After three thousand years of explosion, by means of fragmentary
and mechanical technologies, the Western world is
imploding. During the mechanical ages we had extended our bodies
in space. Today, after more than a century of electric technology, we
have extended our central nervous system itself in a global embrace,
abolishing both space and time as far as our planet is concerned.
Rapidly, we approach the final phase of the extensions of man-- the
technological simulation of consciousness, when the creative
process of knowing will be collectively and corporately extended to
the whole of human society, much
as we have already extended our senses and our nerves by the
various media
Kevin Moloney for The New York Times
Kevin Moloney for The New York Times
For This Guru, No Question Is Too Big
By ADAM BRYANT
A lifelong climber, Jim Collins brings the same doggedness to his research, exploring questions like why some companies succeed and how some companies implode.
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據英國媒體4日報道，人稱“泡泡製造專家”
Internet advertising could fall 5% in the current quarter, research firm IDC said, the first decline since the dot-com bubble burst in 2001.
It's Wall Street, Without the Cash
NEW YORK, May 28 -- What's truly odd about the demise of a Wall Street firm, it turns out, isn't the noise of the implosion but the quiet of the rubble. A post-calamity hush has settled over Bear Stearns's Manhattan headquarters. Traders who haven't left their desks for years take two-hour lunches....
(By David Segal, The Washington Post)
Haiti's survivors scramble for basics
Haitians grew desperate for aid as survivors from the earthquake pleaded for medical care, tried to dig out loved ones from the rubble or roamed the streets looking for basic necessities.
FOXNews - USA16: Student Eri Yoshida, 16, strikes a pose after being drafted by an independent league's pro team during a news conference in Osaka, Japan. ...
Kuomintang has picked a presidential candidate who is so pro-Beijing she’s unelectable. At the 11th hour, party elders are trying to dump Hung Hsiu-chu, dubbed Taiwan’s Sarah Palin for her outspokenness and polarizing views, and draft in Eric Chu, the party chairman and dynamic mayor of New Taipei City, who had earlier declined to run.
CNN+ Streaming Service Will Shut Down Weeks After Its Start
A major investment by CNN, which poached big-name anchors and threw a splashy launch party, ends abruptly at the hands of a new corporate leadership team.
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draft
verb
draft sb in phrasal verb [M] UK
to bring someone somewhere to do a particular job:
Every Christmas thousands of people are drafted in to help with the post.
implode
verb [I]
1 SPECIALIZED to fall inward with force:
The vacuum inside the tube caused it to implode when the external air pressure was increased.
Compare explode (BURST).
2 to fail suddenly and completely and be unable to operate:
Their economy is in danger of imploding.
implosion
noun [C or U] SPECIALIZED 內爆
Cathode ray tube and fluorescent lighting implosion[edit]
A high vacuum exists within all cathode ray tubes. If the outer glass envelope is damaged, a dangerous implosion may occur. Due to the power of the implosion, glass pieces may explode outwards at dangerous velocities. While modern CRTs used in televisions and computer displays have epoxy-bonded face-plates or other measures to prevent shattering of the envelope, CRTs removed from equipment must be handled carefully to avoid personal injury.[1]
rubble
noun [U]
1 the piles of broken stone and bricks, etc. that are left when a building falls down or is destroyed:
The bomb reduced the house to rubble.
2 small pieces of stone or rock used for building
burst
verb burst, burst
1 [I or T] to break open or apart suddenly, or to make something do this:
Balloons make me nervous - I hate it when they burst.
The river was threatening to burst its banks.
Suddenly the door burst open (= opened suddenly and forcefully) and police officers carrying guns rushed in.
FIGURATIVE HUMOROUS If I eat any more cake I'll burst (= I cannot eat anything else)!
2 [I] to feel a strong emotion, or strong desire to do something:
I knew they were bursting with curiosity but I said nothing.
[+ to infinitive] INFORMAL I'm bursting to go to the loo!
Tom was bursting to tell everyone the news.
burst
noun [C]
1 when something breaks open and what is inside breaks out:
a burst in the water pipe
2 a sudden increase in something, especially for a short period:
a burst of speed/applause/laughter
- cloud-burst
- burst in/into (somewhere)
- burst in on sb/sth
- burst out
- (almost) burst a blood vessel
- burst at the seams
- burst into song/tears/laughter
- burst into flames
- burst out laughing/crying
- fit to burst
- burst into tears
basic
adj.
- Of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: "Basic changes in public opinion often occur because of shifts in concerns and priorities" (Atlantic).
- Of, being, or serving as a starting point or basis: a basic course in Russian; a set of basic woodworking tools.
- Chemistry.
- Of or relating to a base.
- Containing a base, especially in excess of acid.
- Alkaline.
- Geology. Containing little silica, as igneous rocks.
- An essential, fundamental element or entity: the basics of math.
- Basic training.
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