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There have been some updates supporting the prophylactic effect of abortion on crime, as originally popularized by economist Steven D. Levitt in the 2005 best-seller Freakonomics. Crime fell roughly 20% from 1997-2014 due to legalized abortion; cumulative effect is 45% drop, accounting for much of 50-55% overall decline from the peak of crime in the… Continue reading Abortion and Crime Revisited

This post turned out to be way longer than I expected, so I broke it up. Anti-dem takes on the so-called blackpillers, writing: The reasonable reaction to hearing about all this might have involved public expressions of disappointment. It might have involved legitimate, measured criticism – the President has made some real mistakes, he’s done… Continue reading The Blackpill Files, Part 1

The news cycle is pretty lethargic lately. Barring any new developments in Iran, it’s gonna get even slower. Don’t expect much from Trump until 2020. Unlike economic forecasts, which by comparison are easy, predicting if the US will go to war with Iran is a coin toss. The reason why the odds are not lower… Continue reading The Daily View 6/16/2019

I’m sure many have seen the piece in which Milo exposes Lauren Southern, So this is what Milo has been working on for presumably the past few months when not groveling for attention by appearing with Jordan Peterson, of all people. You can tell just how desperate Milo is, because just a year ago he… Continue reading Milo’s bid for relevance

But also subversivness plays a role, related to the “weird twitter” phenomenon discussed above, and 4chan ‘meme’ culture. Older people don’t get the jokes, but rather take them literally, and by being outraged, spread the memes to those who who understand. Or the memes can actually affect public discourse. 4chan users can change society, not… Continue reading The ’90s and now, part 8

Vox Day put out another video, the focus being on debt: He mentions, as well know, that student loan debt, unlike other forms of consumer debt such as credit card debt or mortgage debt, cannot be discharged in bankruptcy court. However, he fails to realize that: Yes, although credit card debt can be discharged, it’s… Continue reading The student loan debate revisited

A useful heuristic I have found is that media narratives are almost always wrong. Whenever there seems to be a consensus by the media, that “such and such will happen” or that “such and such is certain,” such certainty almost falls way short of reality. For example: Student loan and college bubble bursting. College tuition… Continue reading Media narratives are almost always wrong

I’m sure everyone is aware of the recent YouTube demonetization controversy. Although YouTube has been censoring, terminating, and demonetizing right-wing channels for a long time, YouTube’s practices recently made headlines all over the world after Vox journalist Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) demanded that YouTube disable Steven Crowder’s channel for purportedly making anti-gay and anti-Hispanic slurs, but… Continue reading Vox Media is probably not going away

It has become the rigueur de jourof of people who pride themselves on appearing smart to others to proudly proclaim that they don’t follow the news, as if that is a habit that only ‘normies’ indulge in, not high-minded internet philosophers who have more pressing matters to worry about than the latest drama from Trump… Continue reading Stock market shrugs off Mexico and China tariffs

There are two conflicting outlooks/views of the state of world, which includes economics and politics: those who see a future of increasing instability and uncertainty, and those such as myself, and Steven Pinker, and others, who envision a future that is increasingly deterministic, peaceful, and uneventful. I discuss this in further detail in the posts… Continue reading A deterministic world