Category: General
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I've moved to Facebook
If you used to be a regular reader of my blog, you may have noticed my lack of activity here. I’ve decided to stop updating my personal blog and post short updates to my Facebook page instead. Though most of my traffic now is random Google searches, Feedburner claims that I still have 100 subscribers to…
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Developing countries don't need aid and democracy: they need to be re-colonized by Western ideas
Reposting this from Facebook: The material and social progress of post-Enlightenment European civilization stands in stark contrast to the rest of human history. No other culture has created such dramatic and widespread progress in such a short time. Those who wish to export the material success of the West to the rest of the world…
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An Objectivist wedding ceremony
Here is the text of my wedding ceremony earlier this year. I was not able to find any appropriate ceremonies for me, so I wrote my own. I’m posting this for those looking for a wedding ceremony inspired by Objectivist ideas. (The only thing missing are some readings contributed by our friends and family.) Introduction…
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It's only logical…
Have you noticed that stores are placing environmentalist and faith-related products in the same section?
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Playboy interviews: then and now
Playboy has published their excellent interview with Ayn Rand. After reading the interview, I decided to see if they had any other interesting interviews under the “Best of” section. And came across this. OK, this is Playboy, after all, but surely there is at least one other interview about ideas. Right? Can you name any…
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Wedding website up
The website for our upcoming wedding is up at DavidLovesSarah.RationalMind.Net. We used quotes from Ayn Rand, Robert A. Heinlein, Bruce Lee, and Lucille Ball. Thanks to Sara Lindsay for the photos – I’ve posted more on Flickr.
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Obama demands power to shut down Internet and access private data during "emergencies"
If anyone out there still thinks that Obama is any improvement over Bush on Constitutional rights, they must be delusional if they persist in that belief after reading this: Mother Jones: The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” and shut down or limit Internet traffic in…
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Iraq to start executing gays this week
More than 100 prisoners in Iraq are facing execution – and many of them are believed to have been convicted of the ‘crime’ of being gay, the UK-based Iraqi-LGBT group revealed this afternoon. According to Ali Hili of Iraqi-LGBT, the Iraqi authorities plan to start executing them in batches of 20 from this week. There…
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On Down Syndrome and other self-inflicted tragedies
Earlier this week Salon published an article about a mother dealing with an adult Autistic son, who’s out of control violence led her to desperate measures. Her story reminded me of the angry responses I’ve received whenever I’ve written against Down syndrome. Dozens of parents have responded to each post, claiming to have adorable little…
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Winning marketshare by giving away your intellectual property
Suppose you start a small tech startup and invent a revolutionary device with tremendous potential. What would you expect to be most profitable – to make the device yourself, to license it to large manufacturers, or to give away licenses royalty free to anyone who wanted them? The first two choices might seem reasonable, but…