Trump is here to stay David Brooks thinks Donald Trump will be impeached. Don’t count on it.The New York Times columnist penned an entire column about preparing for “the post-Trump era,” concluding that “the guy will probably resign or be impeached within a year.” He’s not alone. On the left, filmmaker Michael Moore predicted on… Continue reading Trump is here to stay
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Whose Sexism?
From Slate Star Codex: GENDER IMBALANCES ARE MOSTLY NOT DUE TO OFFENSIVE ATTITUDES Donald Trump is not a poster child for respectful inclusiveness. He is on record saying that he likes to “grab women by the pussy” in what sure sounds like a nonconsenual manner. His sophistication on gender issues is generally somewhere around the… Continue reading Whose Sexism?
The story of history is a power struggle between elites
The story of history is a power struggle between elites: monarchs vs. nobles vs. clergy vs. aristocrats vs. bourgeois, all vying for power. Beginning with King John signing of the Manga Carta in 1215, the nobility siphoned power from the monarchy, in which the then nascent English Parliament began gain power, eventually culminating in the… Continue reading The story of history is a power struggle between elites
Christianity, Science, Values, and Morality
Another Peterson lecture: Jordan Peterson – Atheist Scientists vs Christian Fundamentalists Peterson argues that fundamental Christianity and atheist science are opposite sides of the same coin. By ‘science’ I think he means absolutism; just as scientist believe in the infallibility of their models as ‘truths’, so to do fundamentalists. Peterson says, “and then the scientist… Continue reading Christianity, Science, Values, and Morality
Free Speech and Its Limitations
A somewhat light-hearted article by Scott: Against Signal-Boosting As Doxxing And related: Don’t allow your hatred to cloud your judgment of what free speech is: But if you want to accuse Brown of violating Sobczak’s right to free speech, then you’re absolutely wrong. For a right to be violated, some sort of violence must be… Continue reading Free Speech and Its Limitations
Jordan Peterson and the Evolution of Marxism
Errata & addenda: Updated Steelmanning to reconcile confusion over inductive vs. deductive. Updated Defending Postmodernism to include Jean-François Lyotard and criticism of Whig history. According to Peterson, the Marxists changed their strategy in the 60’s and 70’s from embracing Marxism as a economic system, to a cultural one, which is called postmodernism. I don’t agree… Continue reading Jordan Peterson and the Evolution of Marxism
Patreon CEO Jack Conte Disingenuous Explanation for Lauren Southern Banning
How is that much different than being part of a protest and or leading a protest or demonstration? It’s like OWS or BLM holding hands and blocking traffic, except it’s a ship and not cars. From the comments, the boats weren’t recuse boats; rather they were intended to ferry migrants: Except they didn’t disrupt a… Continue reading Patreon CEO Jack Conte Disingenuous Explanation for Lauren Southern Banning
Silicon Valley is Eating the World
From Mark Perry: Amazon and Facebook were in the news this week for “joining an exclusive club open to only the richest companies in the world: both crossed the half-a-trillion mark.” Those two companies join Apple ($785 billion as of today), Alphabet/Google ($652 billion), and Microsoft ($564 billion) in the exclusive club of companies whose… Continue reading Silicon Valley is Eating the World
Not Worried About Tech Bubble (and how HBD can be used to beat the market)
As so-called ‘FANG’ stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) keep making new highs, predictably some say we’re in a tech bubble: Are Amazon’s Shareholders Suckers? The Silicon Valley Bubble TECH IN THE TRUMP ERA: IS THE SILICON VALLEY BUBBLE ABOUT TO POP? Is Silicon Valley in a bubble? It’s complicated Silicon Valley Sees The Pavement… Continue reading Not Worried About Tech Bubble (and how HBD can be used to beat the market)
The Meritocracy Analysis, Part 2:
Scott’s three-part meritocracy series: part 1: TARGETING MERITOCRACY part 2: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COMMENT THREAD ON MERITOCRACY part 3: DON’T BLAME GRIGGS Skimming through the comments, here is what I gleaned: Companies and recruiters will default to Ivy League applicants, not necessarily because such applicants are more meritorious, but because it’s safer, so there is… Continue reading The Meritocracy Analysis, Part 2: