Flicker Fusion

Before I quit, I was “connecting” with an increasingly diverse and undifferentiated group of people ranging from senior executives at various large and important sounding companies to my best friend’s drunk little brother who never moved out of his home town and now grows pot and fights pitbulls in his basement.

Before I quit, I was “connecting” with an increasingly diverse and undifferentiated group of people ranging from senior executives at various large and important sounding companies to my best friend’s drunk little brother who never moved out of his home town and now grows pot and fights pitbulls in his basement.

—Ben Brown on the trouble with Facebook, namely the fact that the more people who join, the more useless it becomes. Lots of other good points in there as well.

The idea that religious scientists prove that religion and science are compatible is ridiculous, and I’m embarrassed that I ever believed it. Having believed for so long, however, I understand its attraction, and its fatal weaknesses.

The idea that religious scientists prove that religion and science are compatible is ridiculous, and I’m embarrassed that I ever believed it. Having believed for so long, however, I understand its attraction, and its fatal weaknesses.

—Clay Shirky, discussing an idea he’s changed his mind about. The whole thing really is worth a read. [via Anil]