Archive for the ‘egypt’ tag
Unfinished Buildings #
There’s something about these unfinished Egyptian hotels that may be even creepier than abandoned ones.
(via kottke)
Also of note, Disney World’s Ghost Resort.
How To Stifle Dissent #
The Economist offers a handy guide for totalitarian bureaucrats looking to make it hard to speak against them. It’s a troubling and useful look at the state of media freedom around the world.
Despite the flourishing of alternative media, such as satellite television and internet blogs, that challenge once-impregnable state monopolies on the flow of news, governments keep finding new ways to suppress contrary views. Whereas the dictatorships of old snuffed out opponents or chucked them in jail, today’s softer incarnations achieve similar silence by subtler means. Hyper-regulation via catch-all laws, plus financial carrots and sticks, tend to replace cruder direct control.