You seem to be applying Kantian ethics to this question, both that individuals must always be treated as ends onto themselves, and an act can only be good if the maxim of that act would be acceptable as a universal law.

“And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep”

I imagine the part that makes it explicable is the fact that these interns are almost certainly generating well over that amount for Google in the work they do. Google isn't making it rain on undergrads for the pleasure of seeing these kids smile. They've put together the most attractive package they could to get…

What are arms good for, really?

I'm pretty sure the life cherishing governor who presided over Texas' 500th execution yesterday has no qualms about aborting the bad fetuses after they're born.

The good news is only women will be able to go to college, thereby completely swapping the gender disparity in our nation's professional class.

this article does a great job of pointing out he's not as consistent as the game he talks. Frankly his entire supposed legal philosophy has some pretty deep flaws.

Hmm, this anecdote may be explanatory. CT realized only the good die young, so being a waste of carbon makes him immortal.

For real?

On NPR this morning they said the Top 10% HS policy fills about 80% of UT's Freshman slots.

Human beings are not accessories.

Best Shampoo - 2 in 1 and separate shampoo and conditioner might be interesting

Many moons ago, when I was a Boy Scout, I went to a Mom & Son camp. Someone knew this trick when they arrived, and by the end of the weekend everyone else did too - it was like watching an idea go viral in real life. An entire camp full of boys either running around or making a shrill whistling sound.

That was my first reaction as well.

Somehow when Northern Europeans make fun of each other it seems much more innocuous than when, for instance, US states make fun of each other. My wife is Latvian, and the running Estonian joke is Latvians have 6 toes (I gather it's a linguistic joke that doesn't translate well), meanwhile Latvians observe everything…

I'm going to choose to believe that light switch panel is at average height for a light switch panel, around 3 1/2 to 4 feet off the ground, making him average height surrounded by really short people.

Part of me thinks he was trying to draw a facile analogy, wires got crossed and oopsies! it came out a whole lot more misogynistic than he intended.

But if pro-lifers argue rape victims need to bear the children of their rapist the pro-lifers will lose the argument!

Makes me wish that urban legend about different colored bands corresponding to different sex acts was true.

Well, to be fair, the contracts you initial that tell you your provider will be collecting all this data are intentionally written to be impossible to parse, and the laws that authorize the government to access that data are equally arcane. I only keep cursory tabs on these issues, because these issues are important…