Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Fireside Friday, April 8, 2022
Fireside this week! It’s been a while, eight weeks in a row without a fireside. For what’s coming up in future weeks, I’m working on a longer discussion of Expeditions: Rome and how it treats Roman history. After that, we’ll have a look at the art of pre-modern generalship as compared to the remarkably ‘frictionless’…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Giants and Dwarfs by Thus to Tyrants | Policy of Truth
[…] one small step toward justice, democracy, and the rule of law for Pakistan, and a fitting follow-up to this post from a few years back. Pakistan has something to be proud of for a change, and possibly something […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Thus to Tyrants
Here’s one small step toward justice, democracy, and the rule of law for Pakistan, and a fitting follow-up to this post from a few years back. Pakistan has something to be proud of for a change, and possibly something to teach the democrats, aspiring democrats, and erstwhile democrats of the world: it is possible to…
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(QC RSS) Totally Unexpected
who could possibly have predicted this
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(Our World in Data) At what age do people experience depression for the first time?
People are being diagnosed with depression at an earlier age than in the past because of increased openness to mental health disorders and improved diagnostic guidelines.
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – We have her now
New comic!Today’s News:
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(QC RSS) Well Then
It’s fine
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(The GiveWell Blog) A major update in our assessment of water quality interventions
As we continue to grow, GiveWell seeks to maximize both the cost-effectiveness of the funding we direct and the likely room for more funding of the programs we support. We think we’ve identified a category of interventions that rates really well on both: water treatment, such as chlorination. This is a major update for us.…
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(Cat and Girl) Work Ethics
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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(QC RSS) She Knows A Lot Of People
Willow…
Got any book recommendations?