Perhaps there are two ‘cathedrals’–the SJW/liberal one, which we are all familiar with, and a technocommercialist one (Nick Land alluded to something similar year ago, but I don’t remember the post), and the two are at odds with each other. Technocommercialism seeks to secede from the former, a process some call ‘exit’. The latter is… Continue reading SJW/liberal Cathedral vs. Tehnocommercialism Cathedral
Real Estate vs. Stocks, Part 2 (why homes win, and why rent sucks)
As discussed in Part 2, in recent years, there has been a ton of interest online in finance. Everyone, but especially millennials, want to know how to make more money quickly, whether to rent or buy a home, who to save for retirement and how much you need to retire, index funds vs. individual stocks,… Continue reading Real Estate vs. Stocks, Part 2 (why homes win, and why rent sucks)
Josh Barro’s Bad Day
It’s war: EXCLUSIVE – Michael Savage Following Alleged Assault: ‘It Is Clearly Open Season on Prominent Trump Supporters’ The left was correct in 2016 when they predicted that if Trump won there would racism and violence–only it is against Trump supporters, but that doesn’t count as violence…those Trump supporters ‘deserve it’, according to the far-left’s… Continue reading Josh Barro’s Bad Day
Why Gold Fails as a Hedge Against Inflation (and when it works)
In the aftermath of Trump’s win, something that wasn’t supposed to happen, happened. Inflation expectations surged, but gold got clobbered: The GLD fund, a proxy for gold, fell 8% (from $125 to $115) in the days immediately following Trump’s victory, and then it fell another $7 in December: Inflation expectations, however, surged as shown by… Continue reading Why Gold Fails as a Hedge Against Inflation (and when it works)
The Alt-Right Punches Way Above Its Weight
New post by Spandell Find the Symmetry: Funny thing is, the dark side of the Internet is a small, tiny little thing. Really. Neoreaction is, what, 1,000 people? Spread around the whole world. 75% in the US, maybe. And the alt-right, which has inherited much of good ol’ national-socialism, is what, 20,000 people? I love… Continue reading The Alt-Right Punches Way Above Its Weight
Why the Customers Don’t Have Yachts, and Why it Doesn’t Matter
The oft-repeated phrase ‘Where Are the Customer’s Yachts?’, the the title of Fred Schwed’s 1940 classic book on investing, has become something of a cultural refrain for greed and self-interest in the financial industry (but also in other industries), of how brokers allegedly intentionally enrich themselves at the expense of their clients. The origin of… Continue reading Why the Customers Don’t Have Yachts, and Why it Doesn’t Matter
Bifurcated Inflation
The news cycle as of late has been like watching paint dry…months ago I predicted such slowness, but even I am kinda surprised by the uneventfulness of the Trump administration so far. The administration started off with a ‘bang’ with that travel ban many weeks ago, and for a moment it seemed like things were… Continue reading Bifurcated Inflation
Who is to blame: society or the individual
In Classification of Ideologies, I explore the differences between the far-left, the far-right, the centrist-left, the HBD-right, and in-between. Consider a problem such as poverty or unemployment: To the far-left (welfare liberals, Marxists, socialists, SJW-left, etc.), social problems are a failing of society (structural racism, discrimination, capitalism, etc.). The burden is a collective one, to… Continue reading Who is to blame: society or the individual
Malcolm Gladwell Continues to Lose Credibility
The backlash against the 10,000-hours myth/rule keeps growing: The 10,000-hour rule is wrong and perpetuates a cruel myth It’s not surprising why Malcolm Gladwell keeps a low profile these days…his reputation is in tatters, his book Outliers revealed as a travesty of fabrication and fiction that it calls into doubt the veracity of everything else… Continue reading Malcolm Gladwell Continues to Lose Credibility
Why it seems like many high-IQ people ‘underachieve’
As if their earlier article How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent In Math wasn’t bad enough, Nauseo.us magazine keeps raising the bar in demonstrating stupidity about all matters pertaining to IQ and intelligence, in their latest article If You Think You’re a Genius, You’re Crazy. We need to raise awareness about Nauseo.us magazine… Continue reading Why it seems like many high-IQ people ‘underachieve’