Nathanael Yellis

The awesome Jon DiPietro tweeted this blog post earlier today:

A few years ago, I said that if you own a computer or phone, you had to read Technopoly. Because it changes how we think, technology changes how we live.

Acton had a bunch of exercises where each of the class's study groups would present a decision to the whole class. We would vote on the winner and use their decision to guide the rest of that class session. Winning these votes usually gave you a better grade.

This is a great writeup of Acton and Jeff Sandefer, the people that challenged me through my MBA. I recommend them highly.

The demand for equality has two sources; one of them is among the noblest, the other is the basest of human emotions. The noble source is the desire for fair play. But...

The guru chimes in on Kony & what that whole deal says about us:

At some point in the not-too-distant past, rational people would have thought it odd to write a book that outlines and defends Christianity and title it, "The End of Religion." Not any more.