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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Religion and war
Via Arts and Letters Daily and The Spectator: On the whole, though, for a millennium in which religion has loomed so large, as a motive for actual war it seems to have been rather secondary. What then explains this obstinate modern conviction that religion is the...
Why Academics’ Writing Stinks
Via Arts and Letters Daily and The Chronicle of Higher Education: Why should a profession that trades in words and dedicates itself to the transmission of knowledge so often turn out prose that is turgid, soggy, wooden, bloated, clumsy, obscure, unpleasant to read,...
Corn dog brownies
In other news, Type 2 diabetes rates expected to triple over the next 40 years. Photo from...
Great Barrier Reef becoming less great
Via SingularityHUB, impacts on nature: According to a new study, the massive reef has lost half of its coral cover over the last 27 years. Damage from storms, bleaching, and a species of starfish that feed on coral are overwhelmingly to blame for the loss. Forces of...
Great Barrier Reef becoming less great
Via SingularityHUB, impacts on nature: According to a new study, the massive reef has lost half of its coral cover over the last 27 years. Damage from storms, bleaching, and a species of starfish that feed on coral are overwhelmingly to blame for the loss. Forces of...
How much to leave me alone?
Via TechCrunch, an issue about the future of privacy: It can’t be long before privacy becomes, like clean water or reliable power, something that only the rich can afford. From...
How much to leave me alone?
Via TechCrunch, an issue about the future of privacy: It can’t be long before privacy becomes, like clean water or reliable power, something that only the rich can afford. From...
Not your father’s bank
Via Forbes, a provocative statement about the true nature of banks: But there is a very real sense in which a consumer bank should not really be regarded as a financial institution at all. It’s a computing system which happens to do finance. Which means that the...