Good podcast by James Altucher and Stephen Dubner that introduces concepts of ‘pacifism’ and ‘anti-democracy’ to a large listener audience, and why voting is ‘irrational’. Unfortunately, they see low turnout as a problem, but still interesting nonetheless. Also also, a good podcast by Freakonomics about a solution to end-of-life care, which tends to be disproportionately… Continue reading Good Podcasts
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Economics Misconceptions, Part 2
From James Altucher: FINANCIAL FRIDAYS: WHY TODAY IS THE DAY YOU HAVE TO REINVENT YOURSELF It’s going to be a shitstorm and I hope I have my umbrella. For the financial elite, it’s the best of times. For everyone else, maybe not so much, but by many metrics, living standards have improved. Never before has… Continue reading Economics Misconceptions, Part 2
Gatekeepers and Scarcity Will Always Exist
Errata: In yesterday’s post on NRx, it should have been ‘secession’ instead of ‘succession’ for #3. From tressiemc: The Logic of Stupid Poor People And not intermittently poor or formerly not-poor, but born poor, expected to be poor and treated by bureaucracies, gatekeepers and well-meaning respectability authorities as inherently poor. To be honest, many gatekeepers… Continue reading Gatekeepers and Scarcity Will Always Exist
Alt Right & NRx: End Game and Action Plans
A common criticism of NRx (and for this post I’m assuming NRx is distinct from the ‘alt right’) is that it pontificates too much and has no ‘action plan’, unlike the ‘alt right’, which is ‘action-orientated’. This criticism reflects a misunderstanding of NRx, because NRx actually does have plans, but rather they tend to be… Continue reading Alt Right & NRx: End Game and Action Plans
The FOMO Stock Market
Form The Reformed Broker: Why Bull Markets Make Everyone Miserable There’s also performance envy, fear of missing out (FOMO) and a whole litany of cognitive issues revolving around whether or not each of us has received our fair share of the bull market. Spoiler alert: No one thinks they have, regardless of how much they’ve… Continue reading The FOMO Stock Market
Ep-Ep-EpiPen
Scott’s article about the EpiPen pricing debacle, REVERSE VOXSPLAINING: DRUGS VS. CHAIRS, is going hugely viral having been shared thousands of times on Facebook and posted many times on Reddit. Scott argues that FDA regulation, and possibly lobbying by maker of the EpiPen, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, is preventing the production of cheaper alternatives to the EpiPen.… Continue reading Ep-Ep-EpiPen
American Exceptionalism: America vs. Britain
It becomes immediately apparent to any American who has the misfortune of visiting Britain how much worse of a country it is. Compared to America, everything is miniaturized and more expensive. The same probably applies to much of Europe, as well as Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, but for this post I’m primarily going to… Continue reading American Exceptionalism: America vs. Britain
Intellectualism, Individualism, and Wealth, Part 4 (philosophy of millennials)
Errata: yesterday’s article, Alt-Right: Classifications and Significance, described neocons as apologetically anti-populist, when it should have been unapologetically anti-populist. Continuing on the series on Intellectualism, Individualism, and Wealth… The Millennial Mindset, Part 2: Philosophy and Wealth describes the underlying philosophy of most millennials as rationalist and valuing of authenticity. But another label could be deontological.… Continue reading Intellectualism, Individualism, and Wealth, Part 4 (philosophy of millennials)
Alt-Right: Classifications and Significance
For some reason the definition of the ‘alt right’ refuses to be resolved to anyone’s full satisfaction. My ‘definition’ is that the ‘alt right’ is a subset of ‘right’ that rejects the ‘mainstream’, which is a kinda circular definition, but taken literally that’s what ‘alternative’ means. The ‘alt right’ can include rationalists and pacifists (rejection… Continue reading Alt-Right: Classifications and Significance
Wealth, Intellectualism, and Individualism, Part 3
Continuing from part 2 about finance: Trillions of dollars of wealth has been created since the market bottom of March 2009, and especially since 2013, some examples being: The S&P 500 bottomed at 666 in March 2009. As of 8/25/2016 it’s now at 2170 for a gain of 226%, which does not include the generous… Continue reading Wealth, Intellectualism, and Individualism, Part 3