This is pretty funny: Obama Cancels Meeting With Philippine President After Being Called Vulgar Name It’s unusual for one president to tell another what to say or not say, and much rarer to call the other a “son of a bitch.” Duterte, whom some have referred to as the “Trump of the East“, managed to… Continue reading Obama Cancels Meeting With Philippine President After Being Called Vulgar Name
Month: September 2016
Alt Right: Consumerism, Crony Capitalism, and Immigration
I’m sure everyone has seen the alt-right ‘mural‘ of the various things that the alt-right supports and supposes. A few observations: I’m kinda surprised by how it ‘strongly opposes’ SJWs but only ‘moderately opposes’ SJW-media. Also surprised that it only has ‘minor opposition’ to crony capitalism and excess consumerism, which I actually agree. Consumerism, although… Continue reading Alt Right: Consumerism, Crony Capitalism, and Immigration
To make money online, don’t write about weight loss; write about physics
It makes sense – right? – to make money online, you must write about popular, high-paying subjects. But actually, especially since 2013, it’s the opposite: blogs, websites that cater a savvy, high-IQ demographic have seen the most rapid organic (non-paid) growth and viralnnes. To succeed at online publishing (which including blogging, copywriting, and Amazon self-publishing),… Continue reading To make money online, don’t write about weight loss; write about physics
Alt-Right and Internet Journalism
‘The Media’ is the medium (TV, radio, internet, etc.) through which information is transferred from its producers to consumers. For this article, I’m going to focus primarily on internet journalism in the post-2013 era, and how it applies to the alt-right. Understanding internet journalism and its rules, trends, and how it has evolved, can improve… Continue reading Alt-Right and Internet Journalism
Good Podcasts
Good podcast by James Altucher and Stephen Dubner that introduces concepts of ‘pacifism’ and ‘anti-democracy’ to a large listener audience, and why voting is ‘irrational’. Unfortunately, they see low turnout as a problem, but still interesting nonetheless. Also also, a good podcast by Freakonomics about a solution to end-of-life care, which tends to be disproportionately… Continue reading Good Podcasts
Economics Misconceptions, Part 2
From James Altucher: FINANCIAL FRIDAYS: WHY TODAY IS THE DAY YOU HAVE TO REINVENT YOURSELF It’s going to be a shitstorm and I hope I have my umbrella. For the financial elite, it’s the best of times. For everyone else, maybe not so much, but by many metrics, living standards have improved. Never before has… Continue reading Economics Misconceptions, Part 2
Gatekeepers and Scarcity Will Always Exist
Errata: In yesterday’s post on NRx, it should have been ‘secession’ instead of ‘succession’ for #3. From tressiemc: The Logic of Stupid Poor People And not intermittently poor or formerly not-poor, but born poor, expected to be poor and treated by bureaucracies, gatekeepers and well-meaning respectability authorities as inherently poor. To be honest, many gatekeepers… Continue reading Gatekeepers and Scarcity Will Always Exist
Alt Right & NRx: End Game and Action Plans
A common criticism of NRx (and for this post I’m assuming NRx is distinct from the ‘alt right’) is that it pontificates too much and has no ‘action plan’, unlike the ‘alt right’, which is ‘action-orientated’. This criticism reflects a misunderstanding of NRx, because NRx actually does have plans, but rather they tend to be… Continue reading Alt Right & NRx: End Game and Action Plans
The FOMO Stock Market
Form The Reformed Broker: Why Bull Markets Make Everyone Miserable There’s also performance envy, fear of missing out (FOMO) and a whole litany of cognitive issues revolving around whether or not each of us has received our fair share of the bull market. Spoiler alert: No one thinks they have, regardless of how much they’ve… Continue reading The FOMO Stock Market