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January 06, 2016

Overnight Open Thread (1-6-2016) – Hasty Edition

Due to a long day of traveling, speaking, and doing heavy brain labor (think 4+ hours of solving problems like last night's logic problem), I'm spent. So you get this crude skeleton of an ONT instead.

Quote of the Day

"We can only make our choices among alternatives actually available, and rectifying the past is not one of those options."

-- Thomas Sowell

Jonathon Haidt: Where Microaggressions Really Come From - A Sociological Account

The Self in 'Face' and 'Dignity' Cultures

Manly Honor Part V: Honor in the American South

You Will Be Doxed, Harassed and Punished Until You Shut Up, She Earnestly Explained

You Can't Get Smarter, But You Can Slow How Fast You Get Dumber

"The belief was so strong that it trumped the evidence before them."

Milton Friedman on 'I, Pencil'

Disruption: Pressure From Uber Forces London Taxis To Finally Accept Cards

100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man's Library

News You Can Use: How To Take (a lot) of Cash Out Of The Bank Without Going To Jail

The Group knows your sins but doesn't care.

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