Hooey and Phooey by John C Wright in which he criticizes the alt-right. And a response by Vox Day Safe as houses in which he defends Wright’s competence as an author despite their political differences. The problem is Mr. Wright puts himself on a moral high ground of infallibility…by not taking stance, he can avoid… Continue reading Hooey and Phooey from John C. Wright
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Era of the Introvert, and the demise of ‘Careerism’
Over and over again, articles about following themes themes or topics, go viral: -Being alone, the benefits of being alone, etc. -Introversion, introverts -Coping with being ‘average’, being ‘boring’, etc. Today’s viral article: How being alone may be the key to rest Could it be that what we really want, in order to rest, is… Continue reading Era of the Introvert, and the demise of ‘Careerism’
Reading list
Compiling a list of alt-right and NRx sites, as well other interesting sites Alfanl Bloody Shovel Social Matter Amerika Aurini Captain Capitalism Mike Cernovich Vox Day Pumpkin Person The Reformed Broker Slate Star Codex Bloomberg View Hacker News Freakonomics Others (they don’t update often) Mark Manson Legendary Peace Outlook Zen Melting Asphalt Philosophical Economics
Does Tail Hedging Work? It Depends
Lately there has been a lot of discussion about finance, and people want to know how to ‘protect themselves’ in a market crash, so as to be expected buzzwords such as ‘black swans’, ‘fat tails’, and ‘tail hedging’ are mentioned, topics popularized by Nassim Taleb, who became something of a legend akin to the 21st.… Continue reading Does Tail Hedging Work? It Depends
Introverts, again
Another article about introverts: Am I Introverted, or Just Rude? In a probably inevitable extension of nerd culture, the Dale Carnegie image of gregarious success was shattered by stories of powerful, successful people sitting quietly in meetings and substituting controlled online interactions for draining real world encounters. This part stuck out. Outside of social situations,… Continue reading Introverts, again
Post-Pundit era and decentralization
For some reason I’ve been fascinated by why certain stories/articles go viral. It’s obvious why breaking news – such as the death of Bin Laden for example – may go viral, because it signifies a major event or outcome. But other instances are less obvious. There has been a significant amount of research on why… Continue reading Post-Pundit era and decentralization
SEO is a Waste of Time and Money
My post about entrepreneurship being too difficult was a surprise hit, so I will follow up with a post about SEO, which is somewhat related, also being too difficult and a waste of time and money. -Impossible to get good rankings for KEYWORDS PEOPLE SEARCH FOR (I added the caps because a lot of SEO… Continue reading SEO is a Waste of Time and Money
The Problem With User Contributed Content
Awhile back I discussed how ‘user contributed content’ (UCC) is clogging Google, but I wanted to address the issue again, because it’s a bigger problem than many think, and Google’s response to the problem of content farms may still be inadequate. UCC is like the ‘new spam’…one that is very stealthy but also so commonplace… Continue reading The Problem With User Contributed Content
Media Mistakingly Attributing Stock Market Rally to Hillary Win
The media (and not just the liberal media) may be wrongly attributing the strong move in the stock market to Trump’s narrow defeat in the first debate. On 9/27/2016, the day following the first presidential debate in which Hillary presumably ‘won’, the S&P 500 gains 14 points. The DJIA gained 133 points. Not huge amounts… Continue reading Media Mistakingly Attributing Stock Market Rally to Hillary Win
Debate Scorecard
Points for trump: Mention of NATO (some countries not contributing enough) Attacked Hillary on NAFTA, trade deals Articulated his economic plans well Attacked Hillary’s use of a private email server Attacked Hillary on Iran deal Hillary’s failure on ISIS Points for Hillary: Donald Trump’s taxes Birth certificate and Trump’s comments on women (only because the… Continue reading Debate Scorecard