Ad cuius intellectum veritatem inquirendam et.Tumblr (3.0; @davidciani)http://blog.davidciani.com/“Without knowledge of wind and current, without some sense of purpose, men and societies do not keep afloat for long, morally or economically, by bailing out the water.”<br/><br/> - <em>Richard Titmuss</em>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23510504229http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23510504229Mon, 21 May 2012 17:02:22 -0700titmussdirectionsociety“The same rule of self-destructive financial calculation governs every walk of life. We destroy the beauty of the countryside because the un-appropriated splendors of nature house no economic value. We are capable of shutting off the sun and the stars because they do not pay a dividend.”<br/><br/> - <em>John Maynard Keynes</em>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23500634907http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23500634907Mon, 21 May 2012 14:48:01 -0700naturedevelopmentdestructionkeyneseconomic value<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m477mwP0e51r4iujso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Conversely the derivative of grapes is wine. Makes sense to me.</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23498402246http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23498402246Mon, 21 May 2012 14:16:38 -0700winecalculusgrapes“To suggest social action for the public good to the city of London is like discussing The Origin of Species with the Bishop sixty years ago.”<br/><br/> - <em>John Maynard Keynes</em>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23302205735http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23302205735Fri, 18 May 2012 12:21:52 -0700public goodcity of londonkeynescharles darwinorgin of species<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m47a2nmjCZ1r4iujso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yummy cheesecake at the Crow’s Nest.</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23274657924http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23274657924Thu, 17 May 2012 21:08:53 -0700foodcheesecakeyummy“A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.”<br/><br/> - <em>John Maynard Keynes</em>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23247401490http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23247401490Thu, 17 May 2012 14:15:00 -0700keynes“Social democracy was always a mongrel politics. In the first place, it blended socialist dreams of a post-capitalist utopia with practical recognition of the need to live and work in a capitalist world that was demonstrably <em>not</em> on its last legs, as Marx had enthusiastically projected back in 1848.”<br/><br/> - <em>Tony Judt, <em>Ill Fares The Land</em>, 2010</em>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23065184616http://blog.davidciani.com/post/23065184616Mon, 14 May 2012 15:59:00 -0700capitalismmarxsocial democtacyTony Judt<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WWUA1CXIku8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Land of Dreams” Full Length Video (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWUA1CXIku8&feature=share">YourDiscoverAmerica</a>)</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22813387154http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22813387154Thu, 10 May 2012 18:00:21 -0700tourismadsUnited Statesmusic video“You can’t burn Wall Street without them burning you back.”<br/><br/> - <em>Bernard Elbaum</em>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22809958331http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22809958331Thu, 10 May 2012 17:13:00 -0700wall street<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3su7aUcbI1r4iujso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Look Simba. Everything the light touches is… America.</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22771857426http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22771857426Thu, 10 May 2012 01:57:10 -0700memesimbadark placeAmendment 1North Carolina<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zs-ryiu2GJM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Ron Paul looks like an angel when you put him up there with all the other Republican talking heads. But when put next to someone who actually knows what they are talking about… Ron Paul vs Paul Krugman on monetary policy.</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22393246040http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22393246040Fri, 04 May 2012 12:00:38 -0700fedgoldfederal reserveron paulpaul krugmanvideo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3d3fwbTZV1ruf7k8o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://madonna-shuffles-on.tumblr.com/post/22212677227/madonna-shuffling-at-the-vatican" class="tumblr_blog">madonna-shuffles-on</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Madonna shuffling at the Vatican.</p></blockquote>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22235471438http://blog.davidciani.com/post/22235471438Tue, 01 May 2012 18:56:18 -0700Madonnavaticamshufflingfunny<a href="http://thetravellingforest.tumblr.com/post/21387833337/how-to-travel-in-a-manner-that-is-not-akin-to-that-of">The Travelling Forest: How To Travel In A Manner That Is Not Akin To That Of An Asshole</a>: <p><a href="http://thetravellingforest.tumblr.com/post/21387833337/how-to-travel-in-a-manner-that-is-not-akin-to-that-of" class="tumblr_blog">thetravellingforest</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I’ve been travelling my whole life. I was on a plane even before I was born. My mom travelled to Australia while she was pregnant, and I’ve been on a boat, a plane, or a bus at least once a year for every year of my life. After eighteen years of riding various metal cans, sea, sky and land, I’ve…</p></blockquote>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21439559110http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21439559110Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:25:48 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K-iihvx401I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>“We showed the world how to do the impossible… If we loose the spirit, we loose California.”</p> <p>It just amazes me how all of these people can be so short sighted to believe that there is some future for California in which we can get away without investing in High Speed Rail.</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21171412712http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21171412712Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:36:09 -0700high speed railcaliforniaspirittransportation<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Bv0Fjk9D968?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I know its Mexican government propaganda but its an excellent, economically sound explanation of why we all need to reduce our use of private automobiles. I had almost forgotten that the Mexican government subsidizes petrol… talk about negative externalities.</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21162701958http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21162701958Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:19:16 -0700mexicotransportationcarseconomicspropagandanegative externalities<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/10C68Gzd5GM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>CAKE “I Will Survive”</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21106132010http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21106132010Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:40:05 -0700music video<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2fobuRmqJ1r3clqao10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kqedscience.tumblr.com/post/21037226666/objects-take-on-a-kind-of-magical-quality-when">kqedscience</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“<span>Objects take on a kind of magical quality when viewed from this unusual perspective…and that’s exactly what drove <a href="http://weburbanist.com/2012/04/04/squint-to-see-almost-abstract-aerial-photography-series/">photographer Alex MacLean</a> to get a pilot’s license and take to the sky.”</span></p> </blockquote>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21098271412http://blog.davidciani.com/post/21098271412Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:20:03 -0700colorslandscapesurbanphotographypatterns“This is also illustrated by one of the best-known (and best) jokes to come out of Eastern Europe after the installation of Communist regimes there in the wake of World War II: “What is the difference between capitalism and socialism?” The answer: “in capitalism, man exploits man; in socialism, it’s the other way around.””<br/><br/> - <em>Albert Hirschman, “The Rhetoric of Reaction”</em>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/20989032171http://blog.davidciani.com/post/20989032171Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:03:57 -0700capitalismsocialismjokeeconomicseastern europe<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2conbuE8v1r4iujso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>South Park at SAN… This made my day.</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/20950894405http://blog.davidciani.com/post/20950894405Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:01:59 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bbLshnfu0wY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.poptech.org/post/19632980236/sweet-home-alabama-played-on-tesla-coils-via">poptech</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OpenCulture/~3/rrVQyEEsA_U/sweet_home_alabama_played_on_tesla_coils.html">“Sweet Home Alabama” played on Tesla coils</a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">(via <a href="http://www.openculture.com/2012/03/sweet_home_alabama_played_on_tesla_coils.html">Open Culture</a>)</span></p> </blockquote> <p>I want one if these.</p>http://blog.davidciani.com/post/19634081265http://blog.davidciani.com/post/19634081265Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:34:17 -0700musictesla coil