As a social good, I think privacy is greatly overrated because privacy basically means concealment. People conceal things in order to fool other people about them. They want to appear healthier than they are, smarter, more honest and so forth.
A diversity of approaches is necessary if there is to be a good chance of hitting on one that works. Progress is a social undertaking & achievement, … - Richard Posner
A diversity of approaches is necessary if there is to be a good chance of hitting on one that works. Progress is a social undertaking & achievement, …
- Richard Posner
The confidentiality of the judicial process would not matter greatly to an understanding and evaluation of the legal system if the consequences of ju… - Richard Posner
The confidentiality of the judicial process would not matter greatly to an understanding and evaluation of the legal system if the consequences of ju…
As a social good, I think privacy is greatly overrated because privacy basically means concealment. People conceal things in order to fool other peop… - Richard Posner
As a social good, I think privacy is greatly overrated because privacy basically means concealment. People conceal things in order to fool other peop…
I do not know what has caused MacKinnon to become, and, more surprisingly, to remain, so obsessed with pornography, and so zealous for censorship. Bu… - Richard Posner
I do not know what has caused MacKinnon to become, and, more surprisingly, to remain, so obsessed with pornography, and so zealous for censorship. Bu…
MacKinnon's treatment of the central issue of pornography as she herself poses it - the harm that pornography does to women - is shockingly causal. M… - Richard Posner
MacKinnon's treatment of the central issue of pornography as she herself poses it - the harm that pornography does to women - is shockingly causal. M…
In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical p… - Richard Posner
In a religiously uniform culture, it is natural for people to take for granted the truth of the prevailing religion and its associated metaphysical p…
Heterosexuals get drunk and pregnant, producing unwanted children; their reward is to be allowed to marry. Homosexual couples do not produce unwanted… - Richard Posner
Heterosexuals get drunk and pregnant, producing unwanted children; their reward is to be allowed to marry. Homosexual couples do not produce unwanted…
Because reputation lags achievement, we should expect people to reach the zenith of their reputation well past the zenith of their productive output - Richard Posner
Because reputation lags achievement, we should expect people to reach the zenith of their reputation well past the zenith of their productive output
I’ve become less conservative since the Republican Party started becoming goofy. - Richard Posner
I’ve become less conservative since the Republican Party started becoming goofy.
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