tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post7801533696180792596..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Weak Meat Strong EatSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-54131783994662920622013-06-08T18:56:31.036-04:002013-06-08T18:56:31.036-04:00The just-world-phenomenon and Nietzsche-ism aren&#...The just-world-phenomenon and Nietzsche-ism aren't limited to the West.<br /><br /><br />It is human nature to change what one thinks when he cannot change what is.gide07noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-4412329006221250442013-06-07T22:56:45.769-04:002013-06-07T22:56:45.769-04:00Neat!
Calls to mind the Athenians in the Melian di...Neat!<br />Calls to mind the Athenians in the Melian dialogue: "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."Margaret Dashwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-4552961565023701802013-06-07T22:39:43.509-04:002013-06-07T22:39:43.509-04:00Hi Steve -- You probably know this, but David Mitc...Hi Steve -- You probably know this, but David Mitchell's most recent book is set in Japan (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet). It's a historical novel involving the Dutch and Japanese in 1700s Japan. It's very good, though certainly not as great as Cloud Atlas.Raghu Parthasarathynoreply@blogger.com