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As an idea, and an ideal, it's hard to seriously criticize EA. Sone pretty shady people have done really unethical things while claiming it as a rationale, but I don't understand h…

Kant in shambles

De La Soul's discography came to streaming this year. Including 3 Feet High and Rising.

I use anki right now. I mean this question in good faith, is there a reason for me to switch? I'm happ with anki, but I'm open to being sold. Relatedly: Can I pay for this? Anki wo…

There's an excellent fictionalized book about this topic called Red Plenty. I just read it recently and found it thoroughly enjoyable. It's a very humanizing account of a potential…

Will Durant once expressed his conviction that the world only seems to get worse because as we develop morally and intellectually, we're less tolerant of evil but simultaneously mo…

FFXIV is actually bigger than WoW these days.

I'm not saying that I hold these views myself, I think that these are straightforward generous readings that you can take of common conservative positions. Killing in war is bad, e…

Yakuza 0. I've been playing it as "virtual tourism", it's a faithful recreation of one small part of 1980s Tokyo. The environment is really lovingly crafted, and the main story is …

I think most mathematical facts described as beautiful fall into one of the two categories of “consequences of definitions” and “shocking connections”. The first happens when the s…

This was a really well written essay! Great breakdown of Sweeney’s strategy!

I wonder what amazon’s report is going to look like. Only half an hour until they release