Author: Adam Lee

Roark only cares about his buildings, not any people who may have been displaced to build them.

An intangible assurance of trustworthiness can’t substitute for a tangible one.

We can remember the past without sending the message that its moral failings still represent us.

Even rationalists need people skills.

As bad as things are getting elsewhere in the U.S., my home state is quietly becoming a progressive mecca. First was the free public college plan that passed as part of the annual budget. But something much bigger is on the horizon. As of now, New York is on the verge of instituting statewide single-payer…

Summary: We need all the brainpower we can get. Even in the darkest days of prejudice, when women and minorities were most oppressed and their talents denigrated, they’ve always been there, making crucial contributions to human progress. The only question is whether their achievements are preserved in the historical record, or whether they’re shunted into…

How dare you offer me a job!

The difference between an apology and a marketing tactic.

There will always be a market for ideologies that tell people what they want to hear.

After a rainy, gloomy week where I live, the sun finally came out and the weather warmed up, and every plant and tree seems to have burst into bloom overnight. That includes these cherry trees, which exploded in dense bunches of pink flowers as if staging a fireworks display to usher in the spring: I…