Science, objectivity and the separation of knowing and doing
I. Given its astonishing success, modern minds are mesmerised by science. So much so that various disciplines adopted certain mannerisms of science in order to...
Are the covid lights going on in the States?
An important rule in politics is that you adopt the best policies and slogans of your opponent only after you have destroyed that opponent. Till...
Can you spot the countries with high vaccinations? Or recent lockdowns?
I am all for effective vaccines and have been impressed with how fast vaccines have been developed against covid, but I never expected them to...
History is repeating: Dennis Glover on the Capitol Hill riot
If something can happen once, it can happen again. This is the oft-ignored first lesson of history. The second lesson is that humans usually forget...
A brief summary of a long work – Piketty’s Capital and Ideology: by Ian McAuley
Ian McAuley circulated the summary below and I asked him for permission to make it available here – which he agreed to. Piketty's books remind...
Historical analogies for the covid-mania
“men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses...