Useful…
“Legacy futures, according to Jamais Cascio, are old visions of the future that have thoroughly colonized our minds so much that we cannot help but make reference to them in our thoughts about both the future and the present. The frequent statement that defense thinkers are ‘stuck in the Cold War’ is an implicit accusation of a legacy future.” — Why “1984″ Is a Legacy Future
and less so:
“As its 35th ‘birthday’ approaches, is it now time to drop the politically charged and scientifically limited term ‘global warming’ for something else? — Is it time to retire the term ‘global warming’?
Sure; replace “Global Warming” with “Give me your money and do exactly as I say or we’re all going to die!”
Finally, this tweet by Iowahawk makes me wonder, will they perform gay weddings at the Ground-zero Mosque?
Hehe, love the new name for it….