The United States has recently been plunged into a long overdue conversation about free speech vs political correctness. From the tech worker fired from Google for sexist comments, to the Charlottesville alt-right protests, loud voices are arguing that any attempt to curb derogatory opinions about “others”, constitutes an infringement of our … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2017
The Energy of Grievance
One of the ways the laws of energy differ from physical laws is that equal energy exchange is not a zero-sum game. In the physical world, the equal exchange of the same item leaves both people in the same situation as before. If I give you $20 and you give me $20, we both end up with exactly what we started with. In the energy world, however, … [Read more...]