On A Tale Of Two Chilis
The first chili has beans in it and is therefore not chili. It also has tomatoes, which is another big ??? where did you people get the idea that beans or tomatoes are involved in chili? From the cans you buy at the grocery store? Great source. 2nd chili wins, hands down.
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On My Five-Part Plan For Fixing New York's Bike Problem
Totally agree with the Bike Avenues idea. There is a proposal for this kind of thing that launched last year in Chicago: http://www.nocarsmilwaukee.org
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On My Five-Part Plan For Fixing New York's Bike Problem
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On Humanity's Endless Quest to Invent a Death Ray: A History
"(While we’re on the topic, I credit Aristotle for Jar Jar Binks because more or less everything he believed and taught was patently wrong, but you could tell his heart was in the right place.)"
Sure, Aristotle thought vision was based on invisible beams coming out of our eyes, but so did all the Greeks, and optics wasn't his specialty. On the other hand, FORMAL LOGIC AS WE KNOW IT TODAY? The Syllogism? Hello! Aristotle is the fucking man, and comparing him to Jar Jar is shameful.
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On If People Are Going To Ride Bicycles In New York In This Weather, We Can't Win
I think you are crazy to say that New York of all places should not have bicycles. They should go to somewhere more spread out?? The denser a place is, the more fit it is for bicycles. Cars are for places that are more spread it. The reason bicycles are so popular in Portland is because its so damned small that it has the effect of being as dense as New York (in terms of how close everything is).
Also, check this out: www.nocarsmilwaukee.org
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On Less Human Than Human: The Design Philosophy of Apple
It would take a paper as long as this one to explain everything that's wrong with it, but I'll summarize.
1. You misunderstand what "taste" means. You don't really seem to understand the roles of originality, quotation or imitation in art & design either.
2. You are just as reactionary to the neo-modernist design of Apple as the modernists were to Beaux-Arts.
3. You compare unlike things in absurd ways.
4. You demonstrate a clear misunderstanding of the reasons people exalt Jobs.
5. The philanthropy angle is a total red herring and moot point in the context of taste.