Mclean Gordon
You're As Evil as Your Social Network: What the Prison Experiment Got Wrong
In 1961, psychologist Stanley Milgram began an experiment that left humanity with one of the most dismal and damning self-portraits we've ever seen.
In Defense of Tony Scott's Last Ad
Trying to evaluate Tony Scott's last work, a television commercial for Diet Mountain Dew that he completed weeks before committing suicide, requires looking back at his work in order to understand his style and to appreciate the piece in context. I...
How Apple and the Rest of the Tech Giants Avoid Billions in Taxes
Cork-based Apple Operations International and Apple Sales International are two pieces of a global tax strategy that helped Apple pay just $713 million this year on foreign profits of $36.8 billion. That’s a tax rate of 1.9 percent.
This Burlesque Movie by the 'Reefer Madness' Director Is Totally Nuts (NSFW)
an abridgment of a 1938 exploitation film "Sex Madness" and a few words on the burlesque revival.
Never Fear Job Seekers, This 1940 Video Will Show You the Way
Because when you finally get 15 hours a week at your local McDonald’s, the last thing they want to hear is that you’re actually a fan of Taco Bell.
Watch this Happy American Film about Iran, Made Around the Time the C.I.A. Staged Its Coup
Long before the current saber-rattling in the Middle East and “credible” talk of Israeli-US attacks on the country’s enrichment facilities, Encyclopedia Britannica made this film about a happier Iran.
How Tribal Customs Confront Globalization Chaos
In the early 1930's, three Australian brothers, Mick, James, and Danny Leahy walked into the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea and became the first white people ever to meet the one million inhabitants of those fertile valleys and mountains. They...
The World's Cities Are Set To Grow Explosively and Maybe That's Not a Bad Thing
A study published last week in "the journal":http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/11/1211658109 of the National Academy of Sciences forecasts massive global urbanization between now and 2030. Researchers estimate total expansion of the planet's...
Fire in the Screen: The Flash Of Insight That Led Bill Moggridge To Design the Clamshell Laptop
Bill Moggridge, inventor of the laptop "clamshell" design passed away Saturday. His invention defined the portable computer, and his vision of the computer as an interactive device changed how people live.
Apple Will Never Stop These Copycat iPhones
Apple's victory against alleged patent infringer Samsung may help keep Steve Jobs' vicious vision inside Apple, but keeping its treasure hidden away will only work for Apple as long as consumers put a premium on its designs. As things stand, Apple is...
New York's Power Grid Is a Wonderful and Fragile Thing
All these machines whirring around us have magical hearts pumping electricity through them, thanks to the will of God. If only this were so. As things stand in reality, electricity comes from generators and power plants where little men in pointy hats...