Fabio Sergio reprises some favourite themes of his after they were given a Rheingold-remix:

“We all know that most choices are not devoid of strong economical implications, and that the role of any type of currency, especially when social in nature, can make or break the hypothetical ‘freedom’ we are told to be enjoying in the western world. If everyone else will be instantly available, all the time, will it be culturally acceptable not to be? Within certain social circles is it even acceptable today? I can assure you that for most European teen-agers not having a mobile phone is akin to not having a car in the US…”

Worth a read, if you believe discussion of a culture can’t be made without discussion of it’s tools.

Bleakly, tangentially related quote of the day:

“I watch every day what you are doing as a society. While you sit by and watch your Constitution being torn away from you, you willfully eat poisoned food, buy manufactured products no one needs and turn an uncaring eye away from millions of people suffering and dying all around you. Is this the “Universal Law” you subscribe to?

Perhaps I should let you all in on a little secret. No one likes you in the future.”

From the literally fantastic Johntitor.com, which Lee pointed me too. That last line has been playing on my mind all day, and probably will for a long while…