“What’s remarkable, though, isn’t just the aesthetics. It’s that the neighborhoods where these lots have been turned into green spaces have seen a twenty-nine-per-cent drop in gun violence. Twenty-nine per cent! The people haven’t changed. The pathologies haven’t changed. The… Read More »What We Get Wrong About Violent Crime
To understand Russia and Ukraine, first understand Chechnya
Best explainer I have seen so far
“Dabhoiwala points out that the saying ‘while sticks and stones may break my bones, words can never hurt me’ is first recorded only in 1862, but the contrary sentiment, ‘the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones,’ is found in… Read More »What is Free Speech?
Toto je mrazivé počúvanie od oficiálneho reprezentanta štátu [Denník E] eNkonomika: Ministerstvo zdravotníctva je v zajatí lobistických skupín, hovorí šéf NKÚ #dennikE https://podcastaddict.com/dennik-e/episode/198486605 via @PodcastAddict
It is not only geography
An insightful look into a history I have known little about from Vietnamese point of view. “As one Vietnamese translator put it: ‘Do you realise we are the only nation on Earth that’s defeated three out of the five permanent… Read More »Shame and revolution
Here is a take, trying to find pattern in the madness
Adam Przeworski formulated a minimalist definition of democracy as “a system of institutionalized uncertainty, or a regime where the rules are predictable, but not the electoral results” This defines democracy as having predictable rules but unpredictable results. You cannot have… Read More »Two Kinds of Uncertainties
Interesting dive into ideologies [Lex Fridman Podcast] #444 – Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler #lexFridmanPodcast https://podcastaddict.com/lex-fridman-podcast/episode/182897164 via @PodcastAddict