August 2011
3 posts
Watch this interview with Jon Huntsman. Not obviously a sociopath! Prepared to admit the truth of biology and climate science!
Notice that the reason he gives for endorsing evolution and climate change is that it would be politically disastrous not to - “if we become the anti-science party, we will lose the votes of people who otherwise would help us win in 2012.” That’s not a...
Redistribution or Recognition? Riots.
It’s the title of a book by Nancy Fraser that I sort of skimmed a few years ago.
It’s also a good question to ask about the riots in the UK. There’s the real life scene, which went kind of like this:
Reporter: Hey, why are you rioting? Why not protest with placards and not break things?
Youth: You think Blu-Ray will still be an industry standard in five years’ time?...
“Seems like a fix for a problem that didn’t exist. Liked it better when the earth...”
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