Airs – Ian Lance Taylor

  • Free will

    I recently got in an e-mail discussion about the philosophical problem of free will. Here are some notes on it. In general I think Daniel Dennett has correctly described the issue in his books Elbow Room and Freedom Evolves (of the two, I prefer the older Elbow Room). The issue is: given a materialistic universe,…

  • Globalization

    Globalization is the process of removing trade barriers around the world, so that everybody lives in the same unconstrained market. The arguments in favor of globalization are clear: trade barriers make the market less efficient. If I have to pay a tariff to sell my widgets in Switzerland, then my Swiss customers have to pay…

  • Airs

    Putting on airs