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I love this quote by Steve Jobs at Stanford’s commencement in 2005: “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know of avoiding the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” For the full video, click here. Jessica Hagy has an excellent cartoon on questioning things. I tried to post it inline here, but I got fed up trying to figure out how to do so. A couple of days ago, Alexander McCobin of Students for Liberty, applauded the inclusion of GOPround, a gay Republican group, at CPAC. He was roundly booed, then cheered. Following his remarks, Ryan Sorba gave an anti-gay rant. Both have been broadcast on national television and have received plenty of attention in the blogosphere. You can [...] I finished reading Book 1 of Plato’s Republic today. I am a little disappointed and can see why people get turned off from philosophy, as Socrates seems to engage in a lot of suspect reasoning, casting doubt on anyone’s position by playing word games that, more often than not, don’t help clarify an issue [...] “This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will [...] See here. I think that number of atheists/secularists in this country has reached a critical mass. There was a time when coming out as an atheist was as or more difficult than coming out of the closet as a homosexual for a lot of people in this country. This is changing. More and more people [...] Robert Wright, the author of The Evolution of God, has a recent op-ed in the New York Times, suggesting that hardcore atheists and creationists could find some common ground. I loved this article. He offers examples of how those with a highly scientific worldview (like myself) could still potentially find room for purpose of a [...] Joel has a couple of interesting posts, one on incremental change that leads to a phase change, and another entitled “Complexity and Collapse“. In the former, he worries that a marginal change in the state of affairs may lead to a phase change. As an example of this, think of how Lehman’s bankruptcy is what [...] |
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