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Armchair Philosophizing: A Real Life Ellsworth Toohey
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Sunday, August 7, 2011. A Real Life Ellsworth Toohey. A friend of mine from work sent me this article. That was reposted on Deadspin. Though originally ran in The Nation. On how to rule the world, and the fact that it is trying to pass itself off as taking the moral high ground is at the root of everything that is wrong with America, and to a larger extent, the world. Do great players actually submit to authority? And it was people like Lipsyte who criticized it.
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Armchair Philosophizing: August 2011
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Sunday, August 21, 2011. Designing A Moral Government, Part 4 - Taxation. The Morality of Taxation. Let's ask first whether it is moral to tax. Anthony, over at the Dream Lounge. In the case of taxation, forcing someone to pay tax by threat to life is an example of a restriction on choice. Makes sense, no? Here's the problem with that logic: one exercised his right to choose when he chose to live. Creating A Moral Tax. Which means keeping as much money in the pocke...
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Armchair Philosophizing: Stephen Hawking on God, Heaven and the Meaning of Life
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Monday, May 16, 2011. Stephen Hawking on God, Heaven and the Meaning of Life. When I logged into twitter today to change my picture, I saw Stephen Hawking listed as one of the trending topics. My first instinct was to assume that he had died, which would be a very sad day indeed. As luck would have it though, it turns out that he is still definitely alive and kicking, and the reason for his trending was this article in The Guardian. May 19, 2011 at 1:55 PM. I think...
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Armchair Philosophizing: October 2011
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Sunday, October 23, 2011. Dexter and the Juxtaposition of Atheism and Religion as Good and Evil Respectively. I recently came across this article. If you don't watch Dexter. The show is having a good versus evil battle where the atheist is the "good guy" and the religious zealot is the "bad guy." Even more interesting, they're both serial killers. And yet, we all root for Dexter, and are on firm moral footing in doing so. A recent episode of House. Dr Kurt Harris' ...
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Armchair Philosophizing: Defining Government
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Sunday, June 26, 2011. Now that we have a basic understanding of. It's time we turn our attention to government. What is government? Why do we need it? What should government have control over? Looking up the word "governmnet" in a dictionary actually yields very little in the way of a definition. To understand what government is, we have to understand why we want/need it. Based on what we know about morality, and in particular about when it is. A monopoly on force.
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Armchair Philosophizing: The Government Versus My Government
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Thursday, June 30, 2011. The Government Versus My Government. Having a healthy fear of government is good. Most people on both sides of the aisle lack an appropriate level of skepticism toward their government. Still, there is a point where too much fear becomes fringe lunacy, and it is my opinion that someone like Ron Paul. September 22, 2011 at 9:11 PM. Have you tried to move to another country? September 23, 2011 at 12:45 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Armchair Philosophizing: July 2011
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Sunday, July 31, 2011. Image by Asthma Helper. She apparently has a new album that came out a couple of months ago, and the first single off of it is called What the Hell. If you haven't seen it, I definitely recommend you take a second to watch. The way that she carries herself is so adorably sexy in that video, kind of makes a man want to tear her apart She Wants Revenge. The hook of the song is, "All my life I've been good, but now, I'm thinking what, the hell?
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Armchair Philosophizing: Comments From @EricSchmidt During His Dreamforce Keynote
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Monday, September 5, 2011. Comments From @EricSchmidt During His Dreamforce Keynote. Sorry for the missed blog post last week. I was out at Dreamforce. In San Fransisco for work. At Dreamforce, the final keynote address featured Marc Benioff. Chairman and CEO of Salesforce) and Eric Schmidt. You need to focus on getting a better educated workforce." The primary means by which the species homo sapiens sapiens. It's not surprising that someone like Eric, who has a da...
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Armchair Philosophizing: Ethically Required to Take Immoral Action
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Sunday, June 19, 2011. Ethically Required to Take Immoral Action. In my last post. In this post, I will flesh out the limits of this "loophole," so to speak. From a strictly Darwinist standpoint, there is an obvious example. Is it moral to stand by your morals while your kids die? What are threats to your child's right to life? June 30, 2011 at 7:08 PM. Life doesnt require compromise - it require the opposite of compromise. June 30, 2011 at 7:11 PM. On first meetin...
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Armchair Philosophizing: When Great Ideas Go Astray
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Don't hate the player, change the game. Sunday, September 11, 2011. When Great Ideas Go Astray. Got me a little riled. In this particular video, Joel brags about his 10 values. Which include that he will not service anywhere outside of a four hour radius of the farm, does not advertise his farm, and does not have sales targets. Have we invested enough money in space travel and biosphere research to start expanding to other planets? Or build self sustaining satellite planets? Topics: false sense of virtue.
