Observations on norm erosion
Norm Erosion
I work at an engineering consultancy. An engineering consultancy sells project to clients and makes money by then
Westworld is not smart
The premise of the show is that there is a themepark, "westworld", in America in the near future.
Trade-off denialism
Any working ethical system that actually works for human morality will entail trade-off's. There are cases where different
Against Loyalty
Normal people value loyalty, practically and morally. They're usually wrong to do so. My loyalty hierarchy at work
I don't know enough about Damore's case to make a judgement
What I read about Damore disturbed me. He was punished for his memo because he suggested there are biological differences
Against Bryan Caplan on Raising Children
In "Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids", Bryan Caplan argues that raising children is easier than we think.
The wishes of the dead
Our society limits people's scope of action to their lives. We ban post-death trusts, or at least do
On fat acceptance
Some people are uncritically in favour of the fat acceptance movement/narrative. Some are against. I think both are wrong.
Don't Clap
I was sitting in my companies quarterly wrap up meeting yesterday. The procedure is standard. People give presentations. They highlight
Bad metrics for Social Mobility
I see a lot of articles on social mobility. Most look something like this. They compare the proportion of low