Hollywood's top celebrities have been urging American citizens to get out and vote. Scroll the video forward one minute and ten seconds, and again to two minutes, to see Borat up to his usual tricks: If the above video didn't put the fear in you, watch this: Voting underpins the democratic system the world over but let's take some time out and ask 'how important is it, really?' It may come as a surprise, but many economists take the view that voting isn't very important at all, and that it may in fact be irrational from the perspective of the individual. The simple premise for the argument against making your way to your local polling booth is that an individual vote carries almost no weight in the grander scheme of things, especially when weighed against the costs of voting (time, hassle, financial cost, etc). Steve Landsburg, author of the excellent 'Armchair Economist' (a book that was well ahead of the curve of popular economics books), comments that: ... my chance of casting the deciding vote in New York is about one in 10 to the 200,708th power. I have a better chance of winning the Powerball jackpot 7,400 times in a row than of affecting the election's outcome. Which makes it pretty hard to see why I should vote. The traditional reply begins with the phrase "But if everyone thought like that ... ." To which the correct rejoinder is: So what? Everyone doesn't think like that. They continue to vote by the millions and tens of millions.The idea of the irrelevant individual voter shocks a lot of people. Russ Roberts reports the following response when he explained this view in a seminar: I mentioned that it's irrational to vote. Why people vote has long fascinated both economists and political scientists. The fascination is straightforward. Voting is costly, it takes time. The probability that your vote will influence the outcome of an election is basically zero or very close. So why vote?' The journalists reacted to my claim with a mixture of outrage and laughter. They couldn't decid...

5 Friends Vote PSAToday is the last day to vote. For some, it is the day to vote. For those of you who will vote today, plan on long lines, bring your ID and cell phone, and try to be patient. Below are the links to more... Thunderstorms in the Imajica - digital magic ezine for the real world.

Normalerweise bin ich ja nicht politisch aktiv, aber dieser Spot hat mir dermaßen gut gefallen, dass ich in bloggen musste: Also wählen und “I have seven friends” :-).(via Spreeblick).

Encontré este video en la web donde aparecen varios actores famosos de Hollywood (Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat, entre otros) diciéndote que NO VOTES y hablan tonterías durante un buen rato (en especial Borat)…Pero luego al final te dicen que VOTES ya que es una decisión muy importante sobre el futuro del país que concierne a todos y animan a los jóvenes a votar este 4 de noviembre…Me parece que el comercial va algo así como la táctica de la “prohibición”; es decir, mientras más te digan que NO lo hagas, más lo harás…Posted in Comerciales, La Web, Videos Tagged: elecciones, estados, hollywood, presidenciales, unidos, vote, voto

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