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US Gun Laws: Could Twitter and Facebook be forces for good?
What a world. Twenty-six children have been slaughtered. To protect them, teachers have thrown their bodies into hails of gunfire. ‘Carnage’, as President Obama said:
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Tagged America, Connecticut, Facebook, Newtown, Obama, Sandy Hook, Starbucks, Twitter, US gun laws, Victoria Soto
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Humanity can overcome technology
First posted on Huffington Post on 15 Feb 2012 Two days. Two media channels. Two writers. Alain de Botton is an eminent philosopher who has written ‘How Proust Can Change Your Life’, ‘The Consolations of Philosophy’ and ‘The Pleasures and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain de Botton, Charles Vallance, connectivity, counterculture, divergence, geeks, humanity, JFK, Mandela, Martin Luther King, Obama, outrage, principles, punk, radicalism, soul, technology, Thatcherism, The Iron Lady, touch, Winston Churchill
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