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DERY: ... but I feel that in discussions like this, there's a phenomenon where technopundits wear Global Business Network blinkers. The democratization of available avenues of possibility is always phrased in market-friendly terms. It's about purchasing power--the cornucopia of options available to those who can stuff their shopping carts and proceed to checkout. How many options were available to those who were marooned in New Orleans? The ragtag who are rotting in what used to be quaintly called the real world, somewhere off-line, are left behind...
...rather for normal things like haircuts and clothing. There is, of course, the danger that they will be ridiculed for having previously lived on Hooker Street until their mommies altered its name on their behalf. Closer empirical analysis reveals, however, that homeowners are wealthy enough to buy their children stuff that will ease the short-term pain caused by such accusations...
...process. I saw and did some stupid things, like snorting a spoonful of vodka at the swanky final dinner. But I didn’t see any really awful things, though it did feel awful to have vodka in my sinuses. The worst of the club, it seemed, was stuff that reminded me of being dumb and in high school. Though I didn’t see too much that upset me during the punch process, I think it was because the problems weren’t always visible, or were hard to see in the glare of the beautiful...
...little more friendly than most people. I learn names and keep a low profile—a low profile,” he emphasizes, pointing to the reporter’s notebook on the table. “Then I learn stuff...
...Anyone who has ever been to a high school wrestling meet knows the ways of capitalizing on disordered chaos and turning it into a Salvation Army give-away for sweatpants and stuff. In other words, wrestling dudes may have been suspicious characters, but they were always good at bogarting free gear. First you “check someone’s oil,” then you steal his pants. Only the latter part of this behavior should be emulated...