Why it should no longer be required reading (to the degree that it is).
I remember reading it as a kid, and it didn’t read true to me in the same way that Animal Farm did.
Category Archives: Philosophy
Postmodernism
It’s the latest victim of the plague.
As the old saying goes, it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
Justin Amash
He’s running for president. What does it mean for Trump?
Matt Welch interviewed him. I might vote for him, given that where I vote, my vote for president doesn’t matter.
Planet Of The Humans
A review of Michael Moore’s latest.
The Great Filter
Has the virus given us a preview of it?
Happy Easter
…to all of my Christian readers.
[Update late morning]
Assuming it happened, was the Resurrection the most important event in history?
Being Libertarian In A Pandemic
Thoughts from Eugene Volokh.
Our biggest problem continues to be a paucity of information. The old saying is that knowledge is power, and right now, we’re still pretty powerless in that regard.
[Update a while later]
Pandemics come and go, but medical masks are eternal.
Innovation, Privacy, And Nature
How the pandemic will change our views of them.
Intelligent Voluntary Cooperation
More from Allison Duettmann, who is co-writing what looks to be an interesting new book with Mark Miller (who I haven’t seen in years).
If you have the time, the next in the playlist is a salon with her and Aubrey De Grey on the value of life extension, but it’s a little over an hour. Foresight has put a lot of videos on line recently from its Vision Weekend last year.
Freeman
I thought I’d posted this, but we’ve lost a giant of math, physics, philosophy and space. Condolences to Esther and the rest of the family. I just saw her at the space transportation conference a few weeks ago.
From over two decades ago, here’s an interview of him by Stewart Brand.
Lots of comments over at Instapundit.