A review of Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman JDN 2456059 EDT 15:43. Daniel Kahnenman is (along with his friend Amos Tversky) the founder of behavioral economics as we know it. He was trained in psychology but won the Nobel Prize in Economics (and one of my goals in life is essentially…

JDN 2456056 EDT 08:54. What does it mean to be at fault? When bad things happen, who should be held responsible? (We may also ask who is responsible for good things, but that doesn't seem to cause as many problems.) “It's nobody's fault.” “It's everyone's fault.” You've pro…

I just noticed something, something rather important. Whenever a philanthropic organization tries to help people, libertarians come out of the woodwork to explain (it's so unsolicited and condescending I almost want to say "mansplain") why it won't work and will actually make things worse. Examples:…

The overwhelming whiteness of Hollywood movies is the cultural residue of a white supremacy that has already lost economic, social, and political power.