February 11, 2017
Silicon valley is keen to come up with solutions to save the world, but underestimate the complexity of many human rights issues. But the math works out! Stupid prats.
Chomsky’s Mysterianism. At the heart of the universe will always be mystery, because there is never an explanation for the explanation nor can there ever be.
February 10, 2017
Considerations On Cost Disease. Baumol’s cost disease not mostly ingenerate; rent capture behavior instead.
These days, if you hear somebody talk about philosophy in the media, it’s probably a scientific materialist like Neil deGrasse Tyson ranting about how all philosophy is nonsense. NDGT is the stupidest smart person that I’m aware of.
February 9, 2017
What cats can teach us about how to live. This is much better than the title implies.
The patriarchal dividend–the collection of accumulated advantages men collectively receive in androcentric patriarchal societies (e.g., wages, respect, authority, safety). “Safety” should not be on that list. Men overall experience higher violence and expectation of violence than women, just not sexual violence (outside of prison).
The Myth of the Well-Behaved Women’s March. All of my favorite women are not well-behaved.
Why is this job not handled by a machine yet? Agreed, premised on having a real social safety net and UBI. Otherwise, no.
February 8, 2017
As Goldman Embraces Automation, Even the Masters of the Universe Are Threatened. Masters of the Universe some of the easiest to automate.
Billionaires say they’ll end disease: evolution says otherwise. Even non-standard-bio creatures of high enough complexity would have disease of some sort.
Electronics robust enough for Venus. I had been thinking about this problem recently; no idea someone was actually researching it.
Laugh all you like but satire changes nothing. The Jon Stewart problem.
February 7, 2017
This Is Why You Probably Hate Slam Poetry, According to a Linguistic Scholar. No “probably” about it.
February 6, 2017
Chill, America. Not every Trump outrage is outrageous. Annoying to see people “resisting” Trump doing the same things Obama did. Where were you then?
Californians are paying billions for power they don’t need. The imperatives of capital.
Bourgeois Feminist Bullshit. Paging Amanda Marcotte….
February 5, 2017
Many Dems either don’t know how to relate to people with moderate or mixed views or they don’t want to. They prefer rock stars and celebrities to bus drivers and food service workers. Yep, to win elections only need to change a few minds. Saying is impossible == giving up before even starting.
Trump Announces Plan to Let Wall Street Scam America Again. Wall Street always scams America; the Dems just tolerated it a bit less.
February 4, 2017
The Purpose of Sleep? To Forget, Scientists Say. Some scientists say. Sleep probably has many reasons, purposes.
Ventusky. “Ventus” means “wind” in Latin btw.
February 3, 2017
The woes of Windows 10. “And quite the most secure operating system ever devised.” No. Let me tell you about OpenBSD.