Evolution Spencer was no social Darwinian 30 Jul 20084 Oct 2017 For a while now, and in particular since I read Robert Bannister’s Social Darwinism and then actually read Herbert Spencer’s own work, I have been unable to reconcile the mythology about social Darwinism with the actual writings of Spencer himself. Supposedly the founder of the justification for robber baron capitalism,… Read More
Censorship Why copyright is censorship 16 Dec 2008 Here’s an excellent discussion by Lawrence Lessig on the creeping nature of regulation through copyright. Quite apart from anything else it’s an amazing use of presentation software. Sure, it’s 2002, but things have only got worse… Read More
Censorship Bits and pieces 5 Nov 20084 Oct 2017 Hmmm… cool name for a song. Anyway, here are a few things that caught my eye while I was trying to ignore some politics. Read More
What’s depressing is that under the spick and span Rudd government, exactly the same kind of farce can easily recur. They haven’t done a thing to restore the civil rights trampled on by the unlamented Howard.