A BBC documentary in three parts
1. Beyond Good and Evil: Friedrich Nietzsche
2. Thinking the Unthinkable: Martin Heidegger
3. The Road to Freedom: Jean-Paul Sartre
Nietzsche, Heidegger and Sartre
http://hyperpicture.blogspot.com/2011/03/nietzsche-heidegger-and-sartre.html
The short movie The Perfect Human (13 min) by Jørgen Leth (1967) that show our contemporary "Geworfensein" Geworfensein is an invention made by Heidegger to pinpoint that in our culture we are thrown out. - we are all out casted. There is also videos from the later The Five Obstructions that Leth made together with Lars von Trier (2003).
http://hyperpicture.blogspot.com/2011/04/jrgen-leth-and-lars-von-trier.html
12 April 2011
01 November 2010
The Swedish Silence: To know what is going on in Sweden, you must follow German media
I am a frequent reader of major Swedish news media like Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Expressen and Aftonbladet. However, I always start with The Independent, The Telegraph, The Guardian and Der Spiegel.
On October 26, Der Speigel reported about a new political party in Sweden: Svartskalledemokraterna. Roughly, "The Niggerdemocrats". Der speigel translated it to "Wog Democrats".
This news is vital in itself to understand what is going on in Sweden. But what becomes even more interesting is that a major German media, and NOT leading Swedish media, write about it.
Der Speigel: Rampant Racism? New Political Party Aims to Scupper Sweden's Far-Right Following the success in September elections of a far-right populist party in the country, a Swedish immigrant has formed a party working to protect immigrants' interests. The new party is being founded amidst a wave of violent crime against foreigners in the southern city of Malmö last week.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,725176,00.html
This is the search I made 1 November, 14.50
News about the new party that I could find:
- An article on the blog service Newsmill that is partly owned by Dagens Nyheter...at least it was.
www.newsmill.se/node/29151
- The Swedish state radio made an interview for Swedish speaking listeners (unclear in what show).Svartskalledemokraterna, Stockholm idag - Torsdag 14 oktober 2010 Svartskalleaprtiet bildat i Rinkeby - sound file
http://sverigesradio.se/api/radio/radio.aspx?type=db&id=2677073&codingformat=.m4a&metafile=asx
- There is also information at their site for the international channel. ”SR International is Swedish Radio’s international and multi-cultural channel, with the task of providing information about Sweden.” Svartskalledemokrater mot nästa val
http://sverigesradio.se/cgi-bin/international/artikel.asp?Artikel=4111120
- In TV 4, regional news “Nyheterna Stockholm”: 15 okt 2010 ... "Svartskalledemokraterna" bildat i Rinkeby. torsdag 14 oktober 2010.
http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/nyheterna_stockholm?title=%22svartskalledemokraterna%22_bildat_i_rinkeby_videoid=1091531
- In the small regional newspaper Karlskoga Kuriren, 28 oktober 2010
http://karlskoga-kuriren.se/nyheter/1.995134-dags-for-svartskalle-demokraternas-parti
That is all except for blogs and forums.
Time and time again, silence is blatantly used as an obvious cover up that only serves and protects what is established.
The Swedish political class, including their loyal journalist serfs, pretend that it is important to "integrate" immigrants. Which in this case means to integrate “them” into The Swedish Silence.
In April 2009, Svenska Dagbladet said openly, in an editorial, that they did not intend to write about news that they did not like...This journalist is now a member of the Swedish parliament.
Åsikter man ogillar behöver man inte sprida, Maria Abrahamsson, SvD 14 april 2009
http://www.svd.se/opinion/ledarsidan/asikter-man-ogillar-behover-man-inte-sprida_2730541.svd
Maria Abrahamsson
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Maria_Abrahamsson
http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/
index.aspx?nid=1111&iid=0695090885212
And Don´t Miss
Göran Lindberg and Sweden's dark side
The Sweden of Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson - all shadowy rightwing conspiracies and prostitution rings - might not be so far from the truth. By Andrew Anthony, The Observer, 1 August 2010
“In this respect the Swedes who worry about the subterranean darkness might actually be on to something. It's just that they're looking in the wrong place. It's not necessarily in the system, or the state, or the police, or under the sea. It may just be in themselves.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/01/goran-lindberg-sweden-crime-palme
On October 26, Der Speigel reported about a new political party in Sweden: Svartskalledemokraterna. Roughly, "The Niggerdemocrats". Der speigel translated it to "Wog Democrats".
This news is vital in itself to understand what is going on in Sweden. But what becomes even more interesting is that a major German media, and NOT leading Swedish media, write about it.
