Minding our way

The third dubious virtue is defiance. As with the other dubious [https://mindingourway.com/desperation/] virtues [https://mindingourway.com/recklessness/], it can get you into trouble. Remember the law of »

The second dubious virtue is recklessness. As with desperation [https://mindingourway.com/desperation], there are many bad ways to be reckless. There is a nihilistic recklessness, in those with a »

The next three posts will discuss what I dub the three dubious virtues: desperation, recklessness, and defiance. I call them dubious, because each can easily turn into a vice if »

I apparently possess some sort of aura of competence. Some say I'm confident, others say I'm arrogant, others remark on how I seem very certain of »

Imagine two different software engineers in job interviews. Both are asked for an algorithm that solves some programming puzzle, such as "identify all palindromes in a string of characters. »

As far as I'm concerned, there are two seasons — summer and winter. Each one begins on an equinox (when daylight and darkness are balanced), and then waxes to »

Yesterday, scores of people came together for the Bay Area Secular Solstice. The secular solstice [http://www.humanistculture.com/] is a winter holiday for the non-religious. It's »

This is a common scene at the MIRI offices: I have a decision to make, like what sort of winter fundraiser to run [https://intelligence.org/2015/12/01/miri- »