Saturday, 5. August 12017
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Why religious identities are not immune to robust criticism.

We do not demean or degrade the worth of fellow citizens when we reject or ridicule their political or religious views and doctrines.

VerbalExpressions is a tool used to help with regular expressions.

Btw. The full regular expression according to the official standard (RFC 5322) is a wee bit more circumstantial:

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Should we stop keeping pets? Why more and more ethicists say yes.

Ninety per cent of Britons think of their pet as part of the family – 16% even included them on the last census. But recent research into animals’ emotional lives has cast doubt on the ethics of petkeeping.

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Etiquette and the Cancer Patient.

The last thing a patient needs is for their friends and acquaintances to respond from a crazed, fearful place.

Tuesday, 1. August 12017
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The Hijacking of the Brillante Virtuoso, a $100 Million Supertanker.

Source: bloomberg.com

Spoiler: mostly nothing.

What Really Happens When You Don't Turn Off Your Cell Phone on a Plane?

Aeon.co

(Currently, my favorite newsletter.)

  • Moral luck: Two people drive drunk at night: one kills a pedestrian, one doesn't. Does the unlucky killer deserve more blame or not?
  • Now you see it, now you… Seeing things that are hidden; failing to see things in plain sight. How magic exploits the everyday weirdness of perception.
  • Bun or bump? Does the mother contain the foetus or is it a part of her? On the metaphysics of pregnancy, and its ethical implications.
  • Fatal nurture: what a rare disorder says about ‘bad mothers’.

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Thank You, Open source (via t3n.de).

Internetkultur-Dilemma: Warum Deutschland kein Digitalisierungs-Gewinner wird.

Zwar reden alle von der Digitalisierung, aber viel zu wenige verstehen, wovon sie da sprechen. Über hunderte von Gesprächen hat sich bei mir der Eindruck erhärtet, dass das Internet hierzulande von vielen lediglich theoretisch begriffen wird — als eine technokratisch zu lösende Herausforderung. Oftmals sind es denn auch Bürokraten, die uns digital wettbewerbsfähig machen wollen.