Well hell. I’m feeling numb today.
First Past the Post bites.
Folks think so in Britain too.1
This might help. It helps to know we’re not the only folks that think our First Past the Post system needs reform. 2
I’ve heard countless pious prescriptions to do such and such, because “people fought and died for this right.” There are many versions of this cliché. They are all clichés. And they are all terribly lazy…
Nice animation and a bit of news about the good work that Avaaz is doing…
I don’t know how he does it. He has a kind of discipline that I don’t understand. If he didn’t have a wife and family, I would guess that he’s a monk. Good luck Jasper Blake. May the force be with you.
Stephen Gordon is concerned that the CCPA put out a press release saying that the Canadian Government secretly bailed out banks during the global financial crisis. I heard him on CBC yesterday and I listened carefully, partly because I know him to say things that are interesting and sometimes galling…
This conversation with Paul Saffo is interesting in part because these two middle age white executives are speaking so nonchalantly about the relative likelihood of nation states breaking up into city states. And don’t forget about the rise of robots. And don’t forget about surviving climate change. And what about the cost of housing on…
A quick trip to the Black Stilt felt especially rewarding when I saw this poster for an upcoming event that they’re hosting. The Story of Stuff is a short film that made the rounds online, well, maybe last year or so. I was (and still am) really impressed by it. But I’m even more impressed…
