robertreich:

Members of the Class of 2012,

As a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you’re picking up today.

You’re f*cked.

Well, not exactly. But you won’t have it easy.

First, you’re going to have a hell of a hard…

blakemasters:

I’m reading through Francis Bacon’s Novum Organum (for this class). It’s a pretty amazing work.

Aphorism 14 from Book 1 stands out:

The syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the…