What most caught my eye about this widely linked piece was its reference to Kohlberg ‘s work about the development of a moral sense. The author cites criticisms that Kohlberg’s structure is gender- and culture-biased, with some evidence to support those criticisms. I found the article to be very interesting, and especially enjoyed this bit: […]
I think the fact that we kept coming up in searches for "forced" plus some other innocent word was causing a number of nefarious folk to include our content in their link-spam pages, which I suspect was causing Google to hate us. So while we continue to love the Forced Perspective, we’re now extra-trendy with […]
Ushering in a whole new era of exploitation of living organisms, scientists working at Harvard have coerced algae cells to carry tiny polystyrene beads around. When will the enslavement end?
I’m considering getting a Powerbook, in part because of its NeXT heritage, and for some reason that got me thinking about the old Sprint word processor, which is what Borland called Mark of the Unicorn’s Final Word product. I loved FW so much that I bought Sprint during the brief window when it was available. […]
Wow, is July over already? Just assume that I did something incredibly productive in all the time I wasn’t reading.
Did you know there is a Shinto shrine in Granite, WA? Neither did I! It was mentioned in the information about the Aki Matsuri festival sponsored by the Eastside Nihon Matsuri Association.
In at least some cases, texting profanity in response to a (legitimate) marketing SMS message has the same effect as sending an explicit opt-out request. I’ll be sure to publish any surprising excerpts if I can get my hands on a list of what constitutes "profanity."
Harry Shearer’s first novel, Not Enough Indians, will be published next year. You bet I’ll be reading it!
Clearly I’m out of touch with the world of fine arts, as it never would have occurred to me that at least one Symphony Orchestra is a preserve of sexist idiocy. Somehow the musicians’ "artistic expertise was being disregarded" in the "premature conclusion of the search process." The coverage has that quality of vague that […]