Intelligence, n. The ability to make more elaborate errors, with more plausible justifications.
Dec 012017
Nov 302017
The danger of writing to a schedule is sloppy, repetitive, inflated work; the danger of not writing to a schedule is no work.
Nov 292017
Merit is only achievement, and meritocracy only mandarinism.
Nov 282017
Civilization is not a cure for barbarism; it is a respite from barbarism, to be enjoyed while it lasts.
Nov 272017
It is astonishing what a lab coat will let you get away with.
Nov 242017
We spend the first half of our lives accumulating possessions and the second half getting rid of them.
Nov 232017
Accuracy is the last refuge of a liar.
Nov 222017
When we wish to follow the man, we find the reasons.
Nov 212017
Dissent requires the willingness to set aside a few evenings, dissidence the occasional weekend.
Nov 202017
It is our former selves that we especially loathe.