Psssst….can I buy your vote? How much do you want for it?

How much is your vote worth?Would it be better if our voters were motivated and not compelled? Photo on Flickr by Wendy Piersall licensed under Creative Commons

In Libya or Syria the right to vote may be worth a life. However there’s little in the way of basic freedoms and a low standard of living. There is everything to play for in comparison to a Western democracy where you have many established rights and the standard of living is higher still.

Posted under Hate pets, Unanswerable questions, Wait for release 2.0

This post was written by @Drivelry on April 15, 2012

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Finding the best blogs on the web for your personalized newspaper

Use Stumbleupon to find the best blogs on the web? - photo by majerleagues on Flickr licensed under Creative CommonsAs argued in“Online news: bloggers v newspapers”, we are entering a new era where the bundle of stories represented by current magazines and newspapers is being torn apart and being replaced by smaller publications and individual journalists/ writers blogging out there on the web.

Posted under Unanswerable questions, Wait for release 2.0

This post was written by @Drivelry on April 6, 2010

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How far away is the electronic book for publishers and bloggers?

My household typically no longer buys newspapers.  Actually we rarely watch the television news either.

We get most ‘news’ via a couple of magazine subscriptions, podcasts (generally consumed in the car or whilst doing the washing up) and to a less extent online.

Posted under Wait for release 2.0

This post was written by @Drivelry on September 7, 2008

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