The Slack Wire

An interesting fact about the world we live in is that, for all the talk about robots replacing human labor, every item of clothing you ow...

A friend writes: Let's suppose that the United States could get a Universal Basic Income, but it had to trade a bunch of stuff for it....

From Britain's Industrial Future : The notion that the only way to get enough effort out of the brain-worker is to offer him unfettered...

Via Mike the Mad Biologist , a Confucian parable for the financial crisis: Mencius replied, "Why must your Majesty use that word ...

Keith Richards wrote a book . A month ago, at least, you could find it on the front shelf of the Barnes & Noble, next to the Glenn Beck....