AP: Census Data Shows Recession Takes Big Toll on Young Adults

by gtdonovan on September 27, 2011 at 12:28 pm · Filed under census, identity, link, lost generation, unemployment, work, youth

From the article: “Young adults are the recession’s lost generation. In record numbers, they’re struggling to find work, shunning long-distance moves to live with mom and dad, delaying marriage and raising kids out of wedlock, if they’re becoming parents at all. The unemployment rate for them is the highest since World War II, and they risk living in poverty more than others – nearly 1 in 5.”

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You’re not the customer, you’re the product

by gtdonovan on September 26, 2011 at 2:44 pm · Filed under commerce, commodification, facebook, free, identity, image, monetization, privatization

h/t http://imgur.com/gallery/WiOMq

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NY Times: Pirate Party Wins 8.9 Percent of Vote in Berlin

by gtdonovan on September 21, 2011 at 11:49 am · Filed under affinity politics, Berlin, cybercity, elections, governance, identity, link, media politics, participation, pirate party, privacy

From the article: “By winning 8.9 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election in [Berlin], these political pirates surpassed — blew away, really — every expectation for what was supposed to be a fringe, one-issue party promoting Internet freedom. The Pirates so outstripped expectations that all 15 candidates on their list won seats … The question that members of Germany’s political establishment are now asking after the insurgent party stormed the statehouse is this: Are the Pirates merely the punch line to a joke, a focus of protest, a reflection of electoral disgust with all established political parties — or an exciting experiment in a new form of online democracy?”

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Luddite Revival

by gtdonovan on September 10, 2011 at 6:51 pm · Filed under cybercity, grafffiti, greenpoint, identity, image, luddite, robots

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MiND-Fi

by gtdonovan on March 10, 2011 at 1:12 pm · Filed under comedy, commodification, freedom, identity, informationalism, MiND-Fi, Portlandia, tech-loop, technology

Technology Loop from Portlandia (h/t Lisa Ashby Brundage):

Carrie: Welcome to MiND-Fi

Fred: Carrie, What’s that?

Carrie: It’s MiND-Fi, I just installed it. It’s like Wi-Fi, but for thoughts. Now, you can let go of all your electronic devices and just be free in your mind.

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