There is a lot of speculation about the fate of the euro–the shared currency 17 states within the 27-state European Union. The reporting all tends to assume that the collapse of the euro would be a very bad thing (a point of view that I share). However, there is sentiment that the collapse of the euro might be a good thing for ordinary citizens of Europe. Counterpunch is a good lefty source, and it ran an essay arguing precisely that.
Since March of 2009 there have been 50 self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Chinese rule in Tibet. Such acts are motivated by profound desperation, but there has been only sporadic attention to these protests in the media–the Chinese have suppressed information about them to an incredible degree. Tenzin Dorjee, executive director of Students for a Free Tibet, brings light to this subject in this interview.
The McKinsey Global Institute has done a study of communication in the US since 1900. Its results are staggering: Americans transmit about 12 trillion words per year. Here’s a graph of how things have changed since 1900.
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