Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’: the USSR was better prepared for collapse than the US : I came across this a while back and have been looking for it again for a while. Good document on what happened in the former USSR after its society collapsed — pretty funny too. A bit heavy-handed in its criticism of the US though (via Bruce Sterling)
(tags: politics history usa government society russia ussr economy collapse sustainability orlov futurism america world)Moviestar.ie now fulfilled by Screenclick.com : Irish DVDs-by-mail market consolidation
(tags: screenclick moviestar.ie dvd film tv ireland business mergers)LINX Public Affairs – Cinema ratings and web sites : Good commentary on the absurdity of the UK govt’s attempts to impose age-rating certs on websites. ‘From a regulatory point of view, at least part of the Internet is more like a pub, football crowd or playground than it is like a TV programme.’
(tags: linx ratings censorship uk politics filtering web andy-burnham free-speech)