I was reading Anti-Oedipus, minding my own business, when I came across this marvelous anthropological observation describing what the chief of a tribe does with surplus food:
“The chief converts this perishable wealth into imperishable prestige through the medium of spectacular feasting. The ultimate consumers are in this way the original producers.” (Leach, 1966, p. 89; […]
Spectacular Feast: Social Media and Ultimate Consumerism
September 2nd, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: collaboration and technology
A Nomad’s Guide to Learning and Social Software
November 1st, 2005 · 2 Comments
UPDATE: For those who rather read the article online, I have pasted it below.
Back from Barcelona, where we had a wonderful time! Currently swamped with work and life, so the summary of the congress is going to have to wait a bit. However, I wanted to share the link to an article I just wrote […]
Tags: online learning