Form Stefan Molyneux, Do the Rich Work Harder? Each week, 44% of the wealthy worked 11 hours more than the poor. For those with full-time jobs: 86% of the wealthy worked 50 hours or more each week 57% of the poor who had full-time jobs…
With Tesla reporting yet another quarter of blow-out earnings (and a surprise profit of nearly $3/share), it looks like I was right yet again and the the left-wing (although in fairness, some on the ‘right’ are also not fans of Tesla) media’s attempt to defame…
A study linking university success with genes, is going viral The genetics of university success University success, which includes enrolment in and achievement at university, as well as quality of the university, have all been linked to later earnings, health and wellbeing. However, little is…
From the 8000 Hours blog: Economist Prof Tyler Cowen says our overwhelming priorities should be maximising economic growth and making civilization more stable. Is he right? Tyler’s arguments can be broken into three parts: 1. Low GDP growth threatens U.S. innovation and competitiveness. 2. For…
From Jonah Goldberg Sorry, Elizabeth Warren: DNA doesn’t define who we really are I can’t believe I’m agreeing with the fake Indian. He concludes by writing: The idea that you are what your DNA says you are is illiberal, because liberalism (in the classical sense)…
What Saudi Arabia Now Knows About Bone Saws Nothing boxes in Trump. He will keep defending the Saudi prince as he has his putative paramour Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin, and virtually every other despot on the planet who has crossed his path. Trump defends authoritarian…
The NPC meme finally breaks into the mainstream after Twitter bans 1,500 NPC accounts for ‘voter suppression’: Why has Twitter banned 1500 accounts and what are NPCs? What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet’s New Favorite Insult? What is an NPC? The liberal-bashing meme sweeping social…
From the 8000 Hours blog: Economist Prof Tyler Cowen says our overwhelming priorities should be maximising economic growth and making civilization more stable. Is he right? Tyler’s arguments can be broken into three parts: 1. Low GDP growth threatens U.S. innovation and competitiveness. 2. For…
Another wrong-thinker who has been disinvited by the ‘open-minded, pro-science’ left: Linda Gottfredson, an expert on occupational interests and intelligence, is the latest disinvited speaker. (She's also on a McCarthyite list of "extremists" by the Southern Poverty Law Ctr, once a respected civil rights org.,…
What happened to that ‘trade war’ that the liberal media was insistent would happen? Trump’s tariffs on China are doing the exact opposite of what they’re supposed to: But at the moment, the primary conclusion to draw is that the US-China trade war isn’t yet…