After Virtue was one of my favorite books, and it helped me get started learning about the history of ideas. I knew he was getting older, but I'm saddened to see him pass. In college, I had hoped that I could meet him one day. Rest in peace.
Readit Newsdigiconfucius commented on Remembering Alasdair MacIntyre wordonfire.org/articles/r... · Posted by u/danielam
digiconfucius commented on The tale of two Shanghais arun.is/blog/tale-of-two-... · Posted by u/vrnvu
I'm quite disappointed by the article. It's not really about two Shanghais. Sure, it mentions an alleged divide, but it then doesn't actually explore the contrast but spends most of the time with skyscaper porn. I'm sure the average Shanghaian would be a little offended if their city is reduced to those.
Perhaps a better title would have been "Skyscrapers of Shanghai."
Sure, it's a compelling piece of science fiction. Unfortunately we have no way of distinguishing between a verbal play-performance and a genuinely living texter with a conscious interior life.
digiconfucius commented on Show HN: Schedule iMessage Texts from .txt Files github.com/reidjs/schedul... · Posted by u/reidjs
This is awesome! I think a certain friend of mine would really like it lol.