John Muller

Sex, Morality, and Modernity: Can Immanuel Kant Unite Us?

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:57:29 -0400

Treating people as ends in themselves and “doing unto others…” as a bridge between traditionalists and mainstream American youth.

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‘Soothe Me’ by Sam & Dave is my new jam.

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:43:49 -0400

‘Soothe Me’ by Sam & Dave is my new jam.

Where Thomas Nagel Went Wrong

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:59 -0400

The philosopher’s critique of evolution wasn’t shocking. So why have his colleagues raked him over the coals?

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In Pictures: The 10 most important milestones in Web browser history

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:25:22 -0400

Okay, say you have this shiny new car. It looks great, it performs like a demon, it features all the latest safety gadgets, and it’s crawling with creature comforts. Just one problem, though.

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‘Tomorrow Night’ by Shoes is my new jam.

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:17:14 -0400

‘Tomorrow Night’ by Shoes is my new jam.

Soothing Back Pain by Learning How to Sit Again

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:16:33 -0400

With the proliferation of computer technology tying workers to their seats, Esther Gokhale has been teaching people about basic posture to avoid back pain.

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The Facebook Special: How Intel Builds Custom Chips for Giants of the Web | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:37:50 -0400

We know that Facebook writes a lot of the software that underpins its massive social network. And we know it designs its very own computer servers to juggle your every like, comment, and cat photo.

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‘Feel Flows’ by The Beach Boys is my new jam.

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:11:39 -0400

‘Feel Flows’ by The Beach Boys is my new jam.

Boston Review — Wajahat Ali: Against the Brahmins (Pankaj Mishra)

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:41:27 -0400

Since 1975, an award-winning forum for political, cultural and literary ideas.

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espnW -- Monica Seles

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:28:01 -0400

Twenty years ago, Moncia Seles was on top of the tennis world at 19. Then a Steffi Graf fan stabbed her during a match, and it all unraveled.

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Jaron Lanier and the Case for Moonshot Thinking

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:14:35 -0400

A pioneer of virtual reality says that digital capitalism is wreaking real damage.

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The Lease They Can Do: What the Fight Over 'Used' Music Reveals About Online Media

Mon, 06 May 2013 21:02:38 -0400

Often you’re not buying a song so much as the license that lets you hear it. So what is the optimal strategy for mass licensing digital artifacts?

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‘Hello Stranger’ by Emmylou Harris & The Hot Band is my new...

Sun, 05 May 2013 00:45:28 -0400

‘Hello Stranger’ by Emmylou Harris & The Hot Band is my new jam.

Stewart Brand's Whole Earth Catalog, the book that changed the world

Sat, 04 May 2013 20:30:00 -0400

Stewart Brand was at the heart of 60s counterculture and is now revered as a tech visionary whose book anticipated the web. Carole Cadwalladr met him

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My Recent Lecture: "Meaning and Value in Commercial Culture" :: Dynamist

Sat, 04 May 2013 14:57:29 -0400

The Design Criticism program at the School of Visual Arts in New York recently invited me to give a lecture, followed by a lively Q&A period. Here’s the video. Virginia Postrel, “Meaning and Value in Commercial Culture” from D-Crit on Vimeo.

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Clans, Contracts, and Liberty | askblog

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:33:29 -0400

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Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine

Fri, 03 May 2013 01:23:16 -0400

At an entrepreneurial boot camp in Silicon Valley, they’re churning out billion-dollar ideas — whether we need them or not.

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Inside the Race to Build the World's Fastest Bitcoin Miner | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:06:04 -0400

There’s more than one way to make money from recent Bitcoin craze, which has seen the value of the digital currency increase more than six-fold over the past few months. Yes, you can do it the old-fashioned way: buying low and selling high.

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First website ever goes back online on the open Web’s 20th birthday

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:56:05 -0400

CERN seeks to preserve first website at original URL and the first Web servers.

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The DDoS That Almost Broke the Internet - CloudFlare blog

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:12:41 -0400

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