After Strange Gods

Posted on October 9, 2014
Image: Peter Thiel at TechCrunch50, 2008; Wikimedia Commons; TechCrunch50-2008, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons.

Thiel unapologetically commends the pursuit of monopoly.

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"What is Liberal Education For?": A Preview

Posted on October 13, 2014
One difficulty faced by people talking about higher education—or marketing institutions of higher education—is that the purpose of education is now widely considered to be job training, and on that level, it doesn't appear to be succeeding particularly well
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The Morality of Food—Then and Now

Posted on October 16, 2014
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It is interesting to contrast the motivations behind the World War I food conservation efforts with those behind today’s food-related activism. We are all foodies now, it seems.
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