I’ll Take Manhattan

Tell me again why I’m supposed to love Brooklyn?

Weddings versus the Introvert

How to survive their happiest day in one piece

CONSERVING ENERGY at SCHOOLS

Conserving Energy at Schools — An essay

Against Creativity

It’s time to do away with a lazy concept that does more harm than good

Hey bloggers: Knock off the straw man argument

It seems that a significant portion of the articles that I read online have…

We Need A New Form Of Prose

“One of the most momentous things that can happen to a culture is that they acquire a new form of prose.” T.S. Eliot

Contrary to what a bunch of optimistic entrepreneurs might tell you, no threaded reply is about to solve the messy state of affairs in…

Ignorance is a good thing.

In 1970 John Rawls’ “A Theory of Justice” was published. It was a landmark work of philosophy that, somewhat unusually for a philosophy book, went on to be a bestseller. It set out Rawls’ theories on how society ought to work.

Ginger robotic dreams

A funny story is happening these days. Many tech folks obsessed with personal robotics (PR) have a vision. They keep…