Maybe another book I want to read.  You know, once I finish Gibbon. _
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02:45:41 PM, Friday 24 July 2009

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How the logic of conspicuous consumption leads to extinction.  This is mostly a reminder to myself that I want to read Tuna: A Love Story. _
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02:32:39 PM, Friday 24 July 2009

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The whole Gates/Crowley spat is fascinating, because it's sort of trivial.  Serious cases of police abuse never get this sort of traction.  Stories that divide people are what grab our national attention.  It's a wedge story.  There's two emotional reactions to it, both correct:  I would hate to go through what Prof. Gates went through, and you couldn't pay me enough to investigate a reported break-in and put up with people like Prof. Gates.  The policeman had both a) done nothing wrong when Prof. Gates started shouting at him and b) shouldn't have arrested him.  It's a perfect situation for people to talk past each other. _
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