“Human brains have a “hyperactive agency-detector device”, seeing agents (spirits, gods and the like) in natural phenomena and random happenings. This is useful. There is little harm if you overreact to something that turns out not to exist. But underestimating a rustling in the undergrowth, which might conceal a predator, could be fatal, leading to… Continue reading In the hands of an angry God
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TIME Person of the Year 2015: Angela Merkel
“Cultures and societies that are shaped by fear,” Merkel said, “will without doubt not get a grip on the future.” – TIME Person of the Year 2015: Angela Merkel
What tear gas taught me about Twitter and the NSA
“The Panopticon is a thought experiment: a model prison meant to control a society of prisoners. But we are not prisoners. We are not shackled in cells, with no rights and no say in governance. In our world, pleasure is not banned; it is encouraged and celebrated, albeit subsumed under the banner of consumption. Most… Continue reading What tear gas taught me about Twitter and the NSA