Monday, October 12, 2020

Saturday, October 10, 2020

The Face of American Insurgency

The Face of American Insurgency

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/michigan-plot-wolverine-watchmen-whitmer.html



_- Steve

Wednesday, October 07, 2020

New timeline on reptile evolution rebuts long-held theories – Harvard Gazette

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/new-timeline-on-reptile-evolution-rebuts-long-held-theories/


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Joe Biden's Gettysburg Speech Was 25 Minutes Long, Didn't Mention Trump Once

Today we're engaged once again in a battle for the soul of the nation, the forces of darkness, the forces of division, the forces of yesterday are pulling us apart, holding us down and holding us back. We must free ourselves of all of them," Biden said.


https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-gettysburg-trump-1536974


_- Steve

The “Good Guy with a Gun” Myth | Giffords

https://giffords.org/blog/2020/10/the-good-guy-with-a-gun-myth/


_- Steve

Thursday, October 01, 2020

In a pandemic we learn again what Sartre meant by being free | Psyche Ideas


https://psyche.co/ideas/in-a-pandemic-we-learn-again-what-sartre-meant-by-being-free

In short, the pandemic enables us to see more clearly the difference between the hollow freedom to act without impediment and the true freedom to act in accordance with our all-things-considered judgments. The American philosopher Harry Frankfurt in 1971 illuminated the difference with his distinction between the things that we simply want and the ones that, after consideration, we want to want. For instance, if I want a doughnut and eat it, I'm simply following my desires, the wants I find myself having at any given moment. But if, on reflection, I don't want to eat junk food (or, at least, not often) then I have the capacity to veto these wants in the light of what I know I want to want. This kind of freedom requires self-restraint. A person without this capacity is not truly free but is what Frankfurt calls a 'wanton': a slave to his desires.

_- Steve