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“If that’s what Adam Smith had in mind, I’ll be in...

“If that’s what Adam Smith had in mind, I’ll be in the corner fellating Marx. And Engels.”

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Posted on 11th June 2006 Details

“If that's what Adam Smith had in mind, I'll be in...

“If that's what Adam Smith had in mind, I'll be in the corner fellating Marx. And Engels.”

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Posted on 11th June 2006 Details

Fivelimes is a green social network which allows y...

Fivelimes is a green social network which allows you to search for or review eco-friendly and socially responsible products and services.

Linked on 9th November 2006 Details

Quick review – Dinosaur 13

It could be the title of a cheap sci-fi movie, it's not. Dinosaur 13 is a gripping, albeit biased, documentary that could rival many thrillers.

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Posted on 9th January 2015 Details

The new pornographers.

A long read, but worth it, on how technology reviews have pretty much turned into design fetishism rather than proper evaluation of functionality. It's true that bad reviews have become exceedingly rare.

This report argues that consumer technology reviewers have failed their basic nominal purpose of critiquing tools. Instead, inspired by values introduced by Apple in the late 1990s, the tech review industry prioritizes aesthetic lust as the primary critical factor for evaluating objects. The reification of these values in their scoring system is transmitted to consumers and manufacturers alike. Like other prurient things, the objects designed within this paradigm are optimized not for usefulness but for photogenic and telegenic properties, a framework that finds its fullest realization in YouTube reviews and unboxing videos.

Linked on 16th February 2022 Details