Author Archives: Josh

I saw someone post the following image online. Their point was to complain about the ongoing, terrible reporting of the New York Times. This is indeed a worthwhile complaint. I feel it is important to also consider more broadly how the world is, in many ways, continually improving. Progress is made. Rights and justice are …

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“Libertarians of the Robert Nozick variety tend to conceive of society as having only two levels — government, and individuals. In this conception, freedoms can only be taken away by the government. But I argued that there are key mezzanine institutions — corporations, churches, universities, schools, and so on — that sit somewhere between government …

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(A letter to Tim Cook) I just concluded a visit to an Apple store where I was told they could not help me with my chronic iPad issue because their diagnostic application showed 80%, not 79%. My battery lasts for 1.5 hours instead of the expected 10 hours. This is my third interaction with Apple …

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So, if anxiety is linked to intelligence and you can cure anxiety by changing the disposition of your gut bacteria, does eating healthy make you dumb? How much do you relate your smartness and capability with your ability to worry and stress about things in your life?

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