To be fair, the circa 2000 world was pretty good. Being born in 1977, my political and general "how the world ought to be" views are pretty firmly shaped by the period when I went to uni, g… (View Post)

Mmm, hasn't the book industry always been this way? Most people read no or few books, and publishers survive because of the small oddball slice of the population who read a lot of books. The bre… (View Post)

I think the other thing about "benign dictators" is that what they need to do to stay in power pushes against the "benign" part. In a democracy, staying in power means expending t… (View Post)

Not to be loose or hump shunted... (View Post)

Super impressive that it can correctly fill in all those awkward redactions for you. Major implications for FOIA based journalism, no doubt. (View Post)