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This is a must-read article about Linda Katehi's shameful UC Davis fiasco, and about the Occupy movement generally.
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If I had to sum up the attitude of America's governing classes in one word, I would say: contempt.
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People say that the Occupy movement has not been clear in its demands. I would say that their demands could not be more obvious.
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They want a fairer tax system. They want a sane energy policy that addresses climate change and searches for cleaner ways to power our civilization. They want a government that is not wholly owned by the rich. They want access to justice and education. They want a reasonable hope of getting and keeping a job that gives them a living wage and the ability to invest for the future.

They want a rational health care system that they can afford. They want government policy that is driven by thoughtful attention to rational research, not ideology. They want a transparent government that holds the powerful accountable. They want a government that understands the importance of investing now in human capital and infrastructure.
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I like this post by Sam Ladner. I find that the points she makes mesh nicely with the critiques lobbed at The Social Network (the movie), and the inability of Sorkin's take to understand the social transformations that have taken place (and the many more that will take place) via social media platforms.
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He [Gladwell] makes the classic mistake of arguing that a particular technology may (or may not) lead to a particular result. In the real, messy, social world, X technology is not guaranteed to lead to Y results. Nor is X technology guaranteed NOT to lead to Y results. Gladwell commits the same sin as those of social media pundits he so blithely condemns. Namely, Gladwell is a technological determinist with a poor grasp of actual social interaction.

Sociologists, by contrast, recognize the social world is complex and full of exceptions. Their contribution to the phenomena of social change is far more nuanced than Gladwell suggets.
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Excellent points by Cory Doctorow on how "folk" copyright usage get eroded (sodded, more like) by corporate copyright law, and why that doesn't make sense: it's "a genuinely radical idea: [that] individuals should hire lawyers to negotiate their personal use of cultural material, or at least refrain from sharing their cultural activities with others (except it's not's really culture if you're not sharing it, is it?). It's also a dumb idea. People aren't going to hire lawyers to bless the singalong or Timmy's comic book. They're also not going to stop doing culture."

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"By relying on donations from suppliers, a Brampton developer has managed to build high-quality abodes for low-income families.
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When the 16-storey "Chapelview" project, on John St. in downtown Brampton, is finished next year, it will provide 200 apartments for seniors and low-income singles as well as people with disabilities, and if all goes according to plan, it will earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

If he's successful, D'Angelo believes the Chapelview project, which includes a six-storey garage for municipal and tenant parking, will be the first high-rise social-housing project in North America to receive the LEED platinum rating, the highest benchmark for green building and design."

And then you wonder why this can't be done in more cities across Canada...?

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"Ban further luxury hotel development until they can find enough capable people to staff them." That's a suggestion from Monocle's Travel Wishes for 2008/09 (via CEOs for Cities) -- and it's great. Here's CEOs for Cities further comment: "How can you have 'luxury' hotels without workers who can deliver a 'luxury' experience? If people are willing to pay more for luxury experiences, shouldn't some of the benefits accrue to workers equipped to deliver those experiences?" A carpenter once told me, "if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys," and monkeys aren't going to be able to build you a quality product. If you call yourself a "luxury" outfit, make sure you're not trying to get by on peanut payrolls.

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