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On this edition of Conversations with History, UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler welcomes social theorist Manuel Castells, Professor of Sociology and Professor of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, to discuss identity and change in the network society. Series: "Conversations with History" [6/2003] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7234]

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I like Castells' ... ( 7 months ago by miroma)

I like Castells' stuff on IT and cities and found this pretty interesting. While it's quite long, and his accent is pretty heavy, this is still a good listen.

I've followed ... ( 7 months ago by ekourl)

I've followed Castells' thinking from the time of "the urban question" till his recent work on IT, and I consider it path-breaking in the way we understand the world we live in.

He innovated ... ( 3 months ago by 8data)

He innovated dramatically in the concept of FLOWS which is still the best construct for sociology, urban development, planning, regional planning hes a legend in academia, David Harvey also great Geographers, hes a great figure of 20th century constructs for the lay reader and for anyone who wants to understand how identity continues to be the most important part of life

its better if youve ... ( 3 months ago by 8data)

its better if youve read and analyzed his synthesis, which I first I thought was simple, but its deep and a serious manual for anyone who believes that Sociology is not just an easy grade but a serious subject of study and thought not everything is data but the self and net is still a dramatic way of seeing all the stuff and FLOWS anyways hes at USC now whatever that means

I think that dude ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

I think that dude is wrong about pretty much everything.

Btw when he ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

Btw when he complains that politicians do not have full controll over capital allocation he means that it's sad that we don't have world communism. Yeah, boohoo.
+weird that he thinks that money flows around by ('uncontrollable' 'turbulent') chance rather than beeing invested by rational human beings in the most profitable ways. (which means most effective)

Cisco systems ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

Cisco systems failed so serve their customers that's why they have been punished. Companies have no power, they're our servants.
Only when you give them a vehicle like a government, in which you can basically transform money into power - then these otherwise powerless servants become the (soulless) rulers, and dangerous. That's the problem, not free people trading with each other. Damn socialists. -.-

rational human ... ( 2 months ago by figocooldude)

rational human beings hahaha

I believe you have ... ( 2 months ago by figocooldude)

I believe you have a poor understanding of what power is.

There are many ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

There are many definitions right? I call power in that case the legitimized ability to violate my rights as a free person.

lol not in that ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

lol not in that sense. I'm talking about the fundamental aspect of human action - the incentive to improve your current situation.
When you think that a money investement might improve your situation you will invest it in the most profitable way you can think of - which is in a free market also the most productive way.

Politics changes ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

Politics changes the game, it makes more sense for businessmen to support crazy intellectuals and politicians who are not bound by the limits of reality. You know for you it may not make sense to pay 3 times the price for sugar than the rest of the world, but for politicians, unions and american sugar producers it makes a lot of sense.

Well I was actually ... ( 2 months ago by figocooldude)

Well I was actually laughing at the neoclassical concept of a rational being.

Neoclassical? ' ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

Neoclassical? 'Praxeological' would be the word. The neoclassical analyses of pretty much anything is more esoteric than scientific. They come up with ideas that are not accessible by people who don't get paid for it with magic make-belief dollars. ;)

What i wrote was ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

What i wrote was that human acts because he want's to improve his situation. That's why we get out of the bed in the first place right, because we prefer in that moment standing up over not doing that, otherwise it wouldn't happen.

"Man does not ... ( 2 months ago by figocooldude)

"Man does not strive after happiness; only the Englishman does that"- Nietzsche
There is no human nature, sure, at our present time the majority are englishmen, but there are still people that, like other times, don't strive for improving their situation, but for other thing, like glory in greek, roman and medieval times, even if they had to suffer and even die. We may do acts because we prefer them, but doesn't mean because we want a better situation.

my tits are SO sore ... ( 2 months ago by browies)

my tits are SO sore right now!!! :(
my ex just cheated on me so I uploaded all her nude vids 2 my profile! Wu

Nah you ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

Nah you misunderstand what I'm saying. Human acts in way A because he prefers it to current situation B. It does not matter if A means pulling your eyeballs out and eating them and B relaxing in a whirlpool.

"Let us consider ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

"Let us consider some of the immediate implications of the action
axiom. Action implies that the individual's behavior is purposive, in
short, that it is directed toward goals. Furthermore, the fact of his action
implies that he has consciously chosen certain means to reach his goals. Since he wishes to attain these goals, they must be valuable to him;
accordingly he must have values that govern his choices.

Array ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

That he
employs means implies that he believes he has the technological
knowledge that certain means will achieve his desired ends. Let us note
that praxeology does not assume that a person's choice of values or goals
is wise or proper or that he has chosen the technologically correct
method of reaching them. All that praxeology asserts is that the
individual actor adopts goals and believes, whether erroneously or
correctly, that he can arrive at them by the employment of certain means."

~Murray Rothbard, ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

~Murray Rothbard, Praxeology

You see that this ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

You see that this significantly differs from the neoclassical perspective. Praxeology tells us that it is actually not possible to come up with scientific models for the economy by empirical testing, simply because it's foundation is ultimately human behaviour.

+If you google ' ... ( 2 months ago by j4ck2234)

+If you google 'Austrian vs. Neoclassical Analytics Murphy' you can find a pretty good lecture on the subject. (on the Mises Institute webpage)

linguistics bitch ( 2 weeks ago by defdeezy)

linguistics bitch

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