The evidence suggests blacks are responsible for most crime, which could explain why they are stopped and incarcerated at a higher rate than whites, as I explain in the post He Fit the Description: It’s incontrovertible…the data shows that blacks commit most of the crimes. The left wants stops in proportion to the population, not… Continue reading There is No Systemic ‘War on Blacks’ by Police
Month: July 2016
The Persistence of the Black-White IQ Gap
The evidence suggests a persistent black-white IQ gap: Despite hundreds of billions of dollars of government spending, the education achievement gap hasn’t budged in decades: According to a groundbreaking paper (How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?) by Arthur Jensen, efforts to boost IQ through environment (education spending, enrichment programs, etc.) have failed,… Continue reading The Persistence of the Black-White IQ Gap
Correct Predictions, Part 3
Awhile back, I wrote that stocks would be a good buy should the market fall on ‘exit’ win. In agreement with James Altucher, for long-term US investors, Brexit doesn’t mean anything (it may actually be a positive), and I remain optimistic about the US stock market going forward. Brexit will not prevent Facebook and Google… Continue reading Correct Predictions, Part 3
Why the News Is Still Mostly Pointless
1. Pretty much all all news sites have some sort of ulterior motive, whether to advance a certain agenda or to push advertising. True ‘impartiality’ is far and few between. People read Reason, Pathos, Zerohedge, Unz Review and other ‘alternative media’, because they think they are getting the ‘full story’, but often they aren’t. These… Continue reading Why the News Is Still Mostly Pointless
Anaysis of Latest memo from Howard Marks: Economic Reality
This is going viral: Latest memo from Howard Marks: Economic Reality, presented by Oak Tree Capital. Central bank actions can encourage or accelerate economic activity, but they can’t create economic activity that otherwise wouldn’t occur. Much of what central banks do consists of making things happen today that otherwise would happen sometime in the future.… Continue reading Anaysis of Latest memo from Howard Marks: Economic Reality
Anti-Democracy Sentiment Going Mainstream
This article is going viral right now on Hacker News: In Praise of Passivity, by Michael Huemer of the University of Colorado. Political actors, including voters, activists, and leaders, are often ignorant of basic facts relevant to policy choices. Even experts have little understanding of the working of society and little ability to predict future… Continue reading Anti-Democracy Sentiment Going Mainstream
Moldbug on Libertarianism, Neocameralism
From Moldbug: Why I am not a libertarian This an important article that delineates Moldbug’s reservations about libertarianism, and outlines his proposal of ‘neocamerialism’ as an alternative to democracy and libertarianism. Moldbug writes: And this is the first reason I am not a libertarian. Libertarianism is, more or less, basically, the ideology of the American… Continue reading Moldbug on Libertarianism, Neocameralism
Scott Aaronson Sees the Light…sorta
From Aaron Daddy, why didn’t you blog about Trump? I explained earlier how abysmally I think Trump comes across under the cold light of reason. But how does he look to my inner five-year-old, or my inner self-serving orangutan? Well, Trump’s campaign has attracted some noxious anti-Semites, who surely want me dead for that reason,… Continue reading Scott Aaronson Sees the Light…sorta
Why Did Entrepreneurship Become So Difficult?
From Vox Day: The Decline of Entrepreneurship in America I think the decline of entrepreneurship has more to do with: -Borrowing costs are too high. Due to perpetually low interest rates, large companies can borrow at very little; small companies pay much more. This allows large companies to take advantage of cheap borrowing to expand… Continue reading Why Did Entrepreneurship Become So Difficult?
How NRx has Evolved
From The Awl: The Darkness Before the Right Neoreaction — aka NRx or the Dark Enlightenment — combines all of the awful things you always suspected about libertarianism with odds and ends from PUA culture, Victorian Social Darwinism, and an only semi-ironic attachment to absolutism. Insofar as neoreactionaries have a political project, it’s to dissolve the United States into… Continue reading How NRx has Evolved