The answer to, "What idiot did this!?" is almost always, "A smart, well-intentioned person making tradeoffs you hadn't even considered." — Jason Specland (@jayspectech) December 14, 2016 via https://twitter.com/jayspectech
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Tweet by somebadideas
2018.05.14 – 11:14
Hayao Miyazaki doesn't have time for your dehumanizing, virtual bullshit. The greatest thing I've seen in 2016. Via @panoscosmatos pic.twitter.com/XgfexEwSKn — Aaron Stewart-Ahn (@somebadideas) December 9, 2016 via https://twitter.com/somebadideas
Tweet by matthewstoller
2018.05.14 – 11:14
30. Faced with a corporate autocrat lying in corporate management speak or a political autocrat promising to save your job, who do you pick? — Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) December 7, 2016 via https://twitter.com/matthewstoller
Tweet by matthewstoller
2018.05.14 – 11:14
11. New Deal regulatory schemes, from national security to financial rules, were premised on this basic view that big biz wasn't property. — Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) December 7, 2016 via https://twitter.com/matthewstoller
Tweet by bogcommenter
2018.05.14 – 11:14
Might be right. But strikes me as "Being There" — elites rationalizing mindless drivel from an imbecile gardner. https://t.co/ooymCpwWQO — Internet Contrarian (@bogcommenter) December 3, 2016 via https://twitter.com/bogcommenter
Tweet by jmichaelkell
2018.05.14 – 11:14
8. Evangelicals want to live in a theocracy. They fully support any government action that forces Christian views on non-Christians. — J. Michael Kell (@jmichaelkell) December 28, 2016 via https://twitter.com/jmichaelkell
Tweet by armstrongtr
2018.05.14 – 11:14
…Midwestern folk have a general idea of who's screwing them over, and Sanders parses as an honest man. THAT'S why he'd win Missouri. — Tim (@armstrongtr) December 25, 2016 via https://twitter.com/armstrongtr
Tweet by henrierthanthou
2018.05.14 – 11:14
The more extreme your enemy's views, the more you can hate them with a perfect hatred. — Henry Swift (@henrierthanthou) December 19, 2016 via https://twitter.com/henrierthanthou
Tweet by jeremypgordon
2018.05.14 – 11:08
This Onion goof on Democrat vs. Republican messaging has stuck with me for 15 years pic.twitter.com/n7D2P3nBgk — Jeremy Gordon (@jeremypgordon) November 28, 2016 via https://twitter.com/jeremypgordon
Tweet by hamandcheese
2018.05.14 – 11:08
Makes you wonder how much market stagnation is not intentional collusion but the accidental result of rational firm level group-think. — Samuel Hammond (@hamandcheese) November 25, 2016 via https://twitter.com/hamandcheese
Tweet by mdreddy6
2018.05.14 – 11:08
Is autism a natural manifestation of human diversity—or a condition to be cured? Interview with @stevesilberman https://t.co/7Ieo2rDO69 — Madhuri Reddy (@mdreddy6) November 22, 2016 via https://twitter.com/mdreddy6
Tweet by foratv
2018.05.14 – 11:08
Does the political center still exist? @IQ2US https://t.co/df6LgND7uA — FORA.tv (@foratv) November 15, 2016 via https://twitter.com/foratv
Tweet by weblackandnerds
2018.05.14 – 11:08
Finding Hope in a TARDIS: Violence, Racism, and Headline Fatigue an essay by @AngeliqueRoche https://t.co/FVyB4yqyFm — Black Girls Create (@weblackandnerds) November 14, 2016 via https://twitter.com/weblackandnerds
Tweet by sarahmei
2018.05.14 – 11:08
My capacity for abstract thought (like about software) is predicated on me not using brainspace on lower level issues like safety & food. — Sarah Mei (@sarahmei) November 30, 2016 via https://twitter.com/sarahmei
Review of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “Skin in the Game”
2018.05.14 – 09:56
Review of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “Skin in the Game” “For society as whole, he argues, freedom and progress both depend on decentralization, which realigns decision-making with responsibility. Sooner or later, we have to break free of central authority and dissolve those institutions that allow individuals to take risks while imposing their costs on others.”
What is nirvana?
2018.05.14 – 09:28
What is nirvana? “All of this points to the sense in which the ancient Buddhist appraisal of the human condition is very modern in spirit. The human brain is a machine designed by natural selection to respond in pretty reflexive fashion to the sensory input impinging on it. It is designed, in a certain sense, […]
I Played Fortnite and Figured Out the Universe
2018.05.14 – 09:23
I Played Fortnite and Figured Out the Universe “When it works, it is usually because I have a weapon and my potential ally doesn’t. When (shockingly) I do not blast them and (even more shockingly) do not pull a bait and switch, a real human connection is established, on a channel deeper than any afforded […]
America’s Polarization Has Nothing To Do With Ideology
2018.05.03 – 20:37
America’s Polarization Has Nothing To Do With Ideology “This process results in a curious variety of polarization. Few people love their party and think it represents their interests well. Nevertheless, we increasingly hate the other option, and this is enough to keep us in our respective camps. And the more exasperated we become with our […]