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13th
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13th
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24th
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24th
Obama has been a classic Internet-start up, a movement spreading with viral intensity and propelled by some of Silicon Valley’s most creative minds. As with any online phenomenon, he has jumped national borders, stirring as much buzz in Berlin as he does back home.
Jun
12th
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12th
The science-fiction movies of the future will be called documentaries.
Jun
4th
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4th
New York? A fair number of smart people, but diluted by a much larger number of neanderthals in suits.
We must become “digital chefs” and cook delicious dishes of information.
Jun
3rd
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3rd
Einmal, in Buenos Aires, habe ich eine Demonstration alter Menschen beobachtet. Sie trugen Mäntel aus gutem Stoff, die ihre besten Zeiten hinter sich hatten. Der Aufstand begann als Spaziergang durch die Fußgängerzone. Auf Höhe der ersten Bank holten sie blitzschnell Spraydosen, Hämmer und Trillerpfeifen aus Hand- und Manteltaschen. Mit einer Energie, die ich den älteren Herrschaften nicht zugetraut hätte, schlugen sie mit den Hämmern auf den die Schaufenster der Bank schützenden Metallzaun oder sprayten Verfluchungen gegen den Kapitalismus, dessen Repräsentanten sie anscheinend einst gewesen waren, an die Wände. Sie forderten ihre Spareinlagen zurück, die der Staat ihnen genommen hatte.
In fact, they say, in tariff-equivalent terms, the explosion in global transport costs has effectively offset all the trade liberalization efforts of the last three decades.
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18th
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18th
Palestinian boys give their girlfriends phones for the express purpose of being able to communicate with them in a semi-private manner without the physical proximity that would be frowned on. At the same time, girls know that parents do not approve of them having access to such private encounters with boys - they go to great lengths to hide their mobiles and suffer consequences when they are found out. While the boys offered these phones as a tool of freedom, they often came with a price.