The Primary Law of Intelligent Immigration Policy
First, answer two questions: What is our country? What defines it? What parts could not be removed without it becoming something different? If a country…
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Atheism and the Substitution Phenomenon
Many atheists that I’ve known, including myself, exhibited an interesting behavior during and after their transition from faith to non-faith. I call this behavior substitution.…
Why Some People Don’t Learn Anything In College
I’m constantly amazed by the number of people who seem to have learned nothing during four years at university. Until recently I’ve wondered how it…
The Prisoner’s Dilemma: The Key To Successful Civilization
It’s amazing what education can do for a civilization. So much pain and suffering could be avoided if the majority of people in the world…
Measuring The Quality Of A Society
I can always tell when I’m in a bad neighborhood. I don’t have to witness crimes or even see another human being at all. The…
The Resonance Of Understanding | Daniel Miessler
Resonance has intruiged me since I learned about the concept in high school. For those unfamiliar, it’s “the tendency of a system to oscillate at…
What School Never Taught You About The Waterfall Method
If you studied computer science in any form in college you’ve no doubt heard about the Waterfall Method. It’s the classic, multi-phased and elaborate process…
Security Is Not A Technology Problem: Why Companies Need To Be Looking At Organizational Issues Instead Of Products
As a consultant I constantly come across organizations that are more than willing to throw millions of dollars at their information security problems. Almost invariably…
Why I Love Ruby | Daniel Miessler
If you’re looking for a comprehensive comparison of 15 programming languages based on decades of experience, this isn’t it. I’m a hobbiest programmer. Most of…
Add A “Reddit this” Option To Your Feedburner RSS Feed (FeedFlare)
I’ve just completed a “Reddit this” FeedFlare module for Feedburner users. This will add the option for your RSS users to submit your posts to…
My Grandfather | Daniel Miessler
My grandfather died yesterday. He was in his late 80’s and had lived a good life, so it’s not tragic or anything…but sad nonetheless. This…
Semacodes | Daniel Miessler
I just read about semacodes over at KuiperCliff. Semacodes are a really interesting technology that lets you convert a URL into an image that can…