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Framing Network Neutrality for the American Electorate

Wed 28 January 2015 By Andrew McConachie

I originally wrote this paper for a class on conceptual metaphor taught by George Lakoff @ UC Berkeley's department of Linguistics. It borows a notation for metaphors(e.g. Affection Is Warmth), and many common conceptual systems(e.g. Moral Accounting), from Philosophy in the Flesh¹. All errors are mine …
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Affordances of Violence, Cyber Warfare and Neutron Bombs

Mon 21 July 2014 By Andrew McConachie

"[The neutron bomb] is almost the ultimate expression of capitalism and technology. A bomb that destroys people and not property, like it or not, is an admirable feat in the realm of technology. [..] I think it's a perfect expression of where we are in this country right now, in this …
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