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...merely a computer game that does not have social responsibilities or consequences, and that this extreme valuation of money is merely part of the fun. While Second Life is indeed unreality, it also represents a psychological intersection between reality and fiction. In an interview with CNN earlier this year, Philip Rosendale, founder and CEO of Linden Lab, discussed what he called Second Life’s “plasticity.” He said, “The world in Second Life is so easy to change. It is so plastic that it’s addictive. It?...
Calatrava: Complete Works 1979-2007 (Taschen) The work of architect Santiago Calatrava, who designed the 2004 Athens Olympic Stadium and is currently planning the Chicago Spire, is on display in this illustrated volume by Philip Jodidio...
...However, what's rational for Bolivia doesn't necessarily fly for the United States: "There's really only one good use for the coca leaf in economic terms, and that's cocaine," the U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, Philip Goldberg, told the Associated Press late last year. Bolivians denounce this stance as hypocritical, since the largest legal market for coca leaves is actually the United States...
...bullshit is a dangerous evil that can cause our society to lose sight of the truth’s value.But sometimes these situations are difficult to escape. I recently ran into a friend on Dunster Street, who asked me if I’d finished reading his copy of Philip Roth’s classic, “American Pastoral.”Suddenly ambushed, I heard “Yes, I loved it!” exiting my mouth with the over-enthusiasm of a coked-up Dallas Cowgirl. In reality I had only reached roughly page 20, where...
...Philip Landersen, NEW YORK CITY...