party Saturday night, and a big part of the conversation revolved around an article in this month’s National Geographic about how many Americans doubt science. For instance, scientists now accept that the earth’s atmosphere is getting warmer because people are pumping carbon dioxide into the air and that this will cause dramatic changes in the climate. But only 40% of Americans believe this is true, according to a … Continue reading The growing anti-science movement is making people in Silicon Valley nervous

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Do You Know Your Body? 25 Mind-Blowing Facts About The Human Body

Fernando Kaskais

By Justin Caba Just when you think you know everything there is to know about the human body, you learn something new. Take, for example, your heartbeat. You know it changes, but did you know it can change to imitate the music you listen to? A video uploaded by What The Facts brings us 25 interesting facts about the human body that may blow your mind. The heart is by far one of the most interesting organs inside the human body. The heart, which rests in the middle of the body and not the left side, creates enough energy every … Continue reading Do You Know Your Body? 25 Mind-Blowing Facts About The Human Body

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London property boom built on dirty money

Fernando Kaskais

by Jim Armitage Billions of pounds of corruptly gained money has been laundered by criminals and foreign officials buying upmarket London properties through anonymous offshore front companies – making the city arguably the world capital of money laundering. Some 36,342 properties in London have been bought through hidden companies in offshore havens and while a majority of those will have been kept secret for legitimate privacy purposes, vast numbers are thought to have been bought anonymously to hide stolen money. The flow of corrupt cash has driven up average prices with a “widespread ripple effect down the property price chain … Continue reading London property boom built on dirty money

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Flash Wisdom on Authority

Fernando Kaskais

Goethe in the Roman Campagna by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. By Russ Kick [From the new disinformation® book by Russ Kick, Flash Wisdom: A Curated Collection of Mind-Blowing, Perspective-Changing Quotes] Government, the legal system, school, organized religions, the media, corporations, various economic concerns . . . there are a number of powerful, pervasive institutions that want to control you. It’s either their overt purpose or a by-product of their very existence. In order to not disintegrate, they must have at least a piece of you, if not all of you, for at least part of your life, if not all … Continue reading Flash Wisdom on Authority

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Much to be Learned from Internet Trolls, Psychopaths, and Haters

Fernando Kaskais

by Alen Mischael Vukelić Social networks on the Internet give a perfect possibility to see all kinds of human behavior simultaneously at one glance without the need for immediate interaction. You always have the time to read a comment, reflect on it, and give an answer – or not – appropriate to the discussion. You don’t have to answer right away, and exactly this gives you the opportunity to learn and to grow as a person. I think that when meeting people in person, we usually get overwhelmed just by someone’s appearance or facial expressions, which sometimes suffice to provoke … Continue reading Much to be Learned from Internet Trolls, Psychopaths, and Haters

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Why You Should Unlearn Almost Everything You Know

Fernando Kaskais

painting by Mike Stilkey by Michelle Walling Have you found yourselves awakened and confused as hell about what the truth is? Part of the Matrix plan is to provide various teachings of how to move your consciousness into a higher level of the astral realm where you will not realize that you are still in the hierarchical prison system. Thankfully, even utter confusion can be a catalyst to finally realizing that most metaphysical, esoteric, and spiritual-based information readily available in major bookstores is misleading and unnecessary. Following the Flock With so many things readily available on the bookshelves and on … Continue reading Why You Should Unlearn Almost Everything You Know