Der Speigel: Rampant Racism? New Political Party Aims to Scupper Sweden's Far-Right Following the success in September elections of a far-right populist party in the country, a Swedish immigrant has formed a party working to protect immigrants' interests. The new party is being founded amidst a wave of violent crime against foreigners in the southern city of Malmö last week.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,725176,00.html
This is the search I made 1 November, 14.50
News about the new party that I could find:
- An article on the blog service Newsmill that is partly owned by Dagens Nyheter...at least it was.
www.newsmill.se/node/29151
- The Swedish state radio made an interview for Swedish speaking listeners (unclear in what show).Svartskalledemokraterna, Stockholm idag - Torsdag 14 oktober 2010 Svartskalleaprtiet bildat i Rinkeby - sound file
http://sverigesradio.se/api/radio/radio.aspx?type=db&id=2677073&codingformat=.m4a&metafile=asx
- There is also information at their site for the international channel. ”SR International is Swedish Radio’s international and multi-cultural channel, with the task of providing information about Sweden.” Svartskalledemokrater mot nästa val
http://sverigesradio.se/cgi-bin/international/artikel.asp?Artikel=4111120
- In TV 4, regional news “Nyheterna Stockholm”: 15 okt 2010 ... "Svartskalledemokraterna" bildat i Rinkeby. torsdag 14 oktober 2010.
http://www.tv4play.se/nyheter_och_debatt/nyheterna_stockholm?title=%22svartskalledemokraterna%22_bildat_i_rinkeby_videoid=1091531
- In the small regional newspaper Karlskoga Kuriren, 28 oktober 2010
http://karlskoga-kuriren.se/nyheter/1.995134-dags-for-svartskalle-demokraternas-parti
That is all except for blogs and forums.
Time and time again, silence is blatantly used as an obvious cover up that only serves and protects what is established.
The Swedish political class, including their loyal journalist serfs, pretend that it is important to "integrate" immigrants. Which in this case means to integrate “them” into The Swedish Silence.
In April 2009, Svenska Dagbladet said openly, in an editorial, that they did not intend to write about news that they did not like...This journalist is now a member of the Swedish parliament.
Åsikter man ogillar behöver man inte sprida, Maria Abrahamsson, SvD 14 april 2009
http://www.svd.se/opinion/ledarsidan/asikter-man-ogillar-behover-man-inte-sprida_2730541.svd
Maria Abrahamsson
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Maria_Abrahamsson
http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/
index.aspx?nid=1111&iid=0695090885212
And Don´t Miss
Göran Lindberg and Sweden's dark side
The Sweden of Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson - all shadowy rightwing conspiracies and prostitution rings - might not be so far from the truth. By Andrew Anthony, The Observer, 1 August 2010
“In this respect the Swedes who worry about the subterranean darkness might actually be on to something. It's just that they're looking in the wrong place. It's not necessarily in the system, or the state, or the police, or under the sea. It may just be in themselves.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/01/goran-lindberg-sweden-crime-palme
31 October 2010
The real elite has the same problem with the political class and the academic tradition as you have
Here are, links to, two articles by William Deresiewicz that highlight the feudal academic system. Published in: The American Scholar ;)
William Deresiewicz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
William_Deresiewicz
Read them both – It is sheer brilliance. The importance is that the upper most elite has the same problems with the stupid servants of the feudal system such as the politicians, the academics, and the journalist just as the ordinary citizen have.
About “The American Scholar”
The American Scholar - Speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society in Harvard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_American_Scholar
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
Phi Beta Kappa Society (Publishes The American Scholar)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Phi_Beta_Kappa_Society
The American Scholar (magazine)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_American_Scholar_(magazine)
Solitude and Leadership
If you want others to follow learn to be alone with your thoughts. By William Deresiewicz, Spring 2010
Also delivered to the plebe class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in October 2009.
The United States Military
Academy at West Point
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
United_States_Military_Academy
”Why is it so often that the best people are stuck in the middle and the people who are running things - the leaders - are the mediocrities? Because excellence isn’t usually what gets you up the greasy pole. What gets you up is a talent for maneuvering. Kissing up to the people above you, kicking down to the people below you. Pleasing your teachers, pleasing your superiors, picking a powerful mentor and riding his coattails until it’s time to stab him in the back. Jumping through hoops. Getting along by going along. Being whatever other people want you to be, so that it finally comes to seem that, like the manager of the Central Station, you have nothing inside you at all. Not taking stupid risks like trying to change how things are done or question why they’re done. Just keeping the routine going. … What we don’t have, in other words, are thinkers. People who can think for themselves. People who can formulate a new direction: for the country, for a corporation or a college, for the Army - a new way of doing things, a new way of looking at things. People, in other words, with vision.”
