Tag Archives: apple computer

innovation or commodification

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Dave

Do product patents reduce economic efficiency and cut back on technological innovation? Do the have-nots become more naught? Are free-markets just a catch-work for the elimination of job security? And what of our naive assumptions that technological solutions to political … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alain Badiou, Alvin Toffler, apple computer, charles leadbetter, Howlin Wolf, Noam Chomsky, paul romer, robert fulford national post, Slavoj Zizek, ulrich beck | Leave a comment

theory of the middle class : a few bad apples

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Dave

Jonathan McIntosh:We will miss Steve Jobs. We will not miss his pioneering of closed systems, monopolies, predatory business practices, slave labor, worker suicides and locked devices…. Apple products. iwant, iwant, iwant, idesire, idesire,….the epitomy, the sweet spot of American middle … Continue reading →