America still winning inequality competition

The OECD put out this chart recently. If there was a sporting contest to see which country could enrich the 1% the most, the US would be a dynasty franchise.

The copyright system is broken

The debates surrounding copyright and piracy generally bore me. Those engaged in the debates invariably analogize piracy and copyright infringement to either stealing or sharing, and then the debate goes nowhere from there. That vacuousness aside, the copyright system does seem out of touch with the modern world, and it is hard to see how… Continue reading The copyright system is broken