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Blog: Science: Neurophilosophy | guardian.co.uk: Anti-connectome-ism | Mo Costandi
Blog: Brain Pickings: The Science of Procrastination and How to Manage It, Animated
Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: Honey Boo Boo Nation
Blog: Dilbert.com Blog: Motivation Drug
Blog: kottke.org: 1000 years of war in 5 minutes
Nightmares of an International Relations Professor
Nightmares of an International Relations Professor
“Thus did the United States squander in only five years all seven of the precious assets listed in my 1999 speech.”
Blog: The Vote: Thanks to Adams, ‘Trouble with the Curve’ paints the corners
Brand New Products by Linh Dinh : The Poetry Foundation
Brand New Products by Linh Dinh : The Poetry Foundation
“A super realistic photo of what’s outside
Your window, pasted to your window.”
Teaching journalists to read | Felix Salmon
Teaching journalists to read | Felix Salmon
“But if I were hiring, the first thing I’d look at would be the prospective employee’s Twitter feed. What are they linking to? What are they reading? If they’re linking to great stuff from a disparate range of sources, if they’re following smart people on Twitter, if they’re engaged in the conversation — that’s hugely valuable. More valuable, in fact, than being able to put together an artfully-constructed lede.”
Why I Love Mormonism
Why I Love Mormonism
“Yet unlike Islam, for whom Muhammad is the last prophet, Mormonism allows for continuing revelation. In a way, it is very democratic, very American.”
Blog: Dodger Thoughts: A forever toast to the Toaster
We Are All Welfare Queens Now – Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic
We Are All Welfare Queens Now – Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic
“More to the point, as tactics aimed at suppressing black citizenship become more abstract, they also have the side-effect of enveloping non-blacks.”
Christianity, Liberalism, and Love of the Other, Part II « The Orthosphere
Christianity, Liberalism, and Love of the Other, Part II « The Orthosphere
“We respect other communities, and we think it proper that foreigners should love their own countries as we love ours, but our love and our loyalty necessarily belong to our own communities alone” …because love is a love of THIS, not of some concept.
Christianity, Liberalism, and Love of the Other, Part I « The Orthosphere
Christianity, Liberalism, and Love of the Other, Part I « The Orthosphere
“If I value a person only for some quality he possesses, like intelligence or beauty, so that I would forget him if he lost those qualities or if I met someone smarter and more beautiful, this would be esteem, not love. If I value a person on a principle that all humans are valuable, this would be justice (at least, a part of it), not love. Love is always a recognition of a this”
Some thoughts about XOXO
Some thoughts about XOXO
“Don’t try to be everyman. Don’t pretend you’re a member of every community you visit. Don’t try to be citizens of some artificial globalized community. Go deeper into your own tradition. Call more upon the geography of your own past. Be distinct and credible. People will come.”
Twitter: @baconmeteor
Blog: The Feature: The Honor System
Interview with Simon Kuper
Interview with Simon Kuper
“Real Madrid—world’s richest soccer club—would be only the 135th biggest company in Finland measured by revenues.”