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Monday, July 10th, 2006
Quotation of the day
Ultimately, the meaning of a tool is inseparable from the stories that surround it. Consider the similarity between what is involved in creating and using a tool and the sequence of narrative. Even the chimpanzee picking up and peeling a twig to “fish” for termites requires the mental projection of a sequence, including an initial […]
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Monday, July 10th, 2006
My only World Cup post
Proof of Clive’s theory that history now happens twice, the first time as tragedy, the second as videogame: the Zidane headbutt game. Created, of course, by someone at an Italian address.
I was heartbroken by the awful end of Zidane’s game, and career. But even I have to admit that it’s a pretty […]
