I just watched the Cramer interview on The Daily Show. Awesome. Of the many, many blogs about the show, the most astute is Glen Greenwald’s in Salon who draws the broader picture – the only journalism happening on TV is … Continue reading →

Think about this when you see chimpanzees drinking tea and playing pianos on TV. Chimps also have, like us, minds enough to lose and memories that can hasten the process. Wild chimps ‘recruited’ by poachers for entertainment watch as their … Continue reading →

James Bach blogged last week about the Death of Quality Quality is dead in computing. Been dead a while, but like some tech’d up version of Weekend at Bernie’s, software purveyors are dressing up its corpse to make us believe computers can … Continue reading →

I made this claim a couple of years ago When we create laws to prevent immoral behavior, we make society less moral. hoping that Jeff’s philosopher neighbor would confirm it as a well-known ethical principle. I just listened to a … Continue reading →

Roger Ebert has written a powerful, meandering essay about shame. He inspired me to add my own. Continue reading →

It’s very immature to be taking pleasure from other people’s misfortune. Embarassing even. I remember feeling embarrassed for what I felt when Grasso had to resign after his $140m a year salary became public. Embarrassed and disgusted. What difference does … Continue reading →

I’m against the prez on this one. Obama told her story over and over when he campaigned for president: How Ledbetter, now 70, spent years working as a plant supervisor at a tire factory in Alabama. How, when she neared … Continue reading →

There has been a lot of talk on the interwebs about whether the people who authorized torture should be prosecuted or whether we should just forget the whole thing. On conservative blogs, they talk of how torture is not only … Continue reading →

Philip. Zimbardo talks about the Stanford Prison Experiment, the Milgram Experiment, Abu Ghraib and what it takes to be a hero. Horrifying and inspiring.

According to Johnathon Haidt at The Edge, our morality springs from five universal principles that are present in every society: Preventing harm Promoting fairness Being loyal to your group Respecting authority Desire for purity To illustrate these principles, the Mousetrap … Continue reading →