Sorry you've got family in the pen. They are in prison because they committed felonies, not because of their skin color. Yes, many prisons are like summer camp. My former institution was nicknamed "Camp Snoopy" with cable TV, pizza night, college classes and volleyball. We never degraded visitors, but certainly, if…

As a retired prison guard, let me state the obvious: inmates are sociopaths. They lie to judges, their wives, their lawyers, all with a straight face. The wives are many times smuggling in drugs and weapons. And cell phones are used by convicts to coordinate hits on their enemies. Bras sometimes must be removed…

Why do we fear technology? Watch Star Trek... and any episode with The Borg.

Actually, the most important factor to success is being born into a wealthy family... which is basically the same as luck.

Very cool. But for $3,800? Now we're talking real motorcycle money, either Honda Grom ($2,999) or CBR 250R ($3,999) coming to mind.

A few comments: 1. Try to write an article without using the "F" word— you sound immature and it is hard to take the rest of your writing seriously when you swear, and 2. Some iconic characters are written as either male or female, and though they can change gender for shock value, the whole meaning of the work…

Ask any member of the Baha'i Faith how they feel about Iran and it's treatment of other religions... then get back to me...

meant to say "prison is nothing like the fictional depictions, or the depictions in movies..."

Please excuse the typos... but when I read BS about prisons, written by folks who have never been to prison, never worked in a prison, or never talked with correctional personnel, then I get upset. Prisons, as depicted in movies, is nothing like the fictional depictions. Our inmates had free college, free vocational…

Ms lakedsire: Hello, retired prison guard here. First: inmates do NOT receive "substandard care"- I saw a drug dealer receive bypass surgery; hormones are given to sex change convicts; in fact, many inmates get BETTER care in prison, then they do on the streets. This is because of a HUGE federal lawsuit, which FORCES…

As a retired member of law enforcement, may I make a few observations? 1. Most convicted felons have a short life span, regardless of medical advances. Why? Many are killed in prison, or die in the streets after release. We have a saying, "You don't see a lot of old drug dealers. 2. Rehabilitation is a myth. Two…

Rude response, but keeping with the immature, juvenile nature of your thinking.

Proof that this article is a fantasy piece: "The fact is: women wind up wanting sex more than their male partners ALL THE TIME".... hahahahahahahaha!!! In the real world, this "fact" is rarely true... at least, in the world of my male friends and I over the last sixty years or so... but the politically correct faction…

I always find it humorous that the folks defending the Roma have NEVER met a gypsy, or dealt with gypsies, or otherwise had contact with the gypsies. Also, comparing the Roma to the Jews is a false analogy, as most Jews have jobs and there is a Jewish state- the opposite of Roma. Then, there is the term "racism"- the…

In other words, Walmart is the ultimate extension of Rand's philosophy.

I currently work at Walmart, which is an excellent example of unbridled capitalism: workers are paid crap wages, whilst the government subsidizes WM's massive profits, as workers are paid so little, they are eligible for food stamps. Oh, and all the products are made in China by slave labour, whilst the American…

This "article" seems to be more of a sales scam for Matter website... maybe these folks should PAY for advertising instead of USING io9 as their shill!

another reason to carry pepper spray and a concealed weapon...

Been to BM and it's interesting, tho the founder's original intent (gifting, non materialism) has become overshadowed by all the money and greed (heard there were billionaires at the Man this year... true?). So, yeah, fascinating, and lots of pretty pics, but for me, BM shows all that is WRONG with our society…

We lived in small groups for tens of thousands of years, so this is obvious to some of us: we ARE social animals. Yes, we like to be alone at times. But our very survival depends upon each other (unless you grow all your own food and drill your own oil and can build your own laptop). So, now, we can admit it: we need…