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		<title>I got nothing</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2010/01/23/i-got-nothing/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=i-got-nothing</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ownership]]></category>
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Ownership and property are the cornerstones of the modern society. But where do they come from? Where are they going? Do they have a ticket, or are they just getting a free ride? And more importantly, are they real?
The sense of ownership is but a refinement of a much more basic and raw force within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules and regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2009/10/18/rules-and-regulations/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rules-and-regulations</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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I do not know when the first rule was invented, but boy, do I wish I was there. The one who made it must have been one pissed off caveman. “MOKO EAT FIRST!!! RULE!!!” And the rest of the tribe acquiesced and waited patiently for Moko to die of indigestion.
It probably took a few (hundred) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hypocracy</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2009/07/04/hypocracy/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=hypocracy</link>
		<comments>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2009/07/04/hypocracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democracy means, literally, “the rule of the people”. It was invented by the Greeks, thousands of years ago, and it became the preferred type of organisation for their city states, like the powerful Athens. There’s a lot to be said about&#160; democracy of a city state, where every citizen gets to vote. Well, every citizen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2009/03/09/advertising/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=advertising</link>
		<comments>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2009/03/09/advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cognitive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dissonance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
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Advertising is the art of selling you a solution you never knew you needed to a problem you never knew you had.
How&#8217;s that for a nutshell?
The main goal of an ad campaign is to make you feel dissatisfied. Let&#8217;s skip the obvious ones, like the ads for the Wear-these-and-lead-a-carefree-lifestyle Jeans (TM), or the dreadful My-laundry-is-whiter-than-thou [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practical wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2009/02/18/practical-wisdom/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=practical-wisdom</link>
		<comments>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2009/02/18/practical-wisdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the TED talk given by Barry Schwartz on wisdom and moral responsibility. At 20 minutes it is rather long, but well worth your time. From his biography:
Barry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life. Lately, working with Ken Sharpe, he&#8217;s studying wisdom.



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		<title>The value of money</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2008/09/23/the-value-of-money/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-value-of-money</link>
		<comments>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2008/09/23/the-value-of-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My money&#8217;s worthless. But that&#8217;s ok, because so are yours. Or rather, they have exactly the value you think they have. Which is a pretty neat trick to pull for a piece of paper.
The main purpose of any commercial enterprise in this world is to make money. Or, to translate in marketspeak, to create value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teach your children to lie</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2008/03/19/teach-your-children-to-lie/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=teach-your-children-to-lie</link>
		<comments>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2008/03/19/teach-your-children-to-lie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[function]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No, no, no &#8211; you say. Lie? We should teach them to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help them, cross  their heart and all that. They have to be honest to a fault, you know, straightforward and trustworthy. That is, just like their parents.
Sounds familiar? Almost every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The fast food culture</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2007/08/16/the-fast-food-culture/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-fast-food-culture</link>
		<comments>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2007/08/16/the-fast-food-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[masterpiece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is this myth that circulates among the finer circles of art aficionados nowadays. It amounts to ancestor worship, really, and in a nutshell, it can be described as this: it&#8217;s the classics that really matter; only the classics are worthy of our attention. It shuns the current crop of art as it were a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The great, late Douglas Adams</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2007/07/13/the-great-late-douglas-adams/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-great-late-douglas-adams</link>
		<comments>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2007/07/13/the-great-late-douglas-adams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[42]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hitchhiker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rip]]></category>

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Now this is something that everybody and their dog should read. Twice. And seriously think about it afterwards. It is the transcript of a free-form speech given by the late Douglas Adams at the  Digital Biota 2 conference in Cambridge, 1998. Enjoy!
http://www.biota.org/people/douglasadams/
We&#8217;ll get back to our regular program presently.
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		<title>The greatest game</title>
		<link>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2007/06/01/the-greatest-game/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-greatest-game</link>
		<comments>http://www.shadowscape.eu/2007/06/01/the-greatest-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prestige]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We came pretty far ahead of our mammoth-hunting ancestors, don&#8217;t you think? I mean, we&#8217;ve got cars and jobs and ready-made meals and television and airplanes&#8230; not to mention Internet. We&#8217;re doin&#8217; alright, friend. At least those of us who got money.
The dough. The ice. The cold-hard cash. Whatever you want to call it, it [...]]]></description>
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