Over there past few years, especially since 2016 or so, I have observed intense discussion and debate regarding the existence a so-called ‘loneliness epidemic in America, but also around the rest of the world. I have seen dozens of articles go viral about how Americans are lonelier than ever and how big of a crisis… Continue reading Is There a ‘Loneliness Epidemic’? Possibly not

The Passing of the Second Imperial Age The author concludes: The US’s hegemonic period, now shrinking, often looked like empire, especially the British version, which it mostly replaced. Imperial Britain decreed a “Pax Britannica,” which America then sought to duplicate as a benign “Pax Americana.” Like Britain, the United States established bases and supply stations… Continue reading The Passing of the Second Imperial Age? Likely Not

From Z Man, Choosing Sides Part of the problem with really smart people is they tend see the world through a transactional lens, in which everyone’s motivated by economic self-interest. They cannot understand or fathom how someone who is wealthy, as Tucker is, cannot also be sincere at the same time, as to become wealthy… Continue reading Tucker Carlson Should Not Resign in Protest

From Josh Brown Whats Poppin. If his economic analysis is indicative of his ability to manage money, it is a miracle he has any clients left. This is the same guy who said Renaissance Technologies lost 20% in 2020 (when it actually didn’t). In October 2019, Josh also predicted that the Trump tariffs would hurt… Continue reading Emerging Markets Are Still Terrible

Stefan Molyneux has now been banned from Twitter less than a week after being banned from YouTube. Twitter’s official explanation, of course, is a lie: Twitter appears to dispute the notion that he was removed for ideological reasons. In a statement provided to CNN, the company said that Molyneux “was suspended for spam and platform… Continue reading Molyneux now cancelled from Twitter

Tyler blames the ‘feminization of society’ for economic stagnation and aversion to risk taking, which is a surprisingly ‘based’ take by the otherwise anodyne professor. Tyler tends to equivocate a lot or take opposing/contradictory views on the same issue, so it is hard to peg down what he believes. He appears to blame the feminization… Continue reading Eric Weinstein interviews Tyler Cowen, and the ‘Feminization of Society’

I know this is sort beating a dead horse, but Nassim Tooleb beyond any shadow of a doubt has revealed himself to be an SJW (at at the very least , sympathetic to them): Comment by this Molyneux fan is what makes one not too sorry about the canceling. I've had tons from his customer… Continue reading Taleb stands with ‘cancel culture’

Saw this article going viral Why Do We Pay So Many People So Little Money? The authors of the report, Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman, both of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, calculated that “more than 53 million people — 44 percent of all workers aged 18-64 — are low-wage workers by our criteria. They… Continue reading Blame low IQs for unemployment and low wages

From The Reformed Broker: If you’re not willing to accept being down, you’ll never have the chance to be up. There’s no strategy, formula, tactic, research service or insight that can make it otherwise. Renaissance Technologies is getting its ass kicked this year. Double-digit losses. No firm or fund has ever made more money or… Continue reading No, Renaissance Technologies Did Not Lose 20%

It occurred to me that the biggest winners of the past 5 months, during the duration of Covid and then later the BLM protests and riots, are high-income/wealthy people who have moderate/centrist views and high social status, and are insulated from the disruption and unrest. Guys like Tim Pool and Joe Rogan, but also Jeff… Continue reading The Biggest Winners and Losers