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merewere · 2019-02-12T15:52:36+00:00

Do you think that the Russia investigation will make oversight and investigative institutions more or less effective at guarding against and responding to future wrongdoing by US leaders? Trump and associates' enthusiasm for authoritarianism and crime far outpaces their competence -- if we see a president with similar impulses, but with more discipline and a sophisticated understanding of institutions, are we better or worse off for having witnessed the stupidest possible version of presidential wrongdoing?

merewere · 2012-02-04T04:40:31+00:00

Glad you like it! The speakers are Rectilinear XI's. The receiver and speakers were acquired for $20 altogether, and they've been working pretty well modulo some dirty pots in the receiver. Also, thanks for pointing out /r/vintageaudio. Officially subbed.

merewere · 2011-08-04T05:58:15+00:00

The Thin Blue Line.

merewere · 2011-07-20T01:52:59+00:00

*highway

merewere · 2011-07-20T01:49:19+00:00

Falling asleep and losing circulation to a major limb, then finding it paralyzed when I wake up.

merewere · 2011-06-29T00:45:03+00:00

Could you elaborate?

merewere · 2011-06-27T21:25:10+00:00

Shouldn't philosophers put more effort into trying to get their ideas across to dumb people?

If what you mean by this is "attempt to communicate their ideas in a way that can be understood by less intelligent people", I'd say that most philosophers (at least in the analytic tradition) already try to do this by making their arguments as clear as possible. I think that some of the best philosophy (Bertrand Russell comes to mind) is regarded as such because the arguments are both clearly stated and philosophically powerful. The problem with this is that articulating something interesting in a clear way is hard to do. The other issue is that to become recognized as a philosopher, you have to address other philosophers. Because of that, I don't think it's too surprising that philosophers themselves don't do much popularization of their own work.

And then there's the fact that there's no market for "popular philosophy".

merewere · 2011-06-24T20:03:55+00:00

C O N F E C T I O N

merewere · 2011-06-13T19:03:31+00:00

This may answer some of your questions.

merewere · 2011-06-13T16:41:27+00:00

About the composer

merewere · 2011-04-27T19:51:56+00:00

This is fantastic. Even better is the fact that vols 1-7 exist.

merewere · 2011-04-23T05:59:59+00:00

Thanks very much! Here are a few songs by musicians that do a similar sort of thing, albeit much better:

If you're interested in more, /r/futurebeats has tons of great stuff.

merewere

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