@TinyTimmyTokyo All-consuming fear of death is not hardly antithetical to Christianity, merely to its self-presentation. For a great many Christians the whole point of Christianity is escaping death. Fred Clark, himself a Christian, points this out as a major theme in his highly-critical review of the Left Behind books. He's hardly the only one to notice it. https://youtu.be/tLd7BuiC5co?t=162

@zzx @visaVisa I'd settle for him finding it a career necessity to become a born-again Christian a la Russell Brand.

@lurker Well, you see, he's GENRE savvy, not practical-applications-of-sensible-thought savvy ...

@tkohldesac EA's are so-called 'Effective Altruists'

@swlabr @Amoeba_Girl We ARE talking about a very stable genius who, in a building with a dozen fireplaces, attempted to flush documents down the toilet ...

@swlabr If by 'recent' you mean 'since the foundation of the Libertarian Party'. Libertarians were all-in for Reagan, their poster boy Ron Paul caucused with the GOP, etc etc etc.

@TinyTimmyTokyo 'the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life', even?

@gerikson @stingpie Easily the most realistic part of Age of Ultron.

@200fifty @dgerard Steve Jobs' career in a nutshell (perhaps not quite 'for free')

@drwho @CinnasVerses It worked for L. Ron Hubbard.

@blakestacey I am not familiar with that Sith lord ..