The Dark Continent

Sitting in a dank room lit only by a single candle a few nights ago, an acquaintance of mine explained a thought of his about Africa. As we sipped our homemade banana beer (which I believe was responsible for an unpleasant trip to the toilet a few hours later), he talked of how both literal [...]

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And What is so Rare as a Day in June?

Then, if ever, come perfect days.
A few months ago, I blogged about a WSJ article describing Berlin’s problems with boars. I so liked one of the pictures accompanying the article that I decided to link to it in the post, but for a reason I can’t recall had to download it to my hard drive [...]

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In Which I Ruin the Moment

I, like undoubtedly millions of others, enjoy greatly the guerrilla-style train station dance routines of the past couple years, and the Antwerp Central Station is indeed a beautiful locale in which to have one:

So chipper and sprightly for a country with one of the world’s highest suicide rates!

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Even More Praise of the Internets

Two members of the GMU mafia who have done much to shape my worldview in the past few years, Robin Hanson and Tyler Cowen, did a Bloggingheads “diavlog” together (quite the portmanteau, diavlog, no?). Here’s a taste of the topics:
Tyler vs. Robin on the merits of cryonics (12:23)
Does fiction weaken your grasp [...]

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Andreessen, O’Brien, & Smith for the Hour

One of my more disruptive habits is watching a lot of interviews, debates, and lectures online. Many’s the time when work or bed was delayed because of some 8-part video on YouTube that grabbed me and refused to let go. In the past week, this habit led to the curious coincidence of seeing two Charlie [...]

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