Kenny Mann

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• Commented on Bruce Sterling on Web 2.0
  @I would expect Teh Intertubes to go through the same boom and bust cycles that finance has, and for about the same reasons. Gladly, with the expectation that there would be way less human tragedy along the way....
• Commented on Bruce Sterling on Web 2.0
  Quote: =================================================== ...And that's absolutely the way of the world... nothing any critic can do about it. People do make mistakes, they interpret things wrongly -- but more to the point, they DELIBERATELY make mistakes in creative work. Creative people...
• Commented on Public elementary schools that integrate dance, music, and art
  This discussion: Once again, contention actually manages to elbow out an evolving idea. Our expectations shouldn't get in the way on either side, here. Don't make final priorities out of them. The more possibiliies, the better the kids' chances....
• Commented on Experiment provides "body swapping" experience
  "I think I am somebody else, therefore I am," - René Descartes...
• Commented on Cognitive Therapy is as effective as anti-depressants in chronic depression
  It’s interesting to turn the list of cognitive distortions around from what we see and expect in ourselves to what the world around us rules us by. Do “they,” for instance, expect all or nothing, jump to conclusions, discount the...
• Commented on Scientist who did groundwork for Chemistry Nobel now works for $10/h at a Toyota dealership
  Despite the star system, EVERYTHING is a team sport, except that sometimes a team player contributes long after he's been sent to the minors and beyond....
• Commented on People who have killed their lawns
  Turn your lawn into a grotto: Grasslands evolved (with the help of evolving herbivores) to displace forests. One of the best ways to kill a lawn is to join the other side. Some trees do a fine job of making...
• Commented on Replace GDP with something that reflects real quality of life
  Even Adam Smith was candid about the deceptiveness of productivity and the quality of life: ======================================================== The pleasures of wealth and greatness... ...strike the imagination as something grand and beautiful and noble, of which the attainment is well worth all...
• Commented on London cops declare war on photography
  More to the point: What if they ARE odd? Maybe if we all just got together on taking responsibility for trying to get used to it......