Read the whole article
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/
solitude-and-leadership/
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education
Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers. By William Deresiewicz, Summer 2008
“In short, the way students are treated in college trains them for the social position they will occupy once they get out. At schools like Cleveland State, they’re being trained for positions somewhere in the middle of the class system, in the depths of one bureaucracy or another. They’re being conditioned for lives with few second chances, no extensions, little support, narrow opportunity - lives of subordination, supervision, and control, lives of deadlines, not guidelines. At places like Yale, of course, it’s the reverse. The elite like to think of themselves as belonging to a meritocracy, but that’s true only up to a point. Getting through the gate is very difficult, but once you’re in, there’s almost nothing you can do to get kicked out. ... Elite schools nurture excellence, but they also nurture what a former Yale graduate student I know calls “entitled mediocrity.” A is the mark of excellence; A- is the mark of entitled mediocrity. It’s another one of those metaphors, not so much a grade as a promise. It means, don’t worry, we’ll take care of you. You may not be all that good, but you’re good enough.”
Read the whole article
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/
the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/
Read Also
"We're training students to be obedient, and to try to read our minds, rather than being a catalyst for learning" Professor makes his mark, but it costs him his job (theglobeandmail.com / Canada), February 6, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/article970280.ece
William Deresiewicz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
William_Deresiewicz
Read them both – It is sheer brilliance. The importance is that the upper most elite has the same problems with the stupid servants of the feudal system such as the politicians, the academics, and the journalist just as the ordinary citizen have.
About “The American Scholar”
The American Scholar - Speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society in Harvard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_American_Scholar
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
Phi Beta Kappa Society (Publishes The American Scholar)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Phi_Beta_Kappa_Society
The American Scholar (magazine)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_American_Scholar_(magazine)
Solitude and Leadership
If you want others to follow learn to be alone with your thoughts. By William Deresiewicz, Spring 2010
Also delivered to the plebe class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in October 2009.
The United States Military
Academy at West Point
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
United_States_Military_Academy
”Why is it so often that the best people are stuck in the middle and the people who are running things - the leaders - are the mediocrities? Because excellence isn’t usually what gets you up the greasy pole. What gets you up is a talent for maneuvering. Kissing up to the people above you, kicking down to the people below you. Pleasing your teachers, pleasing your superiors, picking a powerful mentor and riding his coattails until it’s time to stab him in the back. Jumping through hoops. Getting along by going along. Being whatever other people want you to be, so that it finally comes to seem that, like the manager of the Central Station, you have nothing inside you at all. Not taking stupid risks like trying to change how things are done or question why they’re done. Just keeping the routine going. … What we don’t have, in other words, are thinkers. People who can think for themselves. People who can formulate a new direction: for the country, for a corporation or a college, for the Army - a new way of doing things, a new way of looking at things. People, in other words, with vision.”
Read the whole article
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/
solitude-and-leadership/
The Disadvantages of an Elite Education
Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers. By William Deresiewicz, Summer 2008
“In short, the way students are treated in college trains them for the social position they will occupy once they get out. At schools like Cleveland State, they’re being trained for positions somewhere in the middle of the class system, in the depths of one bureaucracy or another. They’re being conditioned for lives with few second chances, no extensions, little support, narrow opportunity - lives of subordination, supervision, and control, lives of deadlines, not guidelines. At places like Yale, of course, it’s the reverse. The elite like to think of themselves as belonging to a meritocracy, but that’s true only up to a point. Getting through the gate is very difficult, but once you’re in, there’s almost nothing you can do to get kicked out. ... Elite schools nurture excellence, but they also nurture what a former Yale graduate student I know calls “entitled mediocrity.” A is the mark of excellence; A- is the mark of entitled mediocrity. It’s another one of those metaphors, not so much a grade as a promise. It means, don’t worry, we’ll take care of you. You may not be all that good, but you’re good enough.”
Read the whole article
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/
the-disadvantages-of-an-elite-education/
Read Also
"We're training students to be obedient, and to try to read our minds, rather than being a catalyst for learning" Professor makes his mark, but it costs him his job (theglobeandmail.com / Canada), February 6, 2009
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/article970280.ece
30 October 2010
New Format - New Content - New Life
Until now I have mostly used this, my main, blog to announce projects and the release of chapters to Så knullar staten Din själ.
From now on I will write posts about things that I find interesting. Perhaps twice a month - often in English.
I have also integrated my other blogs, Update Hyperdialog, The Hyperpicture and Så knullar staten Din Själ into this with feeds.
Furthermore, I will also have videos that underline my intentions with my writings.
There are still some small annoying details, such as Firefox does not accept some Google-code, which results in minor strange formatting of the feeds. And for some time coming these feeds might look strange, since I originally had no intention of using feeds in my older projects.
From now on I will write posts about things that I find interesting. Perhaps twice a month - often in English.
I have also integrated my other blogs, Update Hyperdialog, The Hyperpicture and Så knullar staten Din Själ into this with feeds.
Furthermore, I will also have videos that underline my intentions with my writings.
There are still some small annoying details, such as Firefox does not accept some Google-code, which results in minor strange formatting of the feeds. And for some time coming these feeds might look strange, since I originally had no intention of using feeds in my older projects.
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