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Conspicuous Minimalism

September 6, 2006

From Generation X by Douglas Coupland: Conspicuous Minimalism: the non-ownership of material goods flaunted as a token of moral and intellectual superiority. (p107) I DON’T HAVE DSL! DID I TELL YOU THAT TODAY? Yeah, OK. I guess I’m a little guilty of this one… Generation X was written in 1991, 15 years ago. I have [...]

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Bread and Circuits

September 5, 2006

From Generation X by Douglas Coupland: Bread and CircuitsThe electronic era tendency to view party politics as corny no longer relevant or meaningful or useful to modern societal issues, and in many cases, dangerous. (p80) I’ve got to admit, despite the really lively and active citizen-political community in my home town, I just can’t get [...]

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Anti-Sabbatical

September 4, 2006

From Generation X by Douglas Coupland: Anti-sabbatical: a job taken with the sole intention of staying only for a limited period of time (often one year). The intention is usually to raise enough funds to partake in another, more personally meaningful activity such as watercolor sketching in Crete or designing computer knit sweaters in Hong [...]

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Cosmopolitanism

January 23, 2006

The book, Cosmopolitanism, has been making the review columns and the author, Kwame Anthony Appiah, was interviewed on NPR today. I haven’t had a chance to read it, but it will be on my list next visit to Appletree Books. The reason is the definition the author gave on NPR today: “Cosmopolitanism for me has [...]

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