Highlights From The Comments On Cost Disease from: February 17, 2017 at 10:19AM
Monthly Archives: February 2017
The new rhetoric of television politics
2017.02.15 – 13:37
The new rhetoric of television politics from: February 15, 2017 at 01:32PM
The Rise And Fall Of Mike Flynn: The Reality Of Donald Trump As A Third Party President
2017.02.14 – 15:09
The Rise And Fall Of Mike Flynn: The Reality Of Donald Trump As A Third Party President “One major inhibitor to a third party presidential candidacy succeeding is the need to govern after winning. A President without a party structure of support, even if in the minority, in the legislative branch will find tough sledding […]
Our Country Split Apart (pdf)
2017.02.13 – 11:28
Our Country Split Apart Peter Augustine Lawler: “The key objection to niceness amounts to the fact that it’s not really a virtue. You can’t rely upon it as the foundation for the duties required of friends, family members, or fellow citizens. A nice person won’t fight for you; a nice person wouldn’t even lie for […]
Why American Cities Cannot Compete on Cost
2017.02.11 – 13:11
Why American Cities Cannot Compete on Cost from: February 11, 2017 at 11:50AM
The Swiss Universal Basic Income Vote 2016: What’s Next?
2017.02.11 – 09:06
The Swiss Universal Basic Income Vote 2016: What’s Next? “The discussion was based on a proposal to add three new articles in the Swiss constitution: The national state is required to establish an Unconditional Basic Income. The Basic Income has to ensure all Swiss residents a life in dignity and participation in public life. The […]
Black parents talk to their kids about the police
2017.02.10 – 13:11
Black parents talk to their kids about the police from: February 10, 2017 at 11:25AM
platforms and institutions
2017.02.10 – 11:12
platforms and institutions from: February 10, 2017 at 09:25AM
Considerations On Cost Disease
2017.02.10 – 00:11
Considerations On Cost Disease from: February 10, 2017 at 12:01AM
A theory of how ordinary people can become trolls
2017.02.08 – 22:06
A theory of how ordinary people can become trolls from: February 8, 2017 at 10:06PM
Backing into World War III
2017.02.08 – 20:36
Backing into World War III “There is no stable balance of power in Europe or Asia without the United States. And while we can talk about “soft power” and “smart power,” they have been and always will be of limited value when confronting raw military power. Despite all of the loose talk of American decline, […]
Against Storytelling
2017.02.07 – 09:34
Against Storytelling “Walking around downtown SF, past giant Internet companies with thousands of employees, at some level you have to acknowledge that the things that really work just don’t have to try as hard as things that don’t. Or to put it even more simply: The best-designed stuff doesn’t tell you some high-minded story; it […]
Notes From The Asilomar Conference On Beneficial AI
2017.02.06 – 22:01
Notes From The Asilomar Conference On Beneficial AI from: February 6, 2017 at 09:47PM
Mutual Reduction: a Review of Eric Kandel’s “Reductionism in Art and Brain Science”
2017.02.03 – 17:55
Mutual Reduction: a Review of Eric Kandel’s “Reductionism in Art and Brain Science” from: February 3, 2017 at 05:11PM
Why is male life expectancy so high in Israel?
2017.02.03 – 17:55
Why is male life expectancy so high in Israel? from: February 3, 2017 at 05:03PM
Why children ask ‘Why?’ and what makes a good explanation
2017.02.02 – 23:15
Why children ask ‘Why?’ and what makes a good explanation from: February 2, 2017 at 11:14PM
Bad things happen for a reason, and other idiocies of theodicy
2017.02.02 – 18:59
Bad things happen for a reason, and other idiocies of theodicy “The essential difficulty of the problem of evil is how to reconcile its apparent existence with a loving, all-powerful deity. One popular method has been to reassert the inherent justice of the world, implying, if not explicitly claiming, the righteousness of the suffering that […]