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Science Fiction Is The Jazz Of Literature.

In Contrast, Markets - Oft Mythologized As "natural" Are The Most Unnatural Things Going. Libertarians Will Tell You "market Laws Are Laws Of Nature", What Baloney. Markets - And The Other Great Modernist Cornucopian Tools - Are Magnificent Wealth Generating Machines, Built Ad-hoc, Through Trial And Error, Constantly Fine-tuned And Refined, Tinkered, Adjusted.

The Fundamental Premise Of Sci-fi Is Not Spaceships And Lasers - It's That Children Can Learn From The Mistakes Of Their Parents.

When It Comes To Privacy And Accountability, People Always Demand The Former For Themselves And The Latter For Everyone Else.

Where Subtlety Fails Us We Must Simply Make Do With Cream Pies.