Power

Why ‘standards’ are the chief power of stupidity in terms of systems

November 27, 2013
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The internet revolution has taken books and publication out of the control of the gatekeepers and the prevailing standard makers. So I predict the “reform” (which is already happening) will not be related to “publish or perish” but to “get grants get prizes, and funding or perish.”

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Reading a Tony Hoagland Poem: Inattention and Power

June 27, 2012
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We could learn much about Hoagland by seeing what he does not include, and what he does not pay attention to.

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Pont-consciousness: Reading Arendt and Blake

May 9, 2012
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The genius of Blake is his playing out the location of private and public human activity to show their psychological truth and depth.

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100 Chimes at Midnight

April 10, 2010
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FALSTAFF:
My king! my Jove! I speak to thee, my heart!

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