Philosophy Wire: Student loans and the need for (paid?) education…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-12-11]: More and more Americans have problems with their student loans. Only last year 375,000 people defaulted their student loans. In total, all the student loans in US are estimated to be about 1 trillion dollars. [source: BBC News] These are the merits of capitalism. Do you need education to understand the trap? Or do you need money to be educated? Or do you want to be educated so that you can have money so that you can get… educated? Complicated… Or too simple. The education for which you do not pay is the best.

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Philosophy Wire: Netherlands and the Ghost of Capitalism

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-04-23]: The Netherlands has economical problems. The “queen” of capitalism is facing the results of the null economical system called capitalism: borrowing money –> make more money –> borrow even more money –> et cetera in order to make even more (virtual) money and die extremely… rich!

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Philosophy Wire: Apple & Cartels? Nuhhh….

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-04-11]: The US government is suing Apple for forming a cartel with ebook printing houses [source: BBC News]. What a surprise! Who really thinks that there is ONE company of this magnitude which does NOT have such behavior in any of its area of business? If you know such a company, please send me a comment here.

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Philosophy Wire: PIP, sex, modern fetish…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-12-26]: The turmoil due to the breast implants of French PIP (which used industrial silicon in the implants because it was more… cheap) continues worldwide [source: web news, Sky news]. The mania of modern people to consider what is “bigger” as “better” lead to the breast implants. The mania of modern people to consider what is “cheaper” as “better” lead to the PIP implants. However the truth is quite the opposite. “Bigger” often is a way to cover up lack of “quality”. And “cheaper” is most of the times more expensive (see cost of PIP implants removal, cancer danger et cetera) than the “expensive”. For “progressed” people we are all too much stupid sometimes…

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