Americo-centric

Yet the collection as a whole embodies this same Americo-centric perspective on the world, with the result that it has a decidedly dated feel overall.

New Statesman John Gray 2010

Yet the collection as a whole embodies this same Americo-centric perspective on the world, with the result that it has a decidedly dated feel overall.

New Statesman John Gray 2010

However, putting aside Zuckerberg's clearly uninformed and Americo-centric views (for example, the imagined contradiction between spending time with imams and, um, trying to meet girls [since we all know the only youths in Lebanon are straight men]), Facebook has certainly helped facilitate communication in Arabic-speaking countries, though probably not the kind Zuckerberg imagined.

KABOBfest 2009

In the United States, the most Americo-centric commentators have somberly attributed the strength of recent demonstrations to the election of Barack Obama.

Slate Magazine 2009

The 2007 Hugo Awards were held over the weekend in Japan and as usual the results have provided fodder for numerous blogs over the past few days, with the normal arguments about the award's validity (you wanna vote, you have to pay), Americo-centric nature (the Best Novel recipient, Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge, was only first published in the UK ten days before the results were announced) and voting process (which is highly reminiscent of how the Conservative Party elects its leaders) competing for time against more personal arguments about who won and why.

Update and Hugo Musings Adam Whitehead 2007

The 2007 Hugo Awards were held over the weekend in Japan and as usual the results have provided fodder for numerous blogs over the past few days, with the normal arguments about the award's validity (you wanna vote, you have to pay), Americo-centric nature (the Best Novel recipient, Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge, was only first published in the UK ten days before the results were announced) and voting process (which is highly reminiscent of how the Conservative Party elects its leaders) competing for time against more personal arguments about who won and why.

Archive 2007-09-01 Adam Whitehead 2007