This came as shock: David Graeber, Caustic Critic of Inequality, Is Dead at 59 A middle-aged man with no obvious risks or preexisting factors dies at 59 of unknown causes, so I was surprised. A public intellectual, professor, political activist and author, Dr. Graeber captivated a cult following that grew globally over the past decade… Continue reading What David Graeber got Wrong about Work (what happened to the 15-hour workweek?)

In a podcast with New York comedian Nikki Glaser, Joe Rogan discusses James’ article, calling it “a fucking sobering read and not hyperbole,” but nowhere on the podcast is there any discussion about its veracity. Joe and his guest do not question any of its assumptions or claims. For someone who has built a reputation… Continue reading New York is Not Dead/Dying, part 3

James’ viral article NYC IS DEAD FOREVER… HERE’S WHY, is one of those articles in which I know the author is wrong without even having to read it. Yes, the headline is hyperbole and he does not literally mean that New York City will become like Detroit or Baltimore, but the premise that New York… Continue reading New York is Not Dead/Dying, part 2

Lately there has been considerable discussion/debate about if New York is dead and or irreparably/mortally damaged due to the economic fallout of Covid. In the context of this debate, by ‘New York,’ they mean the city, and more specifically, the higher-income parts. New York City will liekly always have a lot of people, particularly in… Continue reading New York is Not Dead/Dying, part 1

The Kylie Rittenhouse story is turning into one of the biggest news stories of the year. I emphatically believe he should be acquitted of all charges, as he was not only exercising his 2nd amendment rights, but acting in self-defense. The biggest winners of this story are the media. I remember in 2017-2019 incessant stories… Continue reading The media resurgence

Tesla, along with Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook are laying the digital and physical (in the case of Tesla) groundwork and infrastructure for the type-1 civilization transition that futurists for decades have been predicting, although few have offered any specific investing advice to profit from this transition. This is not to be be confused for… Continue reading How big can the tech giants become?

Part 2 in response to Lion endorses Joe Biden for President The best argument you can make for Trump is that Democrats are so bad that better a bozo like Trump in the White House than a Democrat. But the cost of a bozo in the White House is 170,000 dead from the virus, and… Continue reading The Trump Defection, part 2

From Curtis Curtis Yarvin An Open letter to Paul Graham He talks about writers from the 20-40s being censored about about censorship by Paul Graham at Hacker News. He writes: Graham created his own new institution: Hacker News. For no doubt excellent and practical business reasons, it took the second path. Hacker News is very… Continue reading The free speech debate: handling heretics

In a major reversal, Lion endorses Biden. Although Lion had long criticized Trump’s response to Covid, I was not expecting him to defect to Biden (and as some individuals in the comments note, a vote for Biden may effectively be a vote for his VP, who is way worse than Biden). In 2016-2018, Lion was… Continue reading The Trump Defection, Part 1

The article Being OK with not being extraordinary went massively viral. It is a statistical certainty most people will be condemned to mediocrity. That is why such posts go viral, because there is huge demand about how to cope with ‘being average’ or only ‘good enough’ in an economy and society that increasingly is dominated… Continue reading Mediocrity, Success, and the Problem of Democracy