A couple of weeks ago on Earshot we spoke to Larry Mead, who has been described as “NYU’s token conservative” (which is a backhanded compliment really if you consider the reactionary liberalism NYU is known for). He is also the guy who invented workfare. I disagree with almost everything he says, but his is certainly an interesting point of view.
I’m back and forth on this guy. I sort of eased up a bit because the Ethnographer’s Tale was pretty ok, but then I read “Embodied Knowledge and the Politics of Location” also in Blurred Boundaries. It’s seventeen pages of meaningless rambling shite. I think in the entire thing there was about one sentence that meant anything and I’ve now forgotten it.
Damned be postmodern discourse.
O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference – March 6-9, 2006 – San Diego, CA
Clay’s presentation at eTech. I’ve been working with the moderation strategies group at ITP. This is a big day for us. Our Wiki is about to get very busy.
Important
A few weeks ago on Earshot we did an episode about how a college in Ohio has decided to start informing the parents of students if their offspring were caught drinking. We spoke to Randy Havesham, who thinks this is a fine idea. He likens people’s children to investments and reasons that as investors parents have a right to know if their children are doing things they wouldn’t approve of.
I can’t for the life of me see what business a University has informing an adult’s parents of anything.
