Stares at the World

Tagged: Traffic Laws

The Acceleration is Accelerating 0

Society

The Acceleration is Accelerating

You spend a few years as a professional driver, and you fast run out of music stations to listen to; I could go on and on about how much Excellent Classic Rock there is that never made the Top-20s chart, but you don’t come here to read about that.  Suffice to say, I’m stuck with Talk Radio as a driving companion. The other night I found myself in the ignomious position of driving to my mother’s house to do laundry, like some sort of Univsersity student.  Not because I’m broke, mind you – though I am – I’d simply lost...

Security & Liberty: a thought experiment 8

Society

Security & Liberty: a thought experiment

I really like this image.  It neatly sums up my feelings about the current political climate with a minimalist, visceral approach.  But at the same time there’s an implicit premise here which can be used to justify the current regime.  It’s best summed up by one Ed Giorgio: “We have a saying in this business: ‘Privacy and security are a zero-sum game.’” [Sources indicate that after the interview Giorgio proceeded to savagely rape a howler monkey before defecating on the Bill of Rights.] With monsters like this in government, we’re lucky to have clear thinkers like security expert Bruce Schneier...