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The copyright wars
Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. Mark Twain Society confronts the simple fact that when everyone can possess every intellectual work of bea… more →
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The copyright wars
molivam42 wrote 6 days ago: Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. Mark Tw … more →
More toilet paper than you could dream of
molivam42 wrote 6 days ago: Last week I did a piece on the fall of the Berlin Wall. This week I thought I would reproduce a talk … more →
But he built some beautiful autobahns
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molivam42 wrote 1 week ago: With the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of Germany there h … more →
Just-so stories?
molivam42 wrote 2 weeks ago: Surely one of the most pressing social questions of our time is why kids wear their baseball caps th … more →
Rights: a pragmatic perspective
molivam42 wrote 1 month ago: The Oxford Dictionary has a very pithy definition of a right: moral or legal entitlement to have or … more →
Quotes about rights
molivam42 wrote 1 month ago: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by th … more →
Monopoly is a terrible thing
molivam42 wrote 1 month ago: Monopoly is a terrible thing, till you have it. Rupert Murdoch I think it’s wrong that only … more →
A Petition
molivam42 wrote 1 month ago: Frédéric Bastiat, the French classical liberal theorist, wrote a famous satirical petition from the … more →
Smoke and mirrors
molivam42 wrote 1 month ago: As a magician I promise never to reveal the secret of any illusion to a non-magician, unless that on … more →
Politics without romance
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molivam42 wrote 5 months ago: Recently the Telegraph had a photo of a sign outside a newsagent’s. It said: “Only two MPs at … more →
Markets and the yuck factor
molivam42 wrote 5 months ago: For me a well-functioning market with its way of aggregating dispersed information is … more →
Some philosophical thought experiments #2
molivam42 wrote 5 months ago: Here are some more thought experiments I found on the Internet:: Sustainable development The Green … more →
Personality
molivam42 wrote 5 months ago: Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower. Charles Schwab I have to go. I’m conduc … more →
Big Five personality traits
molivam42 wrote 5 months ago: I got this stuff about the Big Five from Wikipedia: Sample Openness items I am full of ideas. I am … more →
Trust me, I’m an adman
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molivam42 wrote 6 months ago: Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and … more →
Radio days
molivam42 wrote 7 months ago: I never forgot that New Year’s Eve when Aunt Bea awakened me to watch 1944 come in. And I … more →
Some thoughts on work
molivam42 wrote 7 months ago: It’s not just about me and my dream of doing nothing. It’s about all of us. I don’ … more →
The never-ending War on Drugs
molivam42 wrote 7 months ago: Obama’s visit to Mexico this week has once again highlighted America’s interminable War on Drugs. Th … more →
Quotes about drugs
molivam42 wrote 7 months ago: Drug misuse is not a disease; it’s a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a mov … more →
