Frozen World
Albert Dros A cold Dutch morning with a beautiful sky. Up early, but worth it :)
How did Lee Kuan Yew reduce coruption in Singapore?
https://qr.ae/prpy4V Reduce the temptation. The temptation of corruption lies on a risk-reward spectrum, with very high temptation at the low risk-high reward end, and very low temptation at the high…
The Fantasy of Virginity
by Ada Bronowski Why celebrate first times? If, admittedly, from the first time you have sex to the first time you taste escargots à la bourguignonne, hear Allegri’s Miserere or…
Comforts and Joys
by Rebecca Baumgartner While watching a Christmas movie recently and hearing a character describe something as a “Christmas miracle,” my 8-year-old son scornfully exclaimed, “That’s not a Christmas miracle, that’s…
Chatting with yourself
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/12/chatting-with-yourself.html I decided to train an AI chatbot on my childhood journal entries to engage in real-time dialogue with my inner child and I discovered how an AI tool can…
Gareth Evans on Revitalizing the Struggle for Human Rights
Gareth Evans in Project Syndicate: This century has not been kind to human-rights optimists, with 2022 being no exception. Many gains in the recognition and protection of the universal rights…
Nietzsche and the perils of denying your self
Guy Elgat at IAI News: Should one be altruistic and act for the sake of others, even at a cost to oneself? Should one’s actions be free of any egoistic…