Stanislaw Lem- Philip K. Dick: A Visionary Among the Charlatans Translated from the Polish by Robert Abernathy…

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The Project Gutenberg eBook of All Things Considered, by G. K. Chesterton. I cannot understand the people who take literature seriously; but I can love them, and I do. Out of my love I warn them to keep clear of this book. It is a collection of crude and shapeless papers u…

Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Privilege Is Driving a Smooth Road And Not Even Knowing It [Since this is (the morning after) "Blog Against Racism Day," I thought I'd repost one of my better posts about sex, race and privilege. This post was first posted in November 2002, and has been somew…

The Collapse of Complex Business Models « Clay Shirky I gave a talk last year to a group of TV executives gathered for an annual conference. From the Q&A after, it was clear that for them, the question wasn’t whether the internet was going to …

The guilty vicarage: Notes on the detective story, by an addict—By W.H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (Harper's Magazine)

How I Hire Programmers (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought) There are three questions you have when you’re hiring a programmer (or anyone, for that matter): Are they smart? Can they get stuff done? Can you work with them? Someone who’s smart but do…

HOWTO: Be more productive (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought) Translations: 日本語 | Russian…