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About Me

I'm Jack. Nice to meet you.

My Interests

Economics, Politics, Psychology, Philosophy, China, Monetary Policy, Reading, Conversing, Human Nature, Culture, Game Design, New Projects, Managing and Organizing, Politizens, NationStates, the Peace Corps, The Outdoors, Hiking, Backpacking, Camping, Traveling (when I can afford to), and of course Music.

I'd like to meet:

Fluffy foodstuffs. Boris is hungry.

Music:

I like everything old, and a few things new.

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and anything with Clint Eastwood

Television:

The History Chanel, the news, the Daily Show, the Colbert Report, and (sadly) the Apprentice

Books:

There are far too many to list. I mostly read non-fiction. I like anything that deals with philosophy, politics, economics, or psychology.

Heroes:

Boris the Spider

My Blog

Colour

I've added some color to my minimalist profile. I had been looking through other people's profiles, and I realized that my profile looked like it was from a different planet. How the hell ...
Posted by Jasque on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:20:00 PST

Upgrade

MySpace has a tendency to make choices that really get under my skin. For instance, the site's advertisements are a terrible annoyance, especially when the entire look of the site has been chang...
Posted by Jasque on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:25:00 PST

Two Letters and a Number

Cross posted from Live Journal. Is it just me, or does it sound like WW3 is just around the corner? The Muslim world hates the Western world, and the West is fearful and reactionary. Fortunately, the...
Posted by Jasque on Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:28:00 PST

Collective Ownership is Productive Ownership -- Sometimes.

At the end of October, 2005 I made a post on a message board in response to a topic entitled "Capitalism vs. Communism". My post was merely a response, it was not originally meant to be a ...
Posted by Jasque on Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:08:00 PST

A Feeling, An Inking, A Geometric Proof

This is a note to me: I want to remember tonight's thoughts. I have written them for myself so that I may read them in the future. Today I read an interesting comment on a message board. ...
Posted by Jasque on Sun, 15 Jan 2006 02:40:00 PST

The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant - by Nick Bostrom

This is a modern fable written by a philosopher at Oxford University. You may find the entire Fable here. A teaser:The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant Nick Bostrom ...
Posted by Jasque on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:43:00 PST

The Leader

An interesting poem appeared in a Pakistani textbook for 16 year old English-language students. Take a look at the poem and see if you notice what is so interesting. THE LEADER - by anonymous ...
Posted by Jasque on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:18:00 PST

TOM = Too-Ooo Many!

Tom now has more than 40 million friends. That is a lot of friends. Actually, that is more than a lot. What is a word that means more than "a lot?" Tons? Oodles? Piles, plenty,...
Posted by Jasque on Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:57:00 PST

Why People Hate Economics - by Arnold Kling

Why People Hate Economics By Arnold Kling (copied from Tech Central Station) "the separateness of these two mechanisms, one for understanding the physical world and one for understanding the social ...
Posted by Jasque on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:03:00 PST

How low can you go?

Bush's approval rating is at 37% That's pretty low, especially considering that a fundamental idea of democracy is "majority rule." Bush doesn't have the support of the majority of the nation.&n...
Posted by Jasque on Thu, 17 Nov 2005 04:46:00 PST