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A reply on Conversation: Is the solution to "coding a better government" really to be bureaucratically active, or is it to tone down bureaucracy?

Sep 14 2012: I have to agree. I've recently read Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" and it makes some excellent points. Probably my favorite quote from that would be this, "Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made agents of injustice." The whole essay talks about how man's conscience has the supreme word over law. And I feel that's not how society currently works.
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A reply on Conversation: Is the solution to "coding a better government" really to be bureaucratically active, or is it to tone down bureaucracy?

Sep 12 2012: No, I don't think we need a moderate amount of malaria. That's a good point, but I'm not quite sure where you're going with it.
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A comment on Talk: Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods

Sep 9 2012: Oh my god! I freaking love this. I just came to the conclusion that society is always fighting nature and trying to be more like robots instead of part f the circle of life. But this is amazing! This is practically a man made organism! It completely re-enacts natural systems for the benefit of humanity. I love it!