Monthly Archives: August 2022

More on the Wars Against Education and Science

So many examples to keep up with!

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The Dangers of Education

Here’s an opinion piece in WaPo from a few days ago that acknowledges that what conservatives fear is true. Washington Post, Paul Waldman, 25 Aug 2022: Conservatives think education is a threat. They’re right.

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Nancy Kress: “Beggars in Spain” + 6

This week’s novella covered by the Facebook Group reading Gardner Dozois’s big anthology first discussed here is “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress, first published in the April 1991 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction.

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Facebook Idiocy

First, a Facebook video I’ve seen linked by my Fb friends several times. Remember, these people’s votes count as much as yours or mine.

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Facebook Saves from Recent Weeks

For today, some Facebook saves, without comments.

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Today’s Headlines, 25 Aug 2022

Let’s do this again. One headline each from a bunch of sites I look at every day.

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Today’s Headlines, 24 Aug 2022

Nothing urgent today. Let’s just round up a batch of headlines, one each from my usual sources. Without comment.

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The Universe Is Enormous, and Reductionist

A couple science links (for a change) and some more endpiece. Big Think, 22 Aug 2022: This logarithmic view of the Universe will blow your mind Subtitle: “As we look to larger cosmic scales, we get a broader view of … Continue reading

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Son of Longtermism

Some 14 days ago, in this post, I linked and quoted from a NYT guest essay by William MacAskill about valuing the future as much as we value the present. Which struck me as a reasonable position to take, a … Continue reading

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James Patrick Kelly’s “Mr. Boy” + 5

This week’s novella covered by the Facebook Group reading Gardner Dozois’s big anthology first discussed here is “Mr. Boy,” by James Patrick Kelly, first published in the June 1990 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction.

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