Facts are not culturally bound, but the importance of knowing them is. If you asked members of a hunter-gatherer society what six times eight is, they might not know the answer. They might not even understand the question. But you would be wrong to conclude from this that they are stupid. Multiplication simply isn't important to their culture ( Read more... )

This is a complete definition of all "-isms" (racism, sexism, etc ( Read more... )

Recently I've been amused, and a bit annoyed, by the extents to which marketers will go to target women. This is part of a larger concern about gender roles in society, but that's for another post ( Read more... )

Today I finished reading The Prince, Machiavelli's defining work. Much like The Art of War, it is a lesson in human behavior with application outside its literal scope.

Glory be to the Internet, you can read it online. I kind of prefer a different translation, though.