[This is a slightly edited repost of an essay from my old LiveJournal] A friend recently complained about how many people lack the basic skill of believing arguments. That is, if you have a valid a…| Slate Star Codex
"After this," says Morpheus to Neo in The Matrix, "there is no turning back."| Melting Asphalt
I. Seeing Like A State is the book G.K. Chesterton would have written if he had gone into economic history instead of literature. Since he didn’t, James Scott had to write it a century later.…| Slate Star Codex