Welcome to the Age of Dilemma

[NoAngel2u]

I've been reading Umair Haque's blog off and on for a while now and usually find his articles very thought provoking. His 2 most current articles reflect some of the conversations we've been having in the pit lately, so thought I'd share.

Welcome to the Age of Dilemma

The problem with our current debates — or perhaps more accurately, our partisan, angry disputes — is that they're all about choosing between yesterday's bad alternatives.

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We All Work at Enron Now

Let's take a moment and imagine what might happen in an economy that consistently, chronically undercounted real costs and overcounted real benefits, poisoning the incentives for the creation of authentic, enduring wealth. Let's call it Enronia, for short.

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[StevieJS]

Is Umair Haque a Muslim terrorist ?

[NoAngel2u]

Are you a littletimmylover terrorist?

[StevieJS]

Answer the question

[NoAngel2u]

what question?

[StevieJS]

what question?

Read post # 2 (Hint, it's near the top)

[NoAngel2u]

The only post I see is #3, ain't that odd

[StevieJS]

Amazing

[NoAngel2u]

The Builders' Manifesto

Dear World Leaders,

This relationship isn't working out. Its time for us to explore other government opportunities. We've tried to make it work. But it's not us — it's you (really).