Addressing the Dragon in the room
Recently, a friend of mine shared this video in one of our group chats: The Fable of the Dragon Tyrant I strongly suggest watching the video before reading this post…. Read more »
Category Archives: Politics
Zuckerberg versus Cruz
Not so long ago, Facebook had to deal with a scandal about their user’s personal data being sold. Ignoring the fact that every single person who signed up for Facebook accepted… Read more »
The real source of the problem
My guess is that you can guess what this is going to be about. Hint: What happened in Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas. Like every time there is a notable… Read more »
Judge, Jury and Executioner
I figured at least some of you are tired of hearing me talk about self-driving cars. I assume at least some of you, once you started reading, will read an… Read more »
Optimal Earth temperature
I’m sure by now you have at least heard of Global Warming. Many people disagree exactly on what is global warming, or climate change. But most people agree that it… Read more »
Any recommendation can make sense with arbitrary premises
One of the most interesting things I’ve noticed since I started keeping an eye out for cognitive biases, is how unreliable reasoning is. Specifically, reasoning that goes like this: I… Read more »
Going their own way
I don’t want to run a marathon. I have attempted running, but I can’t even come close to marathon distance. It probably wouldn’t be impossible for me to do it,… Read more »
Get to know your opponents
Recently, I was made aware of a conversation that was pretty interesting. Person A, a friend of mine, was discussing climate change in class with Person B, someone I have… Read more »
Self-Driving Cars
About a year ago, Tesla was under fire because one of their auto-pilots had an accident. Obviously, barely anyone bothered to read the details, and I have heard many people… Read more »
Conspiracy theories
The Earth is flat. The holocaust didn’t actually happen. Lee Harvey Oswald was just a scapegoat. The first moon landing was actually faked. Every moon landing was actually faked. Apollo… Read more »