March 8, 2011

Clay Shirky and the terminally ill cancer patient

Today, I woke up confused. Something I had read the previous night had been bothering me. It wasn’t clear what it was until I had fully transitioned into wakefulness; then I realized that while I lay there trying my hardest to start the day, a man in Oregon was patiently waiting to end his life….

March 5, 2009

The infinite candy shop

I was pondering whether to write this post, for fear that it would turn into yet another plaintive whine littering the Internets, but you know what, I think this is important enough to whine about. So here goes: I just spent this entire evening of 5 hours doing nothing but sifting through the Internets instead…