I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself. Oscar Wilde Recently there has been a few noteworthy boycotts attempting to punish disagreeable speech. The new CEO of Mozilla, Brendan Eich, resigned because of an outcry against him. He donated money to…
Tag: Politics
The Shared Delusion of Money
The lack of money is the root of all evil. -MARK TWAIN, Mark Twain’s Notebook I was explaining Bitcoin in an econ class the other day, and that drove home an idea that I’ve been thinking about for a while. That is the value of our money is based on a shared delusion. The delusion…
The Spiritual Poverty of the Rich
The 1% are in the news, and everywhere you turn people are talking about them (mostly themselves talking about themselves). The greed and selfishness they exhibit is staggering and disheartening: The latest is the idea that rich should have more say in government than the poor, put forth by a crazed rich white dude, “You…