Sympathy/empathy and social and economic dysfunction
I had a knee operated on last Thursday. Having had almost exactly the same thing done on the other knee a couple of years ago,...
Libertarianism — An ideology for “socially retarded adolescent white guys”?
Peter Thiel is a super-smart, super-successful businessman and libertarian activist. He co-founded PayPal, invested in Facebook and has pledged three and half million dollars to...
The Jedi theory of housing markets
Remember how Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star? At the crucial moment, the young Jedi switched off his targeting computer and used the Force to...
Ten things I agree with
HT Michael Neilson
Fun through stupidity
Strength through joy wasn't such a big hit in the end, but fun through stupidity - now that's an inexhaustible well. Michael Neilson links to...
Tabbouleh
HT Three Quarks
Immortal game
The finish of this game is pretty cool. I would in fact go so far as to call it tres cool. Indeed, Adoph Andersson won...