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The low/average-IQ people who lost their jobs in the 2007-2009 recession are often the least intellectually capable of being successful on their own. Its not like people of middling intelligence can suddenly become coders, nor can everyone be an Uber driver (and the pay is not that great). This ties in to the post-scarcity/basic income/automation… Continue reading Wealth, Intellectualism, and Individualism, Part 13

In a rare misstep, Scott Adams is off the mark regarding Roseanne Barr and the the-called ‘Ambien defense’. ` To recap, Roseanne Barr made a distasteful Tweet, which resulted in ABC canceling her hit TY show. She backtracked, deleting the tweet, apologizing, and blaming it on Ambien. Ambien maker Sanofi, on Twitter, retorts “racism is… Continue reading Roseanne Barr and the Ambien defense

Even I’m kinda amazed by the amount of attention the Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) has gotten. I knew when I first covered it a month ago, it was not one of those things that was going to just go away. People are fascinated, intrigued that this small group of intellectuals and pundits is so influential… Continue reading Intellectual Dark Web (IDW) , part 2

From Mark Manson 6 THINGS PEOPLE SHOULD GIVE FEWER FUCKS ABOUT I think the most contentious position one can have in the US right now is that Trump isn’t really that big of a deal. That’s because most people on the left think he’s the second coming of Hitler/Stalin/Satan/Apollo Creed and is going to start… Continue reading Notes on Trump and Policy

Vox Day in his crusade to ‘expose’ Dr. Peterson is really scraping the bottom of the barrel here: Jordanetics confirmed Here are the pertinent passages: Another thing to which I did not give sufficient concern was his teaching. As the undergraduate chair, I read all teaching reviews. His were, for the most part, excellent and… Continue reading Anti-Peterson desperation

The media is slowly adapting changing reader tastes favoring impartiality over demagoguery. For example, there is evidence the liberal media is at least making some effort giving Trump a ‘fair shake’, with articles that try to impartially explore the ‘Trump phenomenon’ from a cultural anthropological standpoint, like “Why are all these people, many of who… Continue reading Wealth, Intellectualism, and Individualism, Part 12

This is pretty funny. I saw this exchange between brilliant innovator and capitalist Elon Musk vs. a no-name leftist on Twitter, and I took some screenshots It begins with Elon musk rightfully lambasting the media: And then no-name liberal “Steven Greenhouse” responds by equating Musk’s criticism of the media with Trump’s criticism. It’s as if,… Continue reading Elon Musk vs. the left: Twitter War

Unlike Beanie Babies, Bitcoin isn’t totally useless, but it will not be the revolutionary technology that many hope and expect it to be. So the good news is , if there is any, is that Bitcoin will not go to zero, but for those who bought it at $5k-20k it may as well be zero.… Continue reading Bitcoin : Why it won’t be revolutionary

As Bitcoin keeps falling (now below $8,000) Tom Lee is finally forced to answer for being so massively wrong about Bitcoin: $25,000 in 2018: Bitcoin Bull Tom Lee Sticks to Strong Forecast Despite Failed Prediction Crypto Bull Tom Lee Owns Up After Bitcoin Prediction Goes Awry Looks like I was right again. When I say… Continue reading Bitcoin idiot Tom Lee finally outed for being wrong

It’s evident Vox Day does not like Ben Shapiro This ties in with an announcement by Trump on Twitter about “whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump campaign for Political Purposes”: I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ… Continue reading Are the elites worried about Trump? Not really