Month: October 2024

I saw this going viral America’s Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind As of August, 89% of this cohort of men were employed or looking for work, more than 700,000 fewer than if the current labor-force participation rate was at 2004 levels, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data by Aspen… Continue reading The mediocre men problem

The claimed population or fertility crisis is still making the rounds in the media, and is a centerpiece of discussion online, too. As I wrote in a 2022 post, the fertility/population crisis is an invention by billionaires and other elites–propagated by both the mainstream media and social media–over the irrational/unsupported fear that the world is… Continue reading There is no fertility/population crisis

Bitcoin Falls To $60000 As Crypto Slumps To Start October: The media are acting surprised that Bitcoin fell on what was supposed to be a historically strong month, October. I was not surprised. I predicted this would happen last week, when I showed a chart showing how Bitcoin would break lower, likely eventually to $50k… Continue reading Update on Bitcoin and Successful Progress on Math Challenge

Interesting post Your Book Review: The Pale King. For a long time I, like so many others, romanticized David Foster Wallace’s suicide. It crystallized him as a tragic figure, eternally 46, handsome, at the height of his powers—we never saw him go gray and saggy, grow uncool, post cringey takes on Twitter. His death preserved… Continue reading David Foster Wallace’s suicide, and why his career trajectory will likely not be repeated