07
Nov
Interesting Stuff 07/11/2017
Judge Alex Kozinski’s Dissenting Opinion (line 569): "All too many of the other great tragedies of history— Stalin’
2 min read
Srdjan Miletic
28
Oct
Evolution as an existential threat
SSC on evolution as the ultimate existential threat:
"Suppose you are one of the first rats introduced onto a
3 min read
21
Oct
Interesting Stuff: October 21st 2017
//Contains descriptions of domestic violence.
Compass Rose on Integrity: "Kant famously considers the case of someone who comes to
3 min read
16
Oct
Interesting Stuff: October 16th 2017
Beware Isolated Demands for Rigour. SSC on Intellectual Dishonesty
A Vet Remembers: To many of us there, the war was
2 min read
14
Oct
Interesting Stuff: October 14th
Privacy offers free virtual credit cards, letting you mask your purchases. Useful for protecting your purchasing history and preferences. Probably
1 min read
25
Jul
Potential People
Potential people have moral worth. Their lives should be allowed to exist.
Practically, those who exist carry more weight. Some
1 min read
25
Jul
A prophet cannot be a leader
Leadership requires compromise. Truth cannot.
03
Jul
The process of writing
1. Have an idea
2. Write something stupid
3. Rework into something less stupid
4. Repeat 3 ad nauseam
03
Jul
Most of us aren't democrats.
My father always told me that a persons true character reveals itself in adversity. I think this is true. I
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29
Jun
The impossibility of immortality.
Defining Immortality
A person who lives forever is immortal. This requires two things:
1. That they live.
2. That they
3 min read