Like Marx, Schumpeter didn’t think that capitalism would last. But unlike Marx, the inevitable demise of capitalism made him sad. Schumpeter didn’t think that capitalism would create a revolutionary class that would rise up to destroy it. He instead thought that capitalism was so inherently insane that the elites of society would simply get tired of the damn thing.

—The Smart Set: Money Talks - February 24, 2009

I guess its healthy, I guess the air is clean.
I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends.
Look at that kitchen and all of that food.
Look at them eat it guess it tastes real good.

They grow it in the farmlands
And they take it to the stores
They put it in the car trunk
And they bring it back home
And I say …

I say, I wouldn’t live there if you paid me.
I wouldn’t live like that, no siree!
I wouldn’t do the things the way those people do.
I wouldn’t live there if you paid me to.

—Talking Heads, “The Big Country” (1978)

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A young boy, upon hearing the legend of Milo of Croton, determined to do the same. There was a calf in the barn, born that very morning, and the boy resolved to lift up the calf each day. As the calf grew, so would his strength, day by day, until the calf was grown and he was able to lift a bull.

“Did it work?” I asked.

“No,” said Ranjit. “A newborn calf already weighs like a hundred pounds.”

—The Universe of Discourse : Milo of Croton and the sometimes failure of inductive proofs

A vision of the future.

The Big Picture - Boston.com

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Robot High School (via myrobotfriend)

It’s still lipsynching, even if you call it a “lip dub”. But it’s still awesome when it’s awesome.

Lip Dub - Tambureddu HD on Vimeo (via Vimeo)