Bill Ramz Paul Gates has another video You can tell he has an engineering background because his thought process is concise and direct, and he doesn’t ramble that much. I agree that teaching the employed to code as a solution to technological unemployment and globalization, is delusional. It’s hard enough teaching junior and high school… Continue reading Teach the Unemployed to Code? yeah right
Politics are overrated? it depends
Bill Gates Paul put out this video: Politics are overrated. Bill seems to have taken more black pills than usual. He’s not wrong about the lack of progress under Trump, or how things mostly feel the same–albeit with some incremental changes here and there– regardless of who is in power. But I think what he… Continue reading Politics are overrated? it depends
Why Harvard Is Right to Discriminate Against Asians: Response
This article is going viral on UNZ Why Harvard Is Right to Discriminate Against Asians. This article is pretty bad and makes major unsubstantiated claims. I am surprised Ron Unz would even publish it. Insulting his readers’ intelligence for a few thousand clicks seems like a poor trade-off. A high profile lawsuit by East Asian… Continue reading Why Harvard Is Right to Discriminate Against Asians: Response
Don’t feel too sorry for the Reddit moderators
Every few months or so, publications such as Wired remind us about the plight of Reddit moderators, who are on the front lines of fighting spam and trolls, all for no pay. Should we feel grateful or sorry for them. I don’t. If being a Reddit moderator is such an unenviable position, why is it… Continue reading Don’t feel too sorry for the Reddit moderators
The opportunity, lost
I keep being right over and over again. Back in March 2019, I wrote that the first term of the Trump presidency was effectively over and that there would be no legislation ,or much of any progress on anything. So far, it looks like i was right. Progress on ‘the wall,’ in spite of $2.5… Continue reading The opportunity, lost
The intellectual-web, part 2
In part one I discuss the emergence of an online subculture, so-called intellectual-web. In part two, I will describe additional characteristics of this nascent ‘movement’ or identity. It’s not unified by a set of goals or objectives in the way a political movement is, but rather by a set of values and idiosyncrasies. In terms… Continue reading The intellectual-web, part 2
Why persuasion and negotiation techniques are (probably) useless
Over the past few years or so, there has been a ton of interest in persuasion and negotiation techniques. A Google search reveals dozens of articles about so-called “FBI negotiation tactics” and guides and how-to lists on how to be more persuasive. People have published books, sold seminars, and made careers out of teaching such… Continue reading Why persuasion and negotiation techniques are (probably) useless
The intellectual-web: an emergent online culture
I’m sure most readers are familiar with the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW), which describes a closely-linked network of experts, pundits, and academics, who have large online platforms from which to espouse occasionally controversial and politically incorrect ideas, such as topics pertaining to IQ or gender. But I think there is a related intellectual movement, the… Continue reading The intellectual-web: an emergent online culture
There is no excuse
There is blogger and podcaster whose identity I will not disclose, but given all of the clues supplied in this article it should not be that hard to figure out, who is tangentially related to the alt-right but in recent years has disavowed the movement. Like Roosh, he is itinerant, moving from one part of… Continue reading There is no excuse
Hillary would have been worse, but
An argument I commonly hear online by Vox Day and others, is something along the lines of: “Trump is better than the alternative” “…at least he’s not Hillary…” “Hillary would have been worse…” “Hillary is even more pro-Israel than Trump…” “Hillary would have caused X,Y, and Z wars…” With the possible exception of the last… Continue reading Hillary would have been worse, but