Monthly Archives: January 2016

Liberalism in the United States

Liberalism in the United States I disagree with much of this, but it’s an interesting example of the left fragmenting, while Trump/Cruz/Rubio fragment the right. (See my Bowie essay on ken.arneson.name)

Tweet by BileCube

If everyone contributes a small amount of their income, we can pool all the resources together to defeat socialism https://t.co/weT2oLkZLp — Bile Cube (@BileCube) January 26, 2016 via https://twitter.com/BileCube

Did David Bowie Predict Obama and Trump back in 1999?

Did David Bowie Predict Obama and Trump back in 1999? from Ken Arneson

Vimeo: The Present

The Present Jacob Frey

Anyone Can Quantum

Anyone Can Quantum January 30, 2016 at 12:10AM

Paul Allen: The Singularity Isn’t Near

Paul Allen: The Singularity Isn’t Near “We call this issue the complexity brake. As we go deeper and deeper in our understanding of natural systems, we typically find that we require more and more specialized knowledge to characterize them, and we are forced to continuously expand our scientific theories in more and more complex ways. […]

HTTPS: the end of an era

HTTPS: the end of an era Introverts at Ikea: “Introverts are the dark matter of the social universe. If you measure the world of people by easy means, like meetup groups or Facebook pages or tweets or people who are willing to pick up the phone when an unknown person calls with a survey, you […]

So you want to reform democracy

So you want to reform democracy “If you wonder why you don’t see your idea already out there in the world, it’s because your idea didn’t work the hundreds of other times someone tried it.”

Tweet by jamieabrew

i fed a database of radio advertising copy into my predictive text imitator and wrote some new ads for food + drink pic.twitter.com/bkyKpPgu9a — Jamie Brew (@jamieabrew) January 28, 2016 via https://twitter.com/jamieabrew

Blind cave fish evolved a shrunken brain to save energy

Blind cave fish evolved a shrunken brain to save energy from: January 28, 2016 at 12:34AM

Peter Capaldi a.k.a. Dr Who meets Syrian refugees in Jordan with UNHCR

Peter Capaldi a.k.a. Dr Who meets Syrian refugees in Jordan with UNHCR January 27, 2016 at 12:16PM

David Bowie: Full Interview (1995) | MTV News

David Bowie: Full Interview (1995) | MTV News January 22, 2016 at 12:29AM

A Philosophical Conversation with David Bowie

A Philosophical Conversation with David Bowie January 21, 2016 at 11:45PM

The Great Enrichment: A Humanistic and Social Scientific Account

The Great Enrichment: A Humanistic and Social Scientific Account Deirdre Nansen McCloskey: “Ideas, not capital or institutions, made the modern world.”

From Pickup Artist to Pariah

From Pickup Artist to Pariah ‘Jared Rutledge fancied himself a big man of the “manosphere.” But when his online musings about 46 women were exposed, his whole town turned against him.’

Ma rk Knopfler Showing his magic on an acoustic guitar

Ma rk Knopfler Showing his magic on an acoustic guitar January 19, 2016 at 01:57PM

Mark Knopfler Talking about the electric guitar

Mark Knopfler Talking about the electric guitar January 19, 2016 at 01:57PM

I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS

I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS from: January 18, 2016 at 11:42PM

Very good sentences for MLK day

Very good sentences for MLK day from: January 18, 2016 at 11:17AM

The invention of farming

The invention of farming from: January 17, 2016 at 02:16PM