6 month ago
Rod Begbie : The Question of Global Warming - Outstanding and thoughtful article by Freeman Dyson. [via] #
philgyford : The Question of Global Warming - The New York Review of Books - I found this Freeman Dyson article interesting because it isn't written from one of the two usual polar extremes of the global warming arguments.
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27 month ago
philgyford : The New York Review of Books: The Case for Decency - "The belief in unity that has fueled so many utopian dreams is an effort to reconcile the irreconcilable that ends in repression. Berlin suggests we renounce this venerable faith, and learn how to live with intractable conflict." (Subscribers only)
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philgyford : The New York Review of Books: Cosmopolitans - Ethics, identity, violence, justice. "Why do we succumb so readily to appeals based on the irrational forms of identity -- ethnic, racial, religious -- rather than to appeals based on the rational forms -- economic above all?"
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31 month ago
philgyford : The New York Review of Books: The Coming Meltdown - I underlined this review of two books on environmental disaster when I read it. Not sure why now, but still.
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31 month ago
philgyford : The New York Review of Books: The Way to a Fair Deal - Interesting review of Benjamin M. Friedman's 'The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth' (subscribers only).
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31 month ago
philgyford : The New York Review of Books: Jimmy Carter & the Culture of Death - Lots of bits in this review of Carter's book 'Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis' that I circled.
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