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Category Archives: So ya wannna be an intellectual…
What Is Regret?
Go read this excellent opinion piece concerning humility and regret. You will be better for it. (Thanks, Barry, for bringing this to my attention.)
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The Source of Bertrand Russell’s Famous Tea Pot Argument
I really like Bertrand Russell and so should you. He’s one of the last great intellectuals. Sure he’s British but he’d hold his own in any circle of American pragmatism. He’s got brainy gumption and moxy. Probably he is most … Continue reading
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Corporations Are NOT People
The author, Jeffrey D Clements, of the new book “Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It” was recently on the radio (KUOW‘s Weekday) talking about his ideas on … Continue reading
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FDR Still Has Good Things to Say to America
I am reading a great book on the history of wealth over the four most recent world-economic powers: the United States, Great Britain, the Dutch, and the Spanish. Great book. It’s called Wealth and Democracy (A Political History of the … Continue reading
Thoughts on Internet Isolation
On the Internet no one knows your a Turing machine. Of course, the problem for two Turing machines conversing over the Internet is that neither can be truly certain that the other is the Turing machine it thinks it is. … Continue reading
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Is Facebook Decending?
As with anything popular it is also popular to complain about Facebook. Now I feel like I get a free pass since my complaints are not of the class “Why did you move my cheese?” but rather “Why doesn’t your … Continue reading
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Taxes Are Confusing
I worked for about three months for the IRS, in collections no less. My second least favorite job. I hated it and left. The first worst was working in a sheet metal plant and it wins that contest by dint … Continue reading
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The Great Black Hope and Disillusionment
I might own an arsenal of firearms and I might think giving money to beggars is wrong (a la Plato: you are building an economy for begging), but I’m also a(n aspiring) musician and living in Seattle; this affords me … Continue reading
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Alarmists Rally Against UnReason
Well well well… we meet again my slippery sloped sloppy companion. Global Warming you will yield! And your sidekick—Global Climate Change—you are going down down down. A scientist told me. Only problem is he’s the black sheep, red headed, retarded, … Continue reading
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How to Defeat Fascism while Dancing
There was a bit of controversy surrounding this dance video according to NPR today. I watched it and just saw some people helping an old man take back something that was taken from him years ago. I believe the method … Continue reading
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