I write these ahead of time. By the time this publishes, I’ll likely have a new job. It took me exactly 5 weeks from the time I told my boss I was leaving my job to get the new one. This is a great time to be looking, so get out there if you have any desirable skills.
First, I’ve never been able to put conspiracy theorists’ attitudes into words before, but this hits it on the head.
This gets to the core of the anxiety driving the anti-vax movement: They want all the rights, privileges, and benefits of human community without any sense of obligation to be responsible participants in that community.
Second, I read this in a book called Football, which talks about various aspects of soccer in our culture. This quote perfectly sums up what I think you need to be good at something:
Third, from Mastermind, a James Bond villain-level hacker had the following exchange at his trial:
Q. And, for example, you ordered the murder of a Filipino customs agent, correct?
A. That’s not correct.
Q. What is not correct about it?
A. The individual wasn’t a customs agent.