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What does Slate Star Codex, Elon Musk/Tesla, Donald Trump, Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, and libertarianism have in common? It’s not politics. Sam Harris and Donald Trump couldn’t be further apart ideologically and temperamentally. Same for Jordan Peterson fans, who reject the identity politics of The_Donald, but perhaps agree on other issues. The answer is, all… Continue reading Against ‘badness’

Vox and Bill Gates are attacked by the Twitter mob for intimating that poverty in Africa may attributable to overpopulation: http://archive.is/z7iJn. But I thought the left is supposed to be pro-choice and against overpopulation? Judging by the comments, I guess ‘choice’ does not apply to Africa. As I wrote years ago, when the left talks… Continue reading The pro-life left

Form Vox Day The moment of truth This is the moment of truth, because it is clear that the invaders believe Trump is bluffing and will not permit the U.S. military to utilize violent force to defend the border. And now that they have called, he has to either follow through or fold. Despite the… Continue reading Trump and immigration: will he act

RIP Bitcoin… In a little less than a year, Bitcoin plunged from as high as 19,666 in Dec. of 2017 to as low at 3,600 as of writing this, which is a loss of about 82%. Bitcoin is doing exactly what I predicted earlier this year it would do. I pretty much said Bitcoin was… Continue reading Bitcoin plunges below 3800

Regarding U.S. politics, except for moderates/centrists, no one is happy, and both sides wish their respective parties could do more. The left wants gun control, to no avail. For the ‘right’, there won’t be any wall or other meaningful action to stem the inflow of immigrants. There is no sense of urgency among Political leaders… Continue reading Politics and Crypto Update

Tooleb’s true, anti-Trump liberal colors are showing. Here’s another Tweet in which Taleb sides with the left, in this case the Washington Post: Yes. https://t.co/5goqmDylmu — Nassim Nicholas Taleb (@nntaleb) November 20, 2018 How many Americans know or care who Khashoggi is? Not that many. Come 2020, it will be an afterthought. Even among those… Continue reading Khashoggi murder will Not stain America and Trump

I wish there were a way to bet against climate change disaster. So many pundits seem certain that climate change will doom humanity or destroy the global economy. People have a tendency or bias to overestimate the likelihood of bad news, just as the overwhelming majority of pundits wrongly predicted in 2016-2017 that the U.S.… Continue reading Betting against climate change disaster

People hold up this guy up as some sort of paragon of genius, hut here is a tweet I pulled at random: We face 3 predators: The State, Near-State Institutions (e.g. academia, media) & Large Corporations. Large corps end up destroying themselves (life expec. <10 y in SP500).Others stick and grow. https://t.co/wqD76PwJv1 — Nassim Nicholas… Continue reading Higher level thinking

Jeff Bezos tells employees ‘one day Amazon will fail’” “Amazon is not too big to fail … In fact, I predict one day Amazon will fail. Amazon will go bankrupt. If you look at large companies, their lifespans tend to be 30-plus years, not a hundred-plus years,” Bezos told staff, according to a recording that… Continue reading Amazon will not fail anytime soon

With the midterms over and the results underwhelming for the ‘right’, the news cycle is kinda slow as of late. Unfortunately, 2019 and 2020 can be written off. Due to the divided Congress, the obstinate courts, and Trump’s reelection bid, there won’t be any time for policy, nor is there much of a desire by… Continue reading There won’t be a repeat of WW1: a case for stability