Freedom of the capitalist variety is a little overrated Take away someone’s freedom and you suck the air out of their lungs — you blind their eyes, cut out their tongues, block their…
The homeless serve an important social purpose There’s a common perception that the homeless are to blame for their situation. They haven’t worked hard enough; they have the wrong attitude; they’re failures.…
Automation has always been something to fear, but it should be something to celebrate During the nineteenth century, the Luddites, a radical group of textile workers, did all they could to…
Tipping is nothing more than a subsidy that allows restaurants to pay low wages “I don’t tip because society says I have to.” So starts the “I don’t tip” scene of Quentin…
Putin has always been a willing advocate of brutal violence. It was that willingness that got him into power in the first place. Putin's successful invasion of Chechnya in 1999 did…
Apple, Google, Telsa; they’re cool, innovative, forward-thinking, technologically savvy, most important of all; they’re trustworthy. Governments, meanwhile, are archaic, bureaucratic, and distrustful, everything those forward-thinking corporations aren’t. This view is strange…