{"id":55,"date":"2008-09-01T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T17:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/?p=55"},"modified":"2016-03-13T19:43:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T18:43:30","slug":"reflections-on-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/reflections-on-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beijing<\/a>
\nPopulation of China :
\n=================
\n1,330,869,743<\/p>\n

The West?
\n========
\nPopulation of EU:491,018,677
\nUS-304,089,248
\nCanada-31,612,897
\nAustrasia-20,325,926+4,116,900
\nSouth Africa-46,586,607
\nJapan-127,756,815<\/p>\n

TOTAL: 978,920,463<\/p>\n

in short-hand:
\nChina : 1.3bn
\nThe West: 0.9bn<\/p>\n

Stats from http:\/\/www.geohive.com\/<\/p>\n

So, China outnumbers us.<\/p>\n

So… why should we expect them to do anything but live up to the style
\nof personal one-to-one interaction that they understand? All they ask
\nis that we respect their cultural ‘thang’ about FACE. We (especially
\nBush, have been blowing off in their FACE) and they are begging us,
\n‘don’t give us any more trouble – we are in China’.<\/p>\n

But, on the other hand, the Last Great Police State, already
\neconomically conquered, is finally beginning to waver politically in the
\nswirl of the information society. This is a phenomenon that knows no
\ngeographical limits – and perhaps needs only to complete its global
\nubiquitous-ness before it begins to expand its cloak of satellites
\nbeyond the orbit of the earth and out into the inky blackness, perhaps
\nwith a more culturally integrated voice… ..albeit that that cultural
\nintegration may hide many unique flavours behind its standard salt &
\nvinegar…<\/p>\n

It seems the choice for all of us has been made. Globally, we live in a
\ntransnational capitalist economy, and pray that the survival of the
\nplanet will be profitable. Global integrity sufficient to create a
\nglobally interoperable ubiquitous computing environment will require
\nthat we continue along cultural lines already in play for decades,
\ncenturies, even millenia of tradition, as the legs upon which new heads
\nstand. On the other hand, large scale systems, after all, set
\nparameters for cultural expression and identity. So the truly
\nubiquitous computing environment in which transnational capitalism can
\nmaximise eCommerce will be both globally immersive, leaving no virtual
\npioneering territory without flag or brand, and inclusive, ensuring soy
\nand ginger flavoured crisps, too…..<\/p>\n

The Olympics brought the eye of global infotainment to China, and 1.1billion people will never be the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Population of China : ================= 1,330,869,743 The West? ======== Population of EU:491,018,677 US-304,089,248 Canada-31,612,897 Austrasia-20,325,926+4,116,900 South Africa-46,586,607 Japan-127,756,815 TOTAL: 978,920,463 in short-hand: China : 1.3bn The West: 0.9bn Stats from http:\/\/www.geohive.com\/ So, China outnumbers us. So… why should we expect them to do anything but live up to the style of personal one-to-one interaction that … Continue reading “Reflections on the Olympics”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tubthumper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kreps.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}