While I didn't think much of the discussion in the recent creepy thread, I'm very much enjoying a series on a related subject written by Yvain.

• The First Meditation on Privilege (A beggar and a tourist in India)
• The Second Meditation on Privilege
• The Third Meditation on Privilege (Sex and spiders)
• The Fourth Meditation On Creepiness (Current standards and why they don't work)
• The Fifth Meditation on Creepiness (True Love)
• The Sixth Meditation on Superweapons
• The Seventh Meditation on The War On Applause Lights
• The Eighth Meditation on Superweapons and Bingo
• The Ninth Meta-tation on Meta