A Grand Social Experiment (II)

Welcome to part two of my series of posts on experimental governance. After the break I'm going to conceptualize a social experiment. Read more to find out if I'm successful. 

A Grand Social Experiment (I)

This will be a part of a series of posts on a inquisitive concept: Can you experimentally govern?

Republican (r)Evolution

(updated twice below)

When a certain debate question is posed to the Republican candidates at whichever forum and among whoever is debating, I will immediately wince, groan, and shake my fists. The question? "Do you believe in evolution?"

A word on references and posts

I'd like to admit that I used too many on the last post. I'm trying to blend a sufficient amount of informed scientific information into a news blog. It might be peculiar for a few weeks, but over time the correct balance of citation and referencing will be found. In other words, no one will look them up anyway or read this post. Have a nice night.

Update: More thinking of the overall direction of the posts. Will definitely refine for next post, which will come out tomorrow. More Mary Roach and less Pollan or Hawking I think.

Sustainable Globalism

I had a high school teacher who asked us a simple question one day in class:

"What did it take for you to be here today?"

On the surface you can assume it's a fairly straight forward question. Most likely a parent, friend, bus driver, or you were the one responsible to get you to that class that arbitrary day. On a small enough scale, that is true. You were physically transported to that class through whatever means. That is what it took for you to be there. Most of us live on this scale; it's practical, selfish, reasonable, and completely functional. However, it doesn't answer the question.

Redesigned

New look, if you couldn't tell already. Finished updating except for minor style elements. Expect first post next week. I'll try to put as much time and effort into them as possible. Make them as thorough and informative as possible. This should continue through till December, until which point I'll most likely abandon the blog once more.

UPDATE: I don't know why I keep proclaiming this the new look. It's fluid people. Things could be dramatically different in a few days.

UPDATE II: I think I'm going to stop writing more HTML for a few days. Come back and see if I like it or not.

Darren Strikes Back

This blog is going to be refashioned, updates to come.

UPDATE: Can not decide what topic to focus the blog on. I would say science or some such, but then I'd bore half the audience, and the other half would never read it. I would also say an economics and politics blog, but doesn't everyone have an economics and politics blog? The reason I say that, and I hope this isn't true, is this question. What would I bring to the table, that hasn't been done dozens of other times? Most likely not enough to justify writing such.

I read some of those old posts from 2009. My writing has improved. I think. It's that weird thing when you read your past writings and you realize that your thinking and point of view has changed. I guess that is what experience and time does to you.

Besides all that, I have to come up with something by tomorrow. This post will no doubt count against me. Who knows. Fun times. I need to get my mind straight. Maybe that is the topic. My own personal insanity. But that isn't newsworthy unless I follow the notorious of our history and commit some heinous act. I won't. (To the FBI agent who has to read this because I triggered a few key words on your NSA/RAY BEAM OF DEATH MACHINE, hello.)

UPDATE II: I've been tinkering with the HTML for a few minutes now. It's good practice. In other news, the blog will be temporarily devoted to science in politics. Expect a new title for the blog to go along with the redesigns and tinkering.

Not Forgotten

A bunch of posts are coming soon. No one reads this, but what the heck. It helps me maintain sanity and that's all that matters.

Darren