Comment Re:Do you really want to add more bureaucracy? (Score 1) 7
If the flask represents the society/country, emptying it would mean a diaspora, I suppose.
Comment Re:Clerisy, clergy, same difference (Score 1) 12
the link was content free
I thought it drove home a fine point. YMMV.
Comment Re:Clerisy, clergy, same difference (Score 1) 12
You're saying a fable can be insulted? Fabulous.
Comment Re:Do you really want to add more bureaucracy? (Score 1) 7
It's not adding more bureaucracy. It's ensuring that the bureaucracy will remain minimal and the inevitable power structures are continually broken up. Think: shaking the flask to keep everything in solution.
Comment Re:Clerisy, clergy, same difference (Score 1) 12
[sarc]Yeah, the whole "dominance" thing clearly explains why Jesus of Nazareth ended up nailed to something.[/sarc]
Comment Re:Clerisy, clergy, same difference (Score 1) 12
"Clerisy, clergy, same difference"
Vastly different god, though.
Vastly different god, though.
Journal Journal: Pedigree 12
The key word is pedigree: the array of background traits, including the cultural, social, and educational capital passed from one generation to the next, which [Elite Professional Services firm] candidates bring to the competition for elite jobs. But it's a closed competition. One must get through the gates first. A candidate's pedigree determines whether his or her application to
Comment If they were Democrats (Score 1) 13
If they were Democrats, I'm sure it would be a "vibrant debate".
I just hope Halprin does some moderating. Because #MoarClowns
I just hope Halprin does some moderating. Because #MoarClowns
Comment Re:Kansas isn't even remotely flat (Score 1) 235
You've got to crank the Pink Floyd to bring out the trails, though.
Comment Re:Boohoo, crocodile tears. (Score 1) 148
1. Keep the rules simple.
2. Swap out the people enforcing them (elected & un-elected) at far higher frequency.
3. Understand that corruption is a cost of doing business, and can only be managed, not "solved". And that by applying 1. and 2.
2. Swap out the people enforcing them (elected & un-elected) at far higher frequency.
3. Understand that corruption is a cost of doing business, and can only be managed, not "solved". And that by applying 1. and 2.
Journal Journal: "The UN is using climate change as a tool not an issue" 18
Read the full monty here. Damning? Why, yes: yes, it is.
http://www.climatecouncil.org.au/uploads/b9c746caccb2aa718aed0e0e67ae14be.pdf
To the liars spreading this ruse: we've known you're false for some time. But by all means, roll out ManBearPig for another round of drollery.
http://www.climatecouncil.org.au/uploads/b9c746caccb2aa718aed0e0e67ae14be.pdf
To the liars spreading this ruse: we've known you're false for some time. But by all means, roll out ManBearPig for another round of drollery.
Comment Re:Another feature copied from Linux? (Score 1) 199
On another plane, Steve Jobs was heard to groan appreciatively.
Comment Re:contrast (Score 1) 63
You want "fairness"? Romans 3:23/6:23 is the ultimate.
I'll venture it's grace you crave.
I'll venture it's grace you crave.
Comment Re: Hahah (Score 1) 246
Your faith in the regulatory state must remain beyond reproach.
Comment Re:It changes when the 'wrong' people do it. (Score 1) 26
There are plenty people that can actually work happily together without any such nonsense.
I defy you to show a non-trivial, worked example. Even for a stylized case like a symphony, there are still interpersonal rivalries at work. The "entropy of the human soul" can be minimalized (at, say, a monastary), but never retired. And a symphony or a monastery are miniscule, edge cases.
