The Late Enlightenment

We're still in the Enlightenment, only now reason has shown us that we are not reasonable - and a more empirical study of man helps us remember the point of the whole program

Monday, April 22, 2013

Urbanization in the U.S. and Canada

Australia is often used by demographers as an example of a highly urbanized country, but the contrast between Canada and the U.S. is perhaps...

Monday, April 15, 2013

The GOP's Push to Change the World at the State Level

There's been a recent, clear push by the GOP to aggressively focus on social conservative issues at the state level. Sam Brownback...

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Human Capital-Intensive Fields That Sort Talent Poorly

Since human capital (Adam Smith's labor component) is becoming more and more important as economies develop, sorting talent has followed...

Why Do Sub-Cultures Dislike Luke-Warm Adherents

It's a sad time for sub-cultures in the developed world. Why? Many subcultures, particularly those with mostly young folks (and who el...

New Call to Regulate Drones: from Google Head Eric Schmidt

This is cross-posted at my technology blog, Speculative Nonfiction . Article here . There's a clear motivation for governments and th...

Preference Falsification and Cascades

Preference falsification is the masking of one's real preferences in order to conform to "received" preferences, that is to so...

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Another Euthanasia Program in the U.S.

Oregon already has such a law - interestingly, it was enacted when an MD was governor - and now Seattle has a pilot program. It's a cl...

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