The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

One pound of inference, no more, no less. No humbug, no cant, but only inference. This task done, and he would go free.

Showing posts with label Paternalism. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Paternalism. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The worst law in London

What does absurd government monomania in the face technological irrelevance look like? Back in the early years of the 20th century, before...

Monday, March 3, 2014

The Arbitrariness of Social Conventions

Social customs are strange things. Some rules are totally arbitrary (fork on the left, knife on the right), but usually these end up being c...

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Freedom is Tyranny...

...when you're mentally ill. Hacker News linked to this very interesting article in the Washington Post by Paul Gionfriddo, talking a...

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