Stuart Noble

Cosmopolis, Chaos Theory and Today’s Headlines

Have a look at this article from the New York Times. It’s not that we should become market experts but rather grasp, what I believe, DeLillo is saying about the hyper-globalized cyber-capital economy. These are the “experts” and they can’t really explain what’s going on anymore.

“While China was the first market to tumble, it was not clear what set off the selling. But once it began, it spread first to other Asian countries, then to Europe and the United States.”

Also, the Washington Post has a simple little graphic here showing the near immediate fluctuation in world markets yesterday. This is the piece about the cause and effect ofhe “Mexican Tortilla Crisis”. Furthermore, I wrote an article last month which mentions the Tortilla Crisis. The piece is dealing with cause and effect which is pertinent to our discussion. Be warned, I’m no DeLillo and its blatantly political. Finally, here is a very good “chaos theory for beginners” which is all I could ever hope to understand.

A Merry Prankster and Environmental ‘Heresies’

Since we just finished one “Merry Prankster” I thought you would appreciate this article about another. It’s getting spooky how everything is all coming together. Just what the heck was Janice Radway getting at anyways?

“He divides environmentalists into romantics and scientists, the two cultures he’s been straddling and blending since the 1960s. He was with the Merry Pranksters and the Grateful Dead at their famous Trips Festival in San Francisco”

American Psycho ending monologue

Wall Street Limo

Das Unheimliche

Who remembers this? This is the young Kirsten Dunst, aka Claudia (1994 Interview With The Vampire), the beautiful little porcelain vampire child. If this isn’t the ultimate expression of “The Uncanny” and “Castration Anxiety” then I don’t know what is.

Al Sharpton’s ancestors were slaves owned by Strom Thurmond’s relatives

(AP) Geneaologists have found that civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton is a descendent of a slave owned by relatives of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond, a newspaper reported Sunday.