Every time I read a status on the thing, I’m struck by just how terrible a design this is. They couldn’t have come up with a better way of wasting money and time ad infinitum. And people in comments are rooting for a catastrophe. Hard to disagree with them.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
The Jews Who Didn’t Leave Egypt
Thoughts on freedom, and sacrifice.
Most people won’t leave Earth, either (just as most didn’t leave Europe to come to the New World).
How Space Can Aid Human Flourishing
An interview with Bob Zubrin.
Disney’s Business Model
…is sick.
A few months ago, I got a free six-month subscription to Disney+ through Verizon. Now that they’ve started charging me for it, it’s a great opportunity to be able to cancel it.
Off To Music City
We’re flying to Nashville today, where I’m going to be on a panel on commercial space with Bob Poole and Katherine Mangu-Ward on Friday morning as part of Reason Weekend (it used to be in Orange County, but…). Then we’re spending a few days in the Smokies. I’ll have a laptop with me, though, so I won’t be incommunicado.
Ableist Orgies
This Twitter thread is hilarious.
Stop Counting “Cases”
Covid is over: “As of Friday, just 2.15% of hospital beds nationwide are in use for COVID-19 patients, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.”
Russia’s Debacle
What we can learn from it. “If there’s any lesson in this for Washington, it must be to ask: how much of America’s power is myth like Russia’s? Dare we collapse the wave function? If too much is spin then put it not to the test, but keep on bluffing until the reality is restored. You can’t live in the narrative forever.”
Government Schools
I would not send my kid (or any kid) to one.
Quitting Disney
I got six months of Disney+ free from my Verizon account. The six months is up, though, and I now get the pleasure of cancelling it and telling them why, like Karol.