Two Minds on the Suffering Class
I frequently find myself of two minds when faced with those who are suffering from poverty and lack of education, and these depend heavily on…
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Class Markers Used in the Real World
Some are unaware that there are strong class distinctions even within the middle class, and that there are specific and key tells that those in…
Add Women to Groups to Make Them Smarter
There’s some fascinating new research showing that adding women to a group of problem solvers makes them more effective. The reason is clear and unsurprising…
Bertrand Russell’s Essay: What I Believe
“The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.” ~ Bertrand Russell Jun 12, 2011 I just re-read What I Believe by…
Hashing vs. Encryption vs. Encoding vs. Obfuscation
There is often significant confusion around the differences between encryption, encoding, hashing, and obfuscation. Get the TL;DR Let’s take a look at each one: Encoding…
How to Build a Just Society
I was re-reading a part of Moral Landscape this weekend and came across a concept I had not shared yet. It’s the idea of building…
The People Making the Best Arguments Against College, Went to College
If you frequent Hacker News and Reddit as I do you’re probably familiar with a certain type of rant regarding college. It goes something like…
Burp Intruder Payload Methods Explained
If you use Burp a good bit you’ve likely run into the question of what precisely the various Intruder Payload Methods do. Specifically, what are…
Levels of Awareness | Daniel Miessler
I think there are two primary levels of awareness possible for modern humans. There are those who don’t think about why they want what they…
Life > Fear | Daniel Miessler
I recently decided to give Xobni for GMail a try. It does some wicked integration between your Google contacts, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Basically, the idea…
A Social Media Security Model
I am often asked how I handle handle security while using social networks. This post serves as my answer in image and bullet form. I…
The Ambitious Sam Harris | Daniel Miessler
I was just struck this morning with a realization about Sam Harris’s latest book: The Moral Landscape. I’m browsing through portions of it again after…