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How Social Media Is Wrecking Kids’ Lives and Stealing Their Childhood
Garbage in Garbage out. [The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast] 556. How Social Media Is Wrecking Kids’ Lives and Stealing Their Childhood | Jonathan Haidt #theJordanBPetersonPodcast https://podcastaddict.com/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/episode/203893309 via @PodcastAddict
My 2025 in Movies
I do not watch as many movies as I used to, but I have still managed to see some great last year. Here is my top 10.
My 2025 in Books
Let’s start with some numbers. My shortest book was Death and What Comes Next by Terry Pratchett (1 page) and longest was The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (815 pages, even tough it is more like… Read More »My 2025 in Books
Collections: The Fremen Mirage Part IIIa: …by the Princess Irulan
Always keep in mind who is writing a history and why. “Herodotus’ work is the construction of a Greek identity. By and large, prior to the Persian wars – and prior to Herodotus’ own writings – the Greeks do not… Read More »Collections: The Fremen Mirage Part IIIa: …by the Princess Irulan
Collections: The Fremen Mirage, Part II: Water Spilled on the Sand
Rome lasted a really long time. “Sallust’s complaints about Roman decadence – which date to the first century B.C. nearly five centuries before its ‘fall‘ – are often quoted as somehow explaining Rome’s eventual demise, but Rome wasn’t even done… Read More »Collections: The Fremen Mirage, Part II: Water Spilled on the Sand
Collections: The Fremen Mirage, Part I: War at the Dawn of Civilization
Unfortunately not about Fremen but still great series. “The opposite of Fremenism is almost invariably termed ‘decadence.’ This is the reserve side of this reductive view of history: not only do hard conditions make for superior people, but that ‘soft’… Read More »Collections: The Fremen Mirage, Part I: War at the Dawn of Civilization
They Built a Child They Won’t Raise
“They’ve spent billions. They’ve hired the brightest minds. They’ve built the most sophisticated systems in human history. And they cannot make AI do what they want. Not because AI is too dumb. Not because AI is too smart. Because what… Read More »They Built a Child They Won’t Raise
Where does a liberal go from here?
To despair is human. But it is not productive. “Liberalism may have lost the first French Revolution, but it ended up winning the world — at least, for a while.” https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/where-does-a-liberal-go-from-here
Collections: Oaths! How do they Work?
It is not that simple. “So again, a vow is a promise to a divinity or other higher power (you can make vows to heroes and saints, for instance), whereas an oath is a promise to another human, which is… Read More »Collections: Oaths! How do they Work?