Links/Quotes/Comments: 1 Sep 2022

Posted on Thursday 1 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

About secularism, elections, misogyny and education, publishing ‘errors’, Trump supporters’ plans, and the real America.

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More on the Wars Against Education and Science

Posted on Wednesday 31 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

So many examples to keep up with!

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The Dangers of Education

Posted on Monday 29 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

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

Posted on Sunday 28 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

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

Posted on Saturday 27 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

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

Posted on Friday 26 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

For today, some Facebook saves, without comments.

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Today’s Headlines, 25 Aug 2022

Posted on Thursday 25 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

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

Posted on Wednesday 24 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

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

Posted on Tuesday 23 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

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 the expansive cosmic forest, eventually revealing the grandest views of all.”

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Son of Longtermism

Posted on Monday 22 August 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

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 kind of science-fictional position to take. In contrast to the short-term views that most people, not unreasonably, take.

(Also, there’s an Endpiece to this post, below.)

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