Arizona

  • Unseen hands

    that manipulate interest rates, oil price, appropriate and earmark budgets for the commons. Adam Smith must be talking about the abstract “invisible hand” of a free market, while in reality, we all feel there are levers behind the scene with successive hands, tinkling and adjusting. Some are automated, by self-improving algorithms. One example of the…

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  • Use it

    Safeway doesn’t feel safe. Desert is now full of people ( from the media to law enforcement). Last weekend Arizona shooting reminds me of “Under The Banner of Heaven” which revealed the intersect of religious occult and gun culture in the region. It also highlights young people’s plight to make a name for themselves (in…

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