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An interesting article by Jim Goad from Taki How to Deal With the Brainwashed It’s weird how this article came a just after my part three in the Smartest Generation series, where I also discuss the millennials, but in a more favorable light. In a series of articles, The Smartest Generation Part 1, 2, &… Continue reading Jim Goad on Millennials

After the untimely passing of legendary comedian and actor, Robin Williams, the outpouring of grief could be heard and felt everywhere, with a notable exception: the millenials, many of whom seemed unmoved by his death. From the Beetles to the The Monkees, Ed Sullivan and even Farrah Fawcett, the Baby Boomers grew up idolizing famous… Continue reading The Smartest Generation, Part 3

With the exception of the Ferguson police story and the usual stuff going on in Russia & Ukraine, it’s a pretty uneventful news day. Tech real estate driven mania: San Francisco median rent is $3,200 and typical home now costs $1,000,000: The hollowing out of the middle. This is good and bad news. It’s bad… Continue reading The Hollowing Out of the Middle as Home Prices Surge in the Bay Area

From the context of market efficiency, how do you explain the delayed market reaction to today’s (8/15/2014) breaking news about the Ukrainian troops attacking the Russian military convoy: As indicated by the yellow oval, the ES mini (S&P 500 futures) only fell 2 points within the first minute after the story broke at 9:40 and… Continue reading A Possible Market Inneficiency Today

From Lion: iq and- getting ahead he writes: whereas in 2014 college graduates are likely to only find work at crappy service jobs unless they have connections (usually from family but extroverted college grads often find their own connections) or they graduated from the most elite colleges (and even then, connections are important). Lion believes… Continue reading Sorry Liberals, But for High-Paying Jobs, Talent Does Play an Important Role in the Hiring Process

George Gilder isn’t a name that comes up on the blogs, despite having a noted exchange with Steve on immigration and having views that many IQ realists could agree on. A believer in biological determinism (from what I could infer) who wrote the book on supply side economics as well as a vocal critic of… Continue reading Libertarian = Socially Liberal ?

The left, in their war on success, is trying to sully the legacy of one of America’s most beloved capitalists and visionaries The problem is proving damages. you have to figure out: what % of the total number of employees could have been targets of poaching and suffered potential monetary losses from the no-poaching agreement.… Continue reading Liberal Assault on Apple & Steve Jobs

An interesting post from Lion about Ivy leagues and the ‘elite’ By in large, the Ivy Leagues of today (versus the quotas of the early 20th century), in addition to MIT and Caltech, are meritocracies that grant admission to only the best and the brightest out of a huge (and growing) pool of candidates. This… Continue reading The Daily View: Ivy League Bashing and Employment