The great Andrew Ferguson on today’s “futile and stupid gesture from Starbucks.”
These days, efficiency is king. So what’s with all the pointless jobs? It’s political, argues David Graeber. “A population kept busy with make-work is less likely to revolt.”
Pythagoras—you know, that guy who came up with that theorem—had a cult. And they all thought fava beans contained the souls of the dead.
There’s one word you never want to say to a narcissist. You can probably guess what it is.
For philosophers, the subject of morality can be a bit of a sticky wicket: “Where’s the consistency? Where’s the theoretical framework? Where’s the argument?”
