Scott’s three-part meritocracy series: part 1: TARGETING MERITOCRACY part 2: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COMMENT THREAD ON MERITOCRACY part 3: DON’T BLAME GRIGGS Skimming through the comments, here is what I gleaned: Companies and recruiters will default to Ivy League applicants, not necessarily because such applicants are more meritorious, but because it’s safer, so there is… Continue reading The Meritocracy Analysis, Part 2:

Why Brilliant Girls Tend to Favor Non-STEM Careers Su et al (2009) performed a meta-analysis of studies including a total of over 500,000 people examining gender differences in interests. Despite claims that gender differences are typically “small” (Hyde, 2005), Su et al found a gigantic gender difference in interests. Women preferred working with people, whereas… Continue reading Grey Notes: Debunking STEM Sexism

U.S. home sales to foreigners surge 49% to new record The National Association of Realtors released a report Tuesday that said foreign buyers and recent immigrants spent an estimated $153 billion on American properties in the year ending March 2017. That was a 49% increase over the previous year and the highest level since record-keeping… Continue reading U.S. home sales to foreigners surge 49% to new record

This Is How Your Fear and Outrage Are Being Sold for Profit This is the reason many of the news stories you see today lead with over-the-top, dramatic, attention-grabbing statements — they are trying to engage with you and rise above the competition. This is the ‘inside baseball’ of the news industry. They’ve been losing the battle… Continue reading How the Media Sells Fear and Outrage for Profit

Facebook worker living in garage to Zuckerberg: challenges are right outside your door This passage stood out: The smaller indignities are numerous. At the end of every shift, Nicole watches large amounts of leftover food go into the compost – food she’s not allowed to take home. If the food is uneaten, who cares if… Continue reading Economics and Unintended Consequences

Nick plans to fumigate his comments. Some observations: 1. The ZOG question. The problem with this is it’s a conversation killer. It doesn’t mean it’s necessarily wrong, but it attracts a conspiratorial element, which is something that could be counterproductive. 2. There is the concern that NRx is losing focus and or quality has declined.… Continue reading The Fumigation Begins

A STEEL-cameralist Manifesto Part 3f: The Crisis of the Cathedral and the Structure of the Imperial Information Revolution. 1: The First Anomaly is the contradiction between political form (democracy) and political reality (oligarchy or technocracy); a democracy cannot be a technocracy. Thus, the government is de facto illegitimate. 2: The Second Anomaly is the contradiction… Continue reading The Four Anomalies