Tech VC heavyweight and hugely influential blogger Paul Graham posted two new essays: “Economic Inequality” “The Refragmentation” These essays are almost the same in that they deal with trends and paradigm shifts affecting post-2008 America, specifically about society, capitalism, start-ups, and wealth inequality. The meta-discussion is almost as interesting as the topic itself. These essay… Continue reading Paul Graham: Economic Inequality and The Refragmentation
Month: January 2016
What libertarians can learn from the fed. government
Libertarians and an-caps unanimously believe the government is always worse than the private sector, but here’s an example where this is reversed: IMHO, punishment is worse for civil cases under a hypothetical libertarian form of government, because the damages can be set arbitrarily high, and the debt collection renewed in perpetuity. Think frivolous lawsuits, which… Continue reading What libertarians can learn from the fed. government
Digital slueths expose ‘fat acceptance’ hypocrisy
To kick off 2016, another example of SJWs losing the narrative. An Instagram selfie posted by Tess Holiday, who is a ‘plus size model’ and SWJ proponent of ‘fat acceptance’, is going viral on Twitter now – but not because of the selfie itself, which is otherwise unremarkable, but because of a handicap placard captured… Continue reading Digital slueths expose ‘fat acceptance’ hypocrisy
Fairy Tales
The Irresistible Psychology of Fairy Tales The ‘fairy tale’ of the pseudo intellectual kind is also booming, particularly in the social sciences. That’s why those pop psychology books are so popular, by telling the masses what they want to believe. Taleb: the fairy tale that buying out-of-money puts is a profitable strategy, that quantitative finance… Continue reading Fairy Tales