Riley as Himself

Pessimism: The glass is half empty. Optimism: The glass is half full. Modern cynicism: Who cares? It’s probably poisoned anyway. Skepticism: How could you possibly know that? Platonism: There exists a theoretical form of a glass which is completely full. Empiricism: Technically, the glass is completely full. Realism: The glass is just twice as big as it needs to be. Positivism: How do you know? Have you measured? Cartesianism: What good would that do? There’s no logic in that. Stoicism: We should imagine the glass completely empty - to prepare ourselves. Asceticism: You see, the glass is a distraction from true happiness. Rationalism: Now, now. Let’s not get emotional. Kantianism: Someone else can have the glass. Epicureanism: I’ll take it. Utilitarianism: But would that really be the most useful? Is that the best use of the glass? Social Darwinism: The glass belongs to he who is fit enough to take it. Marxism: You bourgeoisie alway...

A Brief History of the Internets 1958 – US launches the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to research new military technology. 1969 – ARPA establishes the first recorded host-to-host connection. 1976 – Release of Comet, the first commercial email provider. 1990 – Creation of the World Wide Web. 1994 – Release of Netscape Navigator. 1995 – Release of Internet   Explorer. First browser war begins. 1998 – Incorporation of Google. 1999 – The term “WIFI” first used commercially. Al Gore unsuccessfully claims to have created the internet. 2000 – U.S. Presidential candidate George W. Bush first pluralizes the word “Internets” in an election debate 2004 – Launch of Facebook. 2006 – Founding of Reddit. Google buys YouTube and gains a near monopoly on the online video market. 2013 – Suicide of Reddit co-founder Aaron Schwartz, largely considered the first e-martyr. 2014 – The United Nations officially declares Internet Explorer as being in violation of t...