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The designation or descriptor of ‘snowflake’ as synonymous with weakness or fragility, or snowflake as an insult against the left, has never made much sense to me. The indefatigable desire to banish one’s ideological enemies/opponents from all corners of the internet and discourse, has never struck me as snowflake-like. The persistence and ruthlessness in identifying… Continue reading ‘Snowflake’ as an insult has never made sense

In the 2020 post “A post-truth era? Why Americans may be better-informed than ever,” I argue that despite the ‘fake news’ meme and ‘disinformation’, that technology and social media makes it easier for people to be informed. This is somewhat in agreement with articles by Scott Alexander and Richard Hanania defending the media as being… Continue reading Why people may be better-informed than ever before

Interesting article Your Favorite Writers Aren’t “Brave” Watching the DeSantis campaign, I keep asking myself, is this guy ever going to take a stance that goes against his immediate political interests? Will he ever say one thing that will make the online right mad? I can’t think of a single time he has. I’ve written… Continue reading DeSantis is Firing on all Cylinders

From Emil, Some people have IQs of 160: Hoel is right about that. People who claim very high IQs are usually narcissistic or mislead. There is no normal way to obtain reliability estimates in that range for normal people. But that’s something we can address by designing better tests! It won’t be entirely possible to… Continue reading Measuring very high IQ, and being among the smartest

Are we finally seeing ‘go woke go broke’ become a reality’? Until recently, ‘go woke go broke’ was more like wishful thinking. Post-Covid, from 2020-2022, woke companies such as Disney seemed impervious, but not anymore. Consider the weak performance of the following large companies, Nike, Disney, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, and Target relative to the S&P 500… Continue reading Is ‘go woke go broke’ finally happening, thanks to Elon and Twitter?

Right again: Ark’s Cathie Wood sells Nvidia stock at the bottom, missing out on huge rally. Ark has significantly lagged the QQQ/Nasdaq index, as I predicted in 2022 and early 2023 it would: Ark is down 11% over the past year compared to 13% gains for QQQ. No matter which timeframe I choose, Ark is… Continue reading The daily view 5/29/2023: Ark, Bitcoin Keeps Lagging Tech, DeSantis vs. Trump

Interesting article: How to write like Malcolm Gladwell: Prose style and structure in The Tipping Point. Malcolm Gladwell’s books have been derided, by both sides of the aisle, for making claims that are dubious or do not stand to scrutiny. Yet his books are influential and sell well. Concepts or memes such as the “10,000… Continue reading A single story is worth a million studies

He’s right: It’s hormonal. I have no patience for the “just go to gym and diet,” people. They have 0 clue. For some people, there’s legitimate GLP-1 dysregulation. They should look into semaglutide etc. Dieting is so bizarre, it’s treated like morality or something. — Cernovich (@Cernovich) February 23, 2023 According to some seemingly arbitrary… Continue reading Semaglutide and religion: Why it’s not about the weight loss

I saw this tweet going hugely viral: "1990s middle class lifestyle" means 3-bedroom house, 2 cars, annual family road trip holiday, every 5 years overseas holiday, the 2-3 kids go to solid 4-year colleges, something like home roof repairs is financially non-catastrophic.In 2022 I've described a 400K/yr+ household. — Jacob Shell (@JacobAShell) December 19, 2022… Continue reading Boomers had it easier? It depends

From Richard Hanania Interracial Crime and ‘Perspective’: The truth of the matter is we have a disgraceful amount of crime in the US, and the costs are not simply a matter of the number of people robbed, raped, and killed. It’s also a tragedy that what could be some of the most valuable urban real… Continue reading America and Violent Crime: Perspective is Still Needed