Allsorts
Blog posts about interesting things from around the internet and beyond.
The Evolution of Trust
July 4, 2022 | Miscellany
The Evolution of Trust uses game theory to help explain our epidemic of distrust.
Content
June 18, 2019 | Miscellany
Om Malik has some things to say on the word content and how it’s used to describe and cheapen creative efforts.
Paradox of Tolerance
June 8, 2019 | Miscellany
Karl Popper: In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance. Wikipedia
Elephants Evolving Without Tusks
March 29, 2019 | Miscellany
National Geographic had this piece on elephants in Mozambique evolving to lose their tusks, being born without them, which is fascinating.
Wall Disease
March 29, 2019 | Miscellany
The New Yorker had this piece asking the question if walls change how we think, and I found the entire idea fascinating.
A Religion of Workism
March 29, 2019 | Miscellany
I take issue with religion of all stripes, but the idea of worshiping work of all things seems unimaginatively human, sad and just makes me want to barf.