Lunch with Mr Hobbes: what a 17th century monarchist has to say to modern democrats
For warre consisteth not in Battell onely, or the act of fighting; but in tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battell is sufficiently known: and therefore the notion of time is to be considered in the nature of warre; as it is in the nature of weather. For the nature of foule weather lyeth not in a showre or two of rain; but in an inclination thereto of many dayes together; so the nature of warre consisteth not in actuall fighting; but in the known disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is peace.
Michael McManus on what Hobbes would make of us now.
Amateur Porn: The End of Secrecy in the 1990s
The late 1990’s were the beginning of the end of everything clandestine. There were no tweets back then. No snaps, or apps. Likes and pokes were a twinkle in 14-year-old Mark Zuckerberg’s eyes. In just a few short years, however, smoky back room deals would never be again, and everything would go on display for all to see, all the time. 1998 was the dawning of the age of transparency.
Taylor Garcia on the end of secrecy.