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A Nation Without Nationalism
Nationalism
What geography made possible, history made inevitable. Gilmour, at least in this book, is not one for nuanced or qualified judgements. Italy as he views it can be numbered among the world’s failed states, indeed he believes it was ‘impossible to create a successful…
Adesso basta (Simone Perotti)
Chi non ha dubbi è invulnerabile
Frequentando il mondo politico e i top manager capii che alcune persone erano più persuasive di altre, e infatti quel che sostenevano tendeva ad avverarsi più della media. Sembrava una dote ai limiti col soprannaturale. Si trattava invece di qualcosa di più semplice. Chi non…
Edge.org
Inheritability is not the inverse of mutability
Inheritability is not the inverse of mutability, and to say that the heritability of a trait is high is not to say that the environment has no effect because heritability scores are themselves affected by the environment. Take the case of height. In the rich world, the…
House Of Cards
Politicians
The identity of the next president of the United States is once again in the hands of a bunch of self serving, money-hungry, boot-licking, power-seeking politicians who can be seduced or sucker-punched or blackmailed into submission
Liquidfeedback: What A Genuine Democratic Process Looks Like | David Bollier
The crudeness of representative democracy
But the problem with representative democracy is that public opinion can only be expressed crudely. Citizens vote every few years – and then a single legislator is said to “represent” you and tens of thousands of other citizens for a fixed term. But if circumstances change, if…
Shantaram (gregory David Roberts)
A politician promises a bridge without a river
‘Hell, no. I can’t stand politicians. A politician is someone who promises you a bridge, even when there’s no river.’