Archive for July, 2006

Under seige

Published by monocrat July 30th, 2006 in Administrative and UES. 4 Comments

No, not a bad Bruce Willis (?) movie. Friends, our beloved Awkward Utopia is under a seige of spam. In the past day alone, fifty spam comments have been posted, and while it’s easy to get rid of them, legitimate comments might be caught in the crossfire. Apologies.

Virtual Economies

Published by The Moderate July 29th, 2006 in Economics, Technology & Innovation and Entertainment & Culture. 1 Comment

In this article, I explore the economic phenomenon present in the popular massive multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft. It is remarkable to see that economics can apply even to virtual manifestations of human action.

A Fascistic Story out of Chicago

Published by The Moderate July 29th, 2006 in Miscellaneous. 2 Comments

This story is a little outdated but it shows the path down which Chicago has been going recently. It is quite saddening to see our cities becoming increasingly regulatory and Fascistic. In this article, Fran Spielman writes about the incredible drive one alderman has to ban fatty foods from the streets of Chicago. This comes […]

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