3 votes for The Big Short.

Having read End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation , it seems that Harris is admiring (may not be the word I'm looking for) of Jainism. He seems to think that the practices Jainism prescribes would make war a non-issue. I'd have to agree. However, Harris talks more about putting an end to sub...

They are only symptoms. The real problem is magical thinking. The real problem is a lack of appreciation for what evidence and cause and effect can do for us. The real problem may be because people want to know what's after death. Some people find it depressing to think that there's nothing left af...

That looks completely fun! I play volleyball, so I would have to get used to using my feet instead of my hands but I want to try that! I'm going to have to learn how to do flips, though.

Negotiations happen only between willing parties and I saw few of these in their encounters along the road. Trust has completely disappeared. The only chance for 'humanity' is to overcome this fear but that can only be built on a foundation of trust and understanding and where will that come from? ...

Did anyone else have a hard time suspending disbelief that the little boy managed to find "good" people when most of the book is filled with people eating one another? I have posted elsewhere that I think authors struggle with how to deal with 'child in peril' plot and McCarthy, I think, ...

Wow.

Just think, what if you were one day cut off by an airplane landing right in front of your car on the road.

Awesome job that pilot did.

Well, I used to hate it a lot more when I was younger and my mother made the rule of coming back inside once the sun set. Winter was a hated season for me in my youth because of that.

Did anyone else have a hard time suspending disbelief that the little boy managed to find "good" people when most of the book is filled with people eating one another?

XD I heard this from my father. It's still funny. Thanks for sharing!