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There is plenty of oil left
I found this graph (pdf) from an interesting lecture from a UC Berkeley physics professor who had some good data on the availability of oil and the feasibility of several types of ‘alternate’ energy sources, mostly in the context of automobiles.
Basically this shows that we’re not going to “run out of oil” as is so [...]
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Notes on Plato’s Crito
I know very, very little about philosophy. I’m trying to fix this by going back and reading some. Tonight I read Plato’s Crito, in which Crito tries to persuade Socrates to escape from prison and avoid death by fleeing to another city.
If Socrates was so content upon obeying the law and doing what was just, [...]
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Why I will never be a politician
Ok, that title will seem pretentious after reading the rest of the post but there you have it. Today I read The Apology, by Plato, in which Socrates defends himself on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens. Here are a few quotes from his self-defense that I noted:
I will never fear or avoid a [...]
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Napoleons March on Moscow
I wish I had seen this before I started War and Peace so I could have had this chart as a bookmark while I read. The original chart by Charles Joseph Minard is said to be one of the best charts of all time. The lighter portion shows the size of Napoleons army as he [...]
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