Posts Tagged ‘economy’
Homo Economicus
October 14th, 2009 by lifeproof
This is not a new term, it is almost as old as Darwin‘s evolution theory and even older than Veblen‘s theory of the leisure class. The term just popped into my mind last night walking down the street thinking about survival of the fittest in the urban jungle and that “fitness” does not have to [...]
Tags: Capitalism, Charles Darwin, consumerism, Darwin, dasein, economy, evolution, homo economicus, John Stuart Mill, Michel Foucault, phenomenology, primacy of economics, rags to riches, the medium is the message, theory of the leisure class, Thorsten Veblen, urban jungle
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F*#k the Money
May 8th, 2009 by lifeproof
I have just told you yesterday, while talking about poor Kiril’s outrage, that the advertising business was going mad and becoming more and more obscene to come up with ideas that would sell. Well, sex always sells! And I want to add: We ♥ sex! + We ♥ money! = We ♥ money having sex.
Tags: advertisement, advertising, Bontrust, economy, finance, financial services, money, sex, YouTube
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Ambient Devices
April 28th, 2009 by lifeproof
Ambient Devices came out recently–their motto is “information at a glance.” Ambient devices are the evolved version of our old table clocks, thermometers and radios. The evolution is that they are now internet based products, that use the information that they receive from the internet and present to you–at your dinner table or side of [...]
Tags: alarm clock, Ambient Devices, economy, email, sports news, stock market, traffic news, weather forecast
Posted in PinPoint