…to live in quiet times.
Thoughts on the acceleration of progress, by Walter Russell Mead.
I wonder how space will play into all of this?
[Afternoon update]
There is no turning back from AI.
If Something Cannot Go On Forever
Sobering thoughts.
Burying The Lede
You have to get to the end of this story about the 20th anniversary of A Mighty Wind (has it really been that long?) to find out that there may be a Spinal Tap Two in the making.
Carless, Sexless Teenagers
Parents are to blame.
I talked to an eighteen YO neighbor a few years ago (not sure what she’s doing now) who didn’t have a driver’s license, and had no plans to get one. Her parents chauffeured her everywhere, and she was happy with that.
I couldn’t wait to get mine, or my first car.
American Racial Classifications
Further thoughts on the absurdity. Elon Musk is in fact more “African American” than most American “black” people.
The Trans Hill
Will Democrats die on it?
We can hope. But they’re not “liberals.”
“My Mixed Marriage”
This is a sad sign of our times.
I’m very fortunate in that regard. Patricia and I were much more mixed when we met than we are now.
The Coronation
A (conservative) American’s view.
The Trans Bubble
…watching it burst.
It can’t happen soon enough.
From Nashville To San Bernardino
A history of Democrats’ whitewashing the murderous crimes of favored groups.