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It'll be neat when it has a large following, but kind of useless in the beginning.
This would be along the same vein as the prior thread on existential questions. A popular topic among young, intelligent people for whom tradition has little weight.
Scientists aren't athletes. Discovery isn't a zero sum game. If we want to go by med labels, I think we should remember that rationality isn't the great driving force of American drug law.
Why would there be hundreds of them? Unlike radio stations, web streaming services aren't limited to one song at a time. With network effects it seems a few services would dominate.
(Otherwise a good article. I'm typing this while listening to thefeelgood.com)
Anarcho-primitivism is a odd ideal for someone posting on a technology site.
Here's a video for anyone who's interested: http://youtube.com/watch?v=S06oMxdt40A
The pipe organ fugue should be right about here.
Bonobo females use an interesting strategy that disagrees with this. When in estrus they mate with as many males in the group as possible to confuse the paternity. That way they get support from the entire troupe of males in rearing the young.
I was reading a thread in an Objectivist forum once where someone had posted a link to an online Myers-Briggs personality test. Out of 16 types, 90% of the members were the same one: INTJ. Personality is the major determinate of philosophy. I know I enjoy reading PG's essays because it's like reading an older, more experienced version of myself.