Technologies are always coming out of networks that require other related ideas to have the next one. The fact that we have simultaneous independent invention as a norm works against the idea of the heroic inventor, that we’re dependent on them for inventions. These things will come when all the other pieces are ready.
A fascinating detective story of the Enlightenment, told from a very personal perspective.
A new essay from Maciej on Idle Words is always a treat, and this latest dispatch from Yemen is as brilliantly-written as you’d expect.
Anger is an energy, especially when it’s coming from Tom …and for once, it’s not about the Semantic Web.
Seriously though, this is a great piece of writing. This is what blogs are for.
A great piece of reasoned explanation by Ricky Gervais.
A site that aims to ask and explore the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality, with a focus on science, religion, markets and morals.
A fascinating look at hypertext in illuminated manuscripts.
A filter (for Mac and PC) to block violence, misogyny, superstition and other mainstays of religious content.
A laugh-out-loud email exchange ...because if you didn't laugh, you'd cry.
A new take on an old classic: how to make communion wafers zingier.
I can't believe how forehead-slappingly stupid my home country can be sometimes.
Humanist text replacement.
A satirical parody of the BBC's "Thought for the Day". Slightly cruel, mostly funny and entirely brilliant.
Yours to cut out and keep.
Come join the slowest-growing religion in the world.
Just as with lolcats, the cumalitive effect of this lolcat/religion mashup is pure hilarity. I'll never look at religious iconography the same way again.
A blog devoted entirely to reshelving books in their correct categories in bookstores, specifically the science and religion categories. I approve.
I can has jenezis?
"The repetition this week of the weary old canard that atheism is 'a faith proposition' shows that our archbishops need a lesson in semantics."