What is it you really want to do, if you don't mind me asking?

I can't help but feel a strong sense of deja vu when I compare what people say about Sanders to what people said about Obama in 2008. That's not to say that Sanders will start a wave like Obama did but I sincerely believe it's way too early to write him off. Sanders could easily project a much better image to minority voters than Clinton, given his track record with the Civil Rights movement. He was arrested at a protest against segregated schools, he was present at MLK's "I have dream" speech. That could easily be spun into the image of a pro-minority President. I also think you can't discount the endorsement he is starting to receive from people like Run The Jewels' Killer Mike.

Haha, this is a question we've been pondering for some time in my family. My grandfather was an avid reader, and the gene has been passed through to me.

Honestly, I think you shouldn't start to think that there are some books your library 'must' have. English literature does have its classics and canon, but honestly I'd say the best way to build your own library is to buy whatever interests you the most at the time, read it, and keep it in your library when you're done. Don't try and stick to a schedule of any sort, it'll only bore you in the end.

Also, always note down the date of purchase of the book and your name, on the first blank page of the book itself, and somewhere else. Over time, you'll start to see patterns emerge in what you're reading and it'll help you make all sorts of connections. Today in 2015, I can pull out a musty old ledger and see what my grandfather was reading in the 60s. In its own way, it's a window into his mind.

I second foliosociety.com if you can afford it, but to be honest the vast majority of our library is plain old Penguin paperbacks. My granddad used to cover them with clear plastic film, it's something we continue to do. The covers are usually beautifully minimalist, and with a bit of care they can last a very, very long time.

Hi Hubski! I'm actually returning to this site for the first time in several years, I think I registered this account all the way back in 2012 but never got around to using it much. Here's to hoping I can make it stick this time around!

I'm a 25-year-old Englishman. I have a Master's degree in statistics and I work as a data scientist for a startup in London, although I am thinking about going back to uni soon for a PhD. In my spare time, I'm a complete history nerd. I love reading historical fiction and non-fiction, and I've spent more time than any reasonable person should on Paradox's historical strategy games. I'd love to be able to write my own historical fiction one day. It'll be set in Europe between 1848-1914. I play football (soccer to you yanks out there) on Sundays and I also follow cricket, although I'm no good at it. Arsenal FC is my first and true love.

I also love sitting in pubs and listening to people talk about their lives and interests. Hubski looks like a good digital equivalent!

These are my initials in NATO phonetic alphabet. A lot of people look at it and assume I'm into golf, which couldn't be further from the truth.

I'm constantly amazed by how many Americans watch the IT Crowd. I thought it was alright, nothing special, but it's clearly struck a chord with a lot of people!

It's probably the word 'government' that's spooking everyone out. I think most people are conjuring up visions of the NSA telling insurance companies about your medical records and stuff. That or they probably think they'll be sending a SWAT team to your door every time you tweet about getting high or something.

The point is, there are already checks and balances that exist to protect your privacy. Just because an organization has collected your data, doesn't mean they can look at it. Your metadata, no matter how much you try to hide it, is visible to a lot of people. Hell, your ISP probably uses that same metadata for all it's marketing and operational planning anyway. I personally don't think the US Justice system is so impotent that it cannot impose effective safeguards on the government.

Some of these questions are incredibly loaded.

There are no savage and civilised peoples; there are only different cultures.

Come on, what kind of person would disagree if the question was posed this way?

Good God that is just terrible. I despise how global geopolitics can make so many people's live so horrible.

The desert outside of Dubai. Not a tree, not a blade of grass in sight, nothing but an endless expanse of red sand. Felt like I was on Mars.

The 24-hour news cycle is a relic of a bygone age. It arrived (at least where I live) in the late '80s and hit that sweet spot where the world was moving fast enough to require people to be updated on things on an hourly basis, but there was no platform where people could search for their own content, let alone contribute. Nowadays, I like to use a combination of Twitter + print media for all my news needs, the former allows me to stay up to date, while the latter allows me to read in-depth analyses a few days later.

It's funny, because for so many years the conversation was always about TV making newspapers obsolete, whereas today I find NYT/WSJ/Washington Post to be much more useful than CNN/NBC/Fox