This is great news for the ‘alt right’ cause: Are Americans losing faith in democracy? Most millennials don’t think it’s essential to live in a democracy: If you wonder why I write to much about Reddit and Millennials – this is why. There is a huge demographic here of people who are potentially repetitive to… Continue reading Millennials Losing Faith in Democracy
Month: December 2015
INTP people rule the world
From Anti-Dem Playboy After Dark Another possibility is that the ‘Playboy lifestyle’ is no longer ‘cool’, as millennials eschew ostentatious materialism for intellectualism and minimalism. Millennials want to be rich, but prefer saving or investing the money instead of squandering it on positional goods. They want to be like Zuck, Musk, Buffett or Gates, not… Continue reading INTP people rule the world
What isn’t being taught in schools that should be?
This ‘Ask Reddit’ question What isn’t being taught in schools that should be? is going viral. This was the most upvoted answer, getting over 3,000 upvotes: HOW TO Pay taxes Vote Find a job Buy a house Buy a car LESSONS Current Events What laws there are Financial Advice Trading stocks Mental disorders Politics As… Continue reading What isn’t being taught in schools that should be?
An Army of Fact Checkers: How Reddit (and social media) is Destroying the SJW Narrative
Scott ponders how online reporting of science can be improved. Maybe a solution is to ‘crowdsource’ the peer review through social media such as Reddit, putting all these smart users to use to do the fact-checking the mainstream media is otherwise too lazy or incompetent to do – in fact, that already is happening. Pretty… Continue reading An Army of Fact Checkers: How Reddit (and social media) is Destroying the SJW Narrative
2016 Predictions
It’s that time of the year again, my predictions for 2016. First, after eight years, the fed did what everyone thought was impossible: they finally raised interest rates, and the market surged. The pundits predicted that the hike would be bearish for equities, but obviously that was not the case as the rate hike was… Continue reading 2016 Predictions
Why Interest Rates Are Unlikely to Rise Much, If at all
The first rate hike in almost a decade is expected this week. Historically speaking, rate hikes are not always bearish for stocks, provided rates don’t go up too much too quickly. But because the fed has been dovish for the past three decades, not hawkish, that should be a concern. In the 90’s, the S&P… Continue reading Why Interest Rates Are Unlikely to Rise Much, If at all
The Student Loan Charade
From Bloomberg: Who’s Profiting from $1.2 Trillion of Federal Student Loans? For-profit colleges profit, so does the higher-ed bureaucracy. The issue is while student loan debt and tuition is high, the amount paid out of pocket by the student is low relative to the sticker price and only modestly exceeds the CPI. After taking into… Continue reading The Student Loan Charade
Consider Contraception
From iSteve: The Economist: Free Contraception for Africa Would be a Great Investment This an example how HBD-based policy can help curb social problems, be it entitlement spending, overpopulation of at-risk groups, or crime. Republicans need to get over this belief that every unborn life is sacred or is worth saving and instead consider HBD-based… Continue reading Consider Contraception
Post-2008 Capitalism: A Guide
From n+1 magazine, After Capitalism: HOW WILL IT END? For centuries even the most sanguine of capitalism’s theorists have thought it not long for this world. Smith, Ricardo, and Mill pointed to a “falling rate of profit” linked to inevitable declines in agricultural productivity. Marx applied the same concept to industrial production, suggesting that the… Continue reading Post-2008 Capitalism: A Guide
They’re defecting, Mortimer: The rise of Trump and the fall of the ‘Cuck’ empire
It’s so funny how the NYT’s readers, in the comments, are disparaging the multiculturalism that the newspaper espouses. Either these readers represent a vocal minority or the NYT is going to lose a lot of readers, if it hasn’t already. Same with the post-2014 decline of conservative media ‘strongholds’ like National Review Online and World… Continue reading They’re defecting, Mortimer: The rise of Trump and the fall of the ‘Cuck’ empire