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Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1605/

Thank you for your comment _nedR! I agree, the focus should be more on the potential perniciousness of unchecked religious fundamentalism in general (it doesn't matter if it's the KKK or ISI…

The problem with the whole issue is that all of us need to talk much more about religion in general. Many people feel the need to believe in something which extends beyond physical reality and that&#x…

The Nation also has some very insightful articles which further illustrate the complexity of the issue: "What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters." http://www.…

I always wonder if UK politicians had to read Orwell in high school, 1984 was mandatory reading for me here in Austria.

I found the interview so inspiring that I had to set up an awesome list for all things Antifragility. Please feel free to send pull requests: https://github.com/antifragility-corps…

Nothing is more high-tech than culture, it's everything even if we tend to work over the seemingly faceless Internet these days - it's people all the way down.

It would be interesting to see the effects of a combination of something like AngelList together with robust decentralized technology for identity and smart contracts. How much work is still ahead of …

We could all end up being dependent on the solidarity of others ourselves - it's all about love and understanding :) ️

Cool to see more REPL love in node land. The Rails console / tools like pry always were some of the bigger selling points for Ruby / Rails to me. I do wonder if node.js will eventually becom…

I've never been a heavy MS Excel or MS Access user but those kinds of tools still are - after many years - clearly democratising computing. The notion of pushing this a bit further by thinking &q…

Well, I'm not too sure - GitHub is part of how we roll in 2015, right? Git based version control with that is part of our culture now --> social programming :) Edit: OK so Jan Lenhardt'…

Are you interested in other js/node devs to help out with this? If so I might consider coming late August, certainly would ask around here as well.

Sounds like a plan :) What would be the best way to qualitatively enhance learning during those first couple of days? One on one tutorship? The only reason why that isn't the default way of teach…

I don't know the demographics of your students but I'm always intrigued when I'm able to quickly get productive with what I'm currently learning. How about first collecting ideas o…

"Why a long night's sleep may be bad for you" http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31928434 "Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science" http://www.th…

Not yet actually, thanks for the recommendation - loved Snow Crash!