A talk by Professor Mearsheimer 6 years ago explained very well the motive of Putin. https://youtu.be/JrMiSQAGOS4A First, the point usually missed by everyone is that NATO is a nuclear power and it is hard for Russia to swallow a nuclear power adjacent to it. So Russia reacted so violently as Ukraine tried to join the…
Came across this inspiring talk by Clay Shirky. He raised the question if we can use Git for open legislation. Just jot down my favorite quotes below The people experimenting with participation don’t have legislative power and the people who have legislative power are not experimenting with participation. They are experimenting with openness. There’s no democracy…
One thing I found it amazing is how average americans detest and even are terrified by the word socialism. Sometimes I heard people will say chineses are “communists” and “socialists”. It is interesting that America is actually a much more socialistic country than China. It is true that the chinese government is dictatorship. But it…