@trinsec I think I see what you're getting at, but why is the impulse "defend the underdog" rather than "expel the bully?" Particularly, at a certain point bullies are able to achieve tribal dominance.
@trinsec Cooperation is pretty basic, but "justice" seems like it's more abstract than species-benefit. Where does that value come from?
@peterdrake Thanks!
Where does your knowledge of what is right come from? Is it objective or subjective, internal or external?
What would the world be like if everyone else had the same way of knowing what is right?
What bookstore service provider does your institution use? (Disregard if you're not a person with an institution with a bookstore.)
Nothing like coming back from a conference to find all the fires you left burning are right where you left them.
Oh dear. I may have to buy a pie today.
Do what is needful.
Hoagie, sub, grinder...?
"[People] have always one of two things: either a complete and conscious philosophy or the unconscious acceptance of the broken bits of some incomplete and shattered and often discredited philosophy." -G. K. Chesterton, The Common Man
Every president, but with a mullet: https://twitter.com/hamcarless/status/1630765933768724483?s=46&t=3xqMF0h0MDBNNQaZ-_v8bw
What would a movie poster for a library look like?
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@hasmis That's true!
If you don't have anything nice to say, {null}.
Sit up straight! Stop slouching!
Yesterday we cataloged the first VR headsets for circulation in the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology library.
Another note on taxes:
Funding the IRS has a 10x cost-benefit ratio in recovering the money owed to the government. For every $1 spent on the IRS, it generates $10 in tax revenue from tax cheats and dodgers.
What's your favorite book title sandwich?
The Count of Monte Cristo? Jurassic Pulled Pork? Green Eggs and Ham and Cheese? Something else?
Wow, March is really "in like a lion" this year! (It's not March yet? Oh.)
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