The Great Debate Again: Jobs vs. Automation

Again from Aaron: The Luddite Fallacy has a long history of being a fallacy. There are new jobs replacing obsolete ones. And in other instances, automation and jobs can coexist. In the first instance, every major brand has Facebook page and these brands hire people to answer questions and delete spam from the pages –… Continue reading The Great Debate Again: Jobs vs. Automation

The Daily View: Teaching Kids to Code; Pinterest & Web 2.0; GOP Debate

From AVC: Computer Science For All Yesterday Mayor de Blasio announced Computer Science For All which is a ten year effort to train 4,775 NYC public school teachers on the fundamentals of computer science and how to teach it to their students. The goal of Computer Science For All is to have computer science teachers… Continue reading The Daily View: Teaching Kids to Code; Pinterest & Web 2.0; GOP Debate

Breaking the Tuition Feedback Loop

From Aaron Clarey: On Reddit, 4chan, the blogospehre, and on Youtube, there are three ‘great debates’ that have been raging since 2013: SJWs/Gawker vs. Redpill/PUA/MRA/Gamergate, the largest most heated of the three, is an internet version of the age-old left vs. right schism, but the battle is waged on Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, and blogs instead… Continue reading Breaking the Tuition Feedback Loop

Neo Masculinity and Christianity, Darwinian Conservatism, Free Will, Biological Reality

An interesting post from Return of Kings: Why Christianity Is Not An Enemy Of Neomasculinity I’m not sure who ever said it was. Atheists within the neo-masculinity movement, in contrast to the smug atheists who watch Colbert and Daily Show, don’t have enmity towards Christians. They may not agree with Christianity, but this disagreement is… Continue reading Neo Masculinity and Christianity, Darwinian Conservatism, Free Will, Biological Reality

Hillary the Lesser of Two Evils

From Canto Talk: The Democrats are really socialists now That’s right. There is no real difference, and that is not a good path to national election for the Democrats. President Clinton tried to move the party to the center. He worked with the GOP to pass welfare reform and signed free trade agreements like NAFTA.… Continue reading Hillary the Lesser of Two Evils

NRx and Modernity

When I discuss modernity and my support for it, it is in the context of technology and economics, as opposed to the push towards progressive social and political norms. As I argue here and here, NRx should embrace technology. The arrow of technology is irreversible. Many on the right wish to return to simpler times,… Continue reading NRx and Modernity

The Economic Crisis Is In Brazil and Turkey, Not China

As the media goes on and on about a supposed ‘China crisis’, as if a 1% decline in China’s GDP growth constitutes a depression, Brazil was recently downgraded to ‘junk’ by Standard and Poors, meaning that Brazil’s economy, which is heavily dependent on oil, is doing so poorly that the risk of default can no… Continue reading The Economic Crisis Is In Brazil and Turkey, Not China

Aggressive SPX Bull Call Option Strategy To Play Market Rebound

The stock market is going higher and I have positioned myself accordingly, but there is also a small probability that within the next month the S&P 500 will stage a complete V-shaped recovery and retest the highs above 2100, similar to the v-shaped rebound October 2014. To profit from a v-shaped rebound, I opened a… Continue reading Aggressive SPX Bull Call Option Strategy To Play Market Rebound

Trolling and Fear of Rejection – A link?

The slow news cycle resumes…not much to blog about. From Salon: Why do Internet trolls troll? They might be sadists Maybe’s it’s not sadism, but opposite – a lack of confidence. Trolling could be a mechanism for lowering expectations, a way to dull the sting of rejection, which according to studies is a really awful.… Continue reading Trolling and Fear of Rejection – A link?