politics Quantifying the US Cabinet's Representativeness Recently, I was reading this New York Times article about the current US cabinet being the least diverse regarding its members' race and gender since a long time. Out of 24 members, there
economics Capitalism Capitalism doesn't incorporate any notion of social responsibility. But people use it to foster a system of social irresponsibility. So why do humans, who are inherently social beings, end up with a capitalist
economics Bullshit Jobs That article on the phenomenon of bullshit jobs accurately describes the dynamics of our current economic system: The ruling class has figured out that a happy and productive population with free time on
politics Political Implications of Data Collection A German nazi-party requests the number of Jews living in a particular city, and a breakdown of those numbers by district. And this very data does actually exist, as it has been collected