"I phoned my dad to tell him I had stopped smoking. He called me a quitter."
Steven Pearl

(illustration@http://www.mostlywanted.com/)

Objectivo de vida

dançar assim numa loja de discos

A China no Chad ou a globalização no hemisfério sul

Faya-Largeau, Chad, 1998

Photograph by George Steinmetz

"The trucks—big green flatbed diesels—are loaded to preposterous heights. Boxy steel shipping containers provide the sturdy foundation for huge burlap sacks containing prayer mats, sandals, blankets…and woven plastic bags labeled 'China Rice/Product of Libya.' Then—often 15 to 20 feet (4 to 6 meters) off the ground—rides an upper layer of passengers draped in robes and packed together as tight as the rice in the white sacks they sit upon."

Pieter Hugo, Corbis.
Mallam Gahdima Ahmadu com a hiena Jamis, Abuja, Nigéria

“Mallam pertence a uma companhia que viaja pelo norte da Nigéria com três hienas, duas pitões africanas e quatro macacos. Além de divertirem as populações, também vendem fetiches e medicamentos à base de ervas, muito procurados na Nigéria.”

Texto e foto: World Press Photo 2006

On talking ...

How much is communication of information the main purpose of speech? I can think of other reasons to speak:

1. We talk to signal loyalty, or disloyalty.

2. We talk to bond with others.

3. We talk because we are not very self-aware and we need an audience if we are to learn our own thoughts or make up our minds. Clark Durant points to Hamlet.

4. We talk so people may judge us, leading to efficient sorting.

5. We talk to see who will leave the room.

6. We talk because we are restless, nervous, or bored. Speech may relieve anxiety, or give the pretense of doing so.

(from Marginal Revolution)