I like this debate on the state’s secularism/religious neutrality but it’s too bad the PQ government…

I like this debate on the state’s secularism/religious neutrality but it’s too bad the PQ government has wasted the opportunity by introducing such a poorly thought out charter. They could have done something really valuable and instead came up with a biased piece of legislation, which does a bad job setting foundations for keeping religion at bay from unduly influencing the state. This CBC article was ... continue reading

Great idea: to build a library of utility that includes the necessary information to recreate all the…

Great idea: to build a library of utility that includes the necessary information to recreate all the bits of know-how we’ve developed throughout civilization. Even if stop using some things now because of, for example, new technology, we might still need to know how we once did it, for that day in the future when something unexpected happens. » Toward a Manual for Civilization – Blog of the Long Now ... continue reading