From Marginal Revolution today, a couple of interesting posts: some thoughts about illegal file-sharing, and another case in which nice guys finish last.
Month: February 2005
Brush!
From Japundit, another good reason to brush your teeth…
Mengele’s letters and the nature of human evil
The strangest thing people can be confronted with is the banality of evil. Via EastSouthWestNorth, the news comes that several letters of Auschwitz’s Dr. Mengele have surfaced in Brazil. And they’re pathetic, boring, not the kind of thing we expect from a true mad scientist. Which is the thing, really. Evil isn’t all glittery and glamourous and magical; it’s human, it’s middle-aged and bald, it misses walking in its hometown, it relishes strudels on a Sunday afternoon. Evil doesn’t look like a devil; it just looks like a stranger.
The elderly are easiest to control and make willing servants
Marvin‘s Sturdy Helpmeet Keisha recently posted a link to this mindbending little bit of reformatted lit: The Cuddly Menace. It’s truly a laugh-out-loud experience.
New York Sane: Gay Rights Upheld