Interesting Links for 27-12-2017

[andrewducker]

In Star Wars, why isn't hyperspace ramming a standard weapon?

(tags: StarWars )

What really happened in the Christmas truce of 1914?

(tags: war wwi history )

STAR WNRS. Yes, Star Wnrs (impressive knockoff "Lego" kits)

(tags: StarWars Lego fraud )

On the attacks on universities over "Free Speech"

(tags: University freespeech politics uk )

SF engineer comes into money and now wants wife to sign a post-nuptial agreement

(tags: marriage money )

The Neuroscience of Intelligence

(tags: Intelligence )

Driverless cars became a reality in 2017 and hardly anyone noticed

(tags: cars automation )

“This is Not Going to Go the Way You Think”: The Last Jedi Is Subversive As Fuck

(tags: StarWars )

Star Wars’ Vice-Admiral Holdo and Our Expectations for Female Military Power

(tags: StarWars )

A History Of The Silmarils In The Fifth Age

(tags: Tolkien lotr )

Comments

[naath]

The case would be that while you did all the company work your spouse was doing, eg, childcare that freed you up to make the money. Historically a wife might well be doing the books or PAing or running networking events all without a salary or official job title and might reasonably expect compensation for that work. I don't think current marriage law is very good at understanding the sort of couple who both contribute both financially and otherwise in equal measure, neither giving up income to further the other's earning power.

There are other aspects to marriage law though that you might want, some tax changes, next of kin status, intestacy law. And divorce ought to cover the future care of children.