Why You Should Think Twice Before Shaming Anyone on Social Media | Underwire | Wired.com.
Official Trailer from Comic-Con | COSMOS | FOX BROADCASTING – YouTube.
I’m generally an observant of the saying “Dont’ read the comments!” But sometimes you do, and often it’s painful. But every now and then you see one like this:
Religion is like a penis. It’s great that you have one, and I’m glad you’re proud of it. However, it becomes a problem when you take it out and wave it in everyone’s face. Keep it in your pants dude.
by bluebayou12
Too Young to Wed: The Secret World of Child Brides | Pulitzer Center.
This world can be so cruel.
Musk is an inspiration as an entrepreneur and, more generally, in his compassion for others. His business sense is incredibly prescient, focused , and purposeful. It’s amazing what he’s been able to accomplish, all while chasing his own dreams. And that those dreams include a humanitarian bent ( global warming, species survival) shows how grand his vision is.
Lunch with the FT: Cory Doctorow – FT.com.
Doctorow is a fascinating person.
The NSA's Surveillance Is Unconstitutional.
In all the commentary on the data collection practices of the US government I’ve seen little breakdown of how it goes against the constitution. This is a nice overview of why this situation is troublesome when compared against this country’s founding principles.
In the House, a Refusal to Govern – NYTimes.com.
This is nothing if not a sign of people who have never wanted for anything, never been subjected to personal or institutional prejudices, and isolate themselves in a bubble that allows them no hint of how others live and die (even in their own communities). They claim a need for personal responsibility and freedom without realizing that the benefits they receive have given them an advantage over those who live without.
I would love to see people who would deny compassion and help to those less fortunate live for a year under the same conditions as those people. And yet, even then, they would not know the totality of experience the less fortunate have for they would have only experienced a year, and not a lifetime, of repression, contempt, and disadvantage.