Archive for July, 2008

people per mile

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

There should be a new device in your auto gadgets store: the people per mile indicator, it simply shows you how many Iraqians, Indonesians, Central Americans, Africans etc., have to die or/and live a miserable life for you to drive a mile further. Call it, naturally, people per kilometer (ppl/km), if you’re using the metric [...]

rules of humanism

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Bored? Skeptic? Tired? Here is a tonic sketch of what a healthy humanist should aim for, IMO:
Modify your country’s constitution so that it incorporates the following principles:

the end of all the evils principle:

The total wealth of any human should be limited, at any moment, to a lifetime of average wages.
This will not affect about 95% [...]