Society
Non-Quantifiable
Last night we took our eleven-year old child to listen to a ranger-led presentation while visitingOrgan Pipe Cactus National Monument. Over the years we’ve attended numerous talks like this at various national parks and monuments throughout the western US. Along with thinking about how I would personally survive in harsh desert conditions (which is what […]
Read MoreGuns in Conservative vs Liberal States
Data and thoughts about conservative American’s love of guns.
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How Blue States and Red States Compare on Income, Poverty, Obesity, and Crime
How blue and red states compare on key demographics, including poverty rates, obesity, crime, murder, and suicide rates.
Read MoreWhy Atheism?
There are many contributing factors to my atheism, but they have always been a disorganized cloud of thoughts buzzing around my head. I’ve always wanted to take the time to really examine and organize these thoughts. Some are small, some large, but all contributing to this overall view that religion (and Christianity specifically) is completely […]
Read MoreSelf Taxing and the Society Investment Fund
My news feeds are inundated by news of Trump slashing government investment in numerous programs and organizations. Things like 5.8 billion from the National Institues of Health, and cuts to the EPA, education, the sciences and anything else that may actually help propel us forward as a civilization. But this stuff is important. These things […]
Read MoreEducation Must Become Technology-Based
Education is one of the most (if not the most) important features of a strong society. As much as we gripe about our current education system, America does actually have a good system; It produces some of the best thinkers on the planet and does a reasonable job of giving everyone the base-level skills needed […]
Read MoreElection 2016 in Graphs
I don’t think there is anything really shocking or new with the graphs below, but it is always interesting to see our political views correlated with where we live, levels of education, and even things like obesity.
Read MoreWhy a Flat Tax is Bad
A flat taxes is one of those things that sounds good and from a common sense perspective, it’s obvious that we should enact one. However, that “obvious” nature of it masks what is really a flawed idea that would likely have a pretty negative impact on society. Fairness A fair tax system is one in […]
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