Do you want to know why there’s those stupid bureaucratic rules that seem redundant and assume that you’ve got the brains of a two-year old? (No offense to […]
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The dawning of a new age…
Many of my co-workers (within my department) commute. Only I live within the actual city limits of my workplace. I live about four miles away. The one other […]
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Social Skills are Handshaking Protocols
Most social activity is “handshaking”, the initial squawks of the modem before connecting, the discovery of SSIDs and exchanging of WEPs. Mistaking this as actual information exchange is […]
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The intent of fairness
When one is talking about fairness (or equality), there’s usually two dimensions that are invoked: Fairness of opportunity and fairness of outcome. They can be pretty obvious at […]
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Living life…
It’s been an anxiety-making day today. Lots of deadlines loom: Article submission for a newsletter, midterm (admittedly, open book) in a class, and I’m once again behind on […]
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…but it will cost jobs!
Perhaps someday people will realize that capitalism is an amoral force. It’s very powerful, and can be used for good – but capitalism, like guns or science, is […]