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Cost (just for classes) of College Education. (more)

Unitary Executive

The unitary executive theory is a theory of United States constitutional law which holds that the (US President) possesses the power to control the entire executive branch. The doctrine is rooted in Article Two of the US Constitution, which vests "the executive power" of the United States in the President. Although that general principle is widely accepted, there is disagreement about the strength and scope of the doctrine.[1] It can be said that some favor a "strongly unitary" executive, while others favor a "weakly unitary" executive. The former group argue, for example, that US Congress's power to interfere with intra-executive decision-making (such as firing executive branch officials) is limited, and that the President can control policy-making by all executive agencies within the limits set for those agencies by Congress. Still others agree that the Constitution requires a unitary executive, but believe this to be harmful, and propose its abolition by constitutional amendment.[2] Plural executives exist in several states where, in contrast to the federal government, executive officers such as lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, secretary of state, and others, are elected independently of the state's governor. The Executive Branch of the Texan state government is a textbook example of this type of executive structure. Another type of plural executive, used in Japan, Israel, and Sweden, though not in any US state, is one in which a collegial body composes the executive branch – however, that collegial body does not comprise multiple members elected in elections, but is rather more akin to the US Cabinet or UK Cabinet in formation and structure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_executive_theory (more)

Fractally Generative Pattern Language

Society Design theory: decisions at all levels can/should be biased toward "local" Agency. (more)

Cultural Pluralism

Culture meta-GameRule/Value of Tolerance toward SubCulture-s co-existing and interacting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_pluralism (more)

(2020-11-03) Dellanna Roam Native Books Creating A New Publishing Format

Luca Dellanna: Roam -native ebooks: Creating a new publishing format. I have just published the first Roam-native book, or “rBook” for short. Its title is Ergodicity, and in addition to the traditional ebook formats of pdf, ePub and mobi, it is also available in Roam json format. See Wiki-Ebook. (more)

(2020-10-13) His Writing Radicalized Young Hackers Now He Wants To Redeem Them

His Writing Radicalized Young Hackers. Now He Wants to Redeem Them. Set the first and last books in Cory Doctorow’s epic, three-book Little Brother cypherpunk saga side by side, and they read a bit like a creative writing master class on telling two starkly opposite stories from the same prompt. The common premise: Islamist terrorists bomb the Bay Bridge. Thousands die. The Department of Homeland responds by turning San Francisco into a fascist, total-surveillance police state (more)

(2020-11-02) Guinn A Tale Of Two Cults

Rusty Guinn: A Tale of Two Cults. The cult of Uri Geller should have died on August 1st, 1973. (more)

Bruce Sterling

SciFi author, of the CyberPunk variety. (Ooh I bet he hates that label by now.) (more)

(2020-11-13) Fast Backlinking Is Not Very Useful, Often Even Harmful

Sascha Fast: Backlinking (Backlinks) Is Not Very Useful -- Often Even Harmful. To me, there is a lot of emphasis on connecting notes and very little on connecting knowledge. My response to the below: (more)

(2020-11-09) Pereira/45 Documents And Programs

Jared Pereira: 45: Documents and Programs. In this application, though, you’re not only interacting with text documents, there are also programs. These are special documents that are are dynamic. They change based on some internal state. You can modify that state by sending the document messages. (more)

(2020-11-09) Emre Our Love/Hate Relationship With Gimmicks

Merve Emre: Our Love-Hate Relationship with Gimmicks. What is in a word as minor as “gimmick”? For Sianne Ngai, a professor of English at the University of Chicago and the author of “Theory of the Gimmick” (Harvard), the answer is: everything, or at least everything to do with the art consumed and produced under capitalism. (more)