On Progress and Historical Change: Response

Interesting article: On Progress and Historical Change I don’t think the intellectual forebears of ‘progress’–scientists, statesmen, and philosophers, such as Voltaire, Locke, and Bacon–could have conceived progress becoming the monstrosity that it is today, that is 21-century social-justice progressivism, and many of the Founding Fathers and writers of Colonial America opposed direct democracy. The problem… Continue reading On Progress and Historical Change: Response

Post-2008 wealth creation boom: recap and why it will continue

Over and over again, this blog keeps being right: -right abut tech stocks (especially, Facebook, Google, and Amazon stock (Gnon index), all of which keep going up) -right about Bitcoin (been long since early 2013) -right about the post-2009 economic expansion and bull market (now in its 8th year, and will be the longest ever)… Continue reading Post-2008 wealth creation boom: recap and why it will continue

Jordan Peterson – Controversial Facts about IQ: analysis

Another Jordan Peterson IQ video: IQ–which is innate, a strong predictor of socioeconomic success, and constant throughout life–is incompatible with the left’s vision of egalitarianism. Because IQ is so impervious to environment, much of the left’s costly efforts to boost achivement are futile. When the left says they want to boost academic achivement among under-performing… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – Controversial Facts about IQ: analysis

Classification of groups, and the meme propagation process

A ‘meme’ is conceived by the second group, which if successful is picked up by the third group, and is propagated to the first group. An example is the alt-right. The third group act as a liaison between fringe ideas and voters. First group: older and middle-aged people who on Facebook, and are very numerous… Continue reading Classification of groups, and the meme propagation process

Notes on Philosophy versus Politics

Why are philosophical opinions and philosophers more complicated than political opinions and politicians? Seems like a rhetorical question–philosophy is ‘smarter’ than politics. But what do we mean by smarter? My take is, philosophical positions, unlike political ones, don’t really ‘oppose’ each other. Philosophy is much more subtle than politics. For example, Kant vs. Schopenhauer on… Continue reading Notes on Philosophy versus Politics

Even an inept king is better than a revolving door of good and bad politicians.

The Arabs figured out that the best way to deal with politics is to eliminate it altogether. But other countries–Brazil, France, Turkey, and America–still have their elections and referendums, along with the usual fanfare that goes along with it. America at least got it half-right and does not have referendums–and the Electoral College, which in… Continue reading Even an inept king is better than a revolving door of good and bad politicians.

Jordan Peterson – IQ and The Job Market

Although this video was released just a day of writing this post, it has already gotten over 24,000 views and hundreds of votes and comments, guaranteeing it will be among his most popular videos ever. Why is this video so popular? Because it’s about IQ, automation, and their relation to job market, making it an… Continue reading Jordan Peterson – IQ and The Job Market

The Slow Presidency

The news and blog cycle has been like tumbleweeds of late…who would have guessed that the Trump presidency would be such a yawner. I did, but still even kinda surprised by how slow things have been. Of course , things can change. In 2000, the big issue was privatizing Social Security…a little thing called 911… Continue reading The Slow Presidency