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Education

Journal Journal: Public Education

The real problem with public education in the U.S. is that the students are given free reign to define their own culture within the school, and that culture rarely (if ever) naturally values education.

The most effective educational reform I have seen is the recent implementation of anti-bullying programs around the nation, but even this is just an attack on a symptom rather than the root cause.

User Journal

Journal Journal: Privacy

Privacy can be broken into two forms: personal-space privacy and informational privacy. Personal-space privacy is a natural right. You should be able to go to the bathroom or change clothes without having anyone watch you. Informational privacy is an artificial notion, and it harms society. Information about how you have interacted with the world and choices you have made should always be completely accessible to anyone else in the world.

User Journal

Journal Journal: Individual responsibility

Every human being has a natural obligation to be responsible for him/herself. Nothing harms society more than people who dismiss responsibility for their own actions, or worse yet, try to pin that responsibility on others.

Since most people will not naturally take responsibility for themselves, the government's primary role should be to hold individuals responsible for their actions. The government can do this through a combination of fair legislation and consistent enforcement.

Software

Journal Journal: Software

All software should be simple and painless to install and use. There's no good reason to make it more difficult to use than it has to be, even if your target users are smart. If your program cannot be easily used without having to invest longer than about 30 seconds reading something, then you haven't done your job right.

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