perfidy

Here's some stuff I've managed to read whilst being distracted by, among other things, being swamped at work, dealing with multiple family medical crises, a new(-ish) baby, and ennui.

• Four Words That Make Me Suspicious of Myself When I Say Them I would add "Clearly" because that almost invariably indicates that I haven't really thought something through.  Clearly is academic code for "you're an idiot for thinking the opposite of what I'm about to say."
• "Amish" and "Contraband" aren't two words that normally go together.  But hey, why not.  When the Amish Mafia gets going, "Get Milk" will have an entirely new and sinister meaning.  I posted on the War on Milk™ previously, here.
• The Russian Fox and the Evolution of Intelligence - h/t to my pal Christian, who found this one.  The Russian domesticated foxes I first heard about when I watched a documentary on dogs - fascinating stuff, and Isegoria recently linked to another bit on the topic.
• Deflation or Hyperinflation? This piece goes into detail on an argument that's been bouncing around a lot on Zero Hedge, my new favorite source of economic news.  At this point, I don't think we can dodge econopocalypse.  The exact method of our demise is perhaps up in the air, but that seems to be about all that is in real doubt.
• Devin, Aretae, Foseti, and AnomalyUK have had some fascinating debates on matters Formalist.  I hope someday to have five minutes of uninterrupted time to string together a few thoughts on the matter.  Moldbug also posts on economics - something I've been surprised he hadn't hit sooner, given all the financial shenanigans that have been going on around here lately.
• Annoyed by partial RSS feeds?  I am, or rather, was.  This link provides several solutions.
• Ken, who was once the Oldsmoblogger, has a neato post centered on a quote from Wedgwood's The Thirty Years' War.  Another book I need to read.  And speaking of reading, reading is really hard.  It just isn't worth the effort to try and read anything more involved than a comic book when you can only devote five minutes at a time to reading it.