Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Austro-Athenian Empire) I Get Ink
[cross-posted at BHL, POT, and Facebook (1, 2, 3)] A good thing just arrived by mail – a first edition of Francis Dashwood Tandy’s 1896 free-market anarchist classic Voluntary Socialism, autographed by the author. And for only $25! Usually those go for over $400, even if not autographed. I’ve grossly exploited some online bookseller, and…
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(The GiveWell Blog) December 2019 open thread
Our goal with hosting quarterly open threads is to give blog readers an opportunity to publicly raise comments or questions about GiveWell or related topics (in the comments section below). As always, you’re also welcome to email us at info@givewell.org or to request a call with GiveWell staff if you have feedback or questions you’d…
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(Law & Liberty) Holiday Reading Ideas from Law & Liberty
Helen Dale, Rachel Lu, Daniel Mahoney, Jessica Hooten Wilson, and other Law & Liberty writers offer some recommendations.
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(Law & Liberty) Planning the Great Society
Is it true what they say about planning and centralized government power?
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(Law & Liberty) What Is the Venture Capital Secret Sauce?
A new book by a Harvard Business School professor does not, alas, illuminate what it might be.
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(Law & Liberty) Applying the Fourth Amendment’s Original Meaning to Cell Phones and Heat Sensors
A proper understanding of the Fourth Amendment can accommodate modern technology, even though that technology was not known at the time.
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(Law & Liberty) Clint Eastwood, Richard Jewell, and the Rush to Judgment
As drama, the film loses something by dehumanizing Kathy Scruggs in much the way the mainstream media dehumanizes people like Richard Jewell.
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(QC RSS) Smorgasbord
I don’t know why I find gift baskets so funny, but I do
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – A creative
New comic!Today’s News:
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(Law & Liberty) Art’s Establishment
The contention that non-profit management and government funding expands the arts is hardly defensible.
Got any book recommendations?