“After 9/11 half of America went to war and the rest went shopping. Wall Street coined newfangled financial instruments to leverage the universe and Main Street fell for them. Division grew, fellowship withered. .. “ Pl read this feature on American social & economic decay by Roger Cohen, in NYT as always incisive & thoughtful [...]
Advertisments &News Entropy | 01 Nov 2009
Czech Republic: Prague Museum Traces Communism From ‘Dream’ To ‘Nightmare’ The museum focuses on the totalitarian regime from the February coup in 1948 to its rapid collapse in November 1989. The theme of the Museum is “Communism- the Dream, the Reality, and the Nightmare” and visitors will be treated to a fully immersive experience. Immersive [...]
Advertisments &News Entropy | 02 Oct 2009
A one minute advertisement for the launch of Turkish Edition of The New York Times. They constructed typographic versions of the most recognizable landmarks in Manhattan and Istanbul, and created a compact tour taking the audience from the New York Harbor all the way to the Bosphorus. Actual pages from the first issue of the [...]
Economic Behaviour &News Entropy | 13 Mar 2009
This is an eloquent, incisive & relevant article by NYT columist Judith Warner. In essence in this media driven superficial society, devoid of contemplation or reflection, we have lost our values & bearings.. We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men -T.S. Eliot Better and Brighter Over the course of the past week [...]
Economic Behaviour &News Entropy | 02 Feb 2009
This is brilliant , a humorous & ironical article by Rick Moranis a Canadian writer, actor & musician, published in recent New York Times. – Enjoy “Slumdog Billionaire.” Thank you for calling BadBank, otherwise known as “Slumdog Billionaire.” This call will not be monitored for quality control. One of our customer service representatives will be [...]
I was moved by sublime music performance , Air & Simple Gifts..during inauguration, to an extent, due to the fact that I ve always loved Yo YoMa’s music Excerpts form NYT captivating review reproduced here.. The cellist Yo-YoMa, who was asked by the inauguration committee to organize the performance, invited three illustrious colleagues to join [...]