Nov 202010
 
  1. Empathize with your enemy.
  2. Rationality will not save us.
  3. There’s something beyond one’s self.
  4. Maximize efficiency.
  5. Proportionality should be a guideline in war.
  6. Get the data.
  7. Belief and seeing are often both wrong.
  8. Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning.
  9. In order to do good, you have to engage in evil.
  10. Never say never.
  11. You can’t change human nature.
Nov 202010
 

See Wikipedia: “An anacoluthon is a rhetorical device that can be loosely defined as a change of syntax within a sentence. More specifically, anacoluthons (or “anacoluthia”) are created when a sentence abruptly changes from one structure to another.

Anacoluthon is often used in stream of consciousness writing, such as that of James Joyce, because it is characteristic of informal human thought.”

Nov 202010
 
  1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
  2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
  3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
  4. Supremacy of the Military
  5. Rampant Sexism
  6. Controlled Mass Media
  7. Obsession with National Security
  8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
  9. Corporate Power is Protected
  10. Labor Power is Suppressed
  11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
  12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
  13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
  14. Fraudulent Elections
Nov 202010
 

Thomas Weisser (noted Japanese and Asian film critic):

  1. Japanese Cinema: The Essential Handbook.
  2. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Films
  3. Asian Cult Cinema.
  4. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films

Selected Film Titles

  • Lover
  • Organ (Kei Fujiwara)
  • Pinnochio 964 (Shozin Fukui)
  • Hiruko the Goblin
  • The Entrails films
  • Makai Tensho
  • Rubber’s Lover
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Shin’ya Tsukamoto)
  • Death Powder
  • Dangan Runner
  • Tokyo Fist
  • Bullet Ballet
  • Gemini
  • Nov 202010
     

    “The survey identified three key obstacles that stand in the path of improved document management: technology, people and strategy.”

    David MacDonald, “Outsourced knowledge management is one option.” Computing Canada, March 5, 1999.

    TK: A perfect universal contractor observation that can be reused for virtually any technology project to sound profound and important… years later, this still makes me laugh except that some very large company got paid thousands for this pamblum…