Peter Singer, Austrailian moral philosopher, recently did a Reddit AmA. The most pertinent quote about Peter Singer’s views, from Wikipedia: Ethical conduct is justifiable by reasons that go beyond prudence to “something bigger than the individual,” addressing a larger audience. Singer thinks this going-beyond identifies moral reasons as “somehow universal”, specifically in the injunction to… Continue reading Peter Singer Conservatives
Winner-Take-All Nation
From Techcrunch We Are All Venture Capitalists Now I feel like this chart is the only one that matters pic.twitter.com/rPFAm1RZZB — Felix Salmon (@felixsalmon) April 11, 2015 In Extremistan, we are all tournament players, investing our limited time and money in unpredictable ventures that may succeed or fail, quickly or slowly. Wins are fewer, but… Continue reading Winner-Take-All Nation
Michael Lewis, Idiot
The inveterate whiner and liberal Michael Lewis it at it again, stirring a tempest in a teapot over ‘high frequency spoofing‘. He should stick to writing about baseball. It’s the only subject he is capable of writing about without sounding like a shrill ninny. For brevity, I’m not going to discuss the ethics of trade… Continue reading Michael Lewis, Idiot
Grey’s Razor
Hanlon’s razor states: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Today’s huge rally in tech stocks inspired my own version, Grey’s Razor: Never attribute to luck that which is adequately explained by intelligence. Yesterday, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft posted blowout earnings, with the Nasdaq surging 40 points in what is an… Continue reading Grey’s Razor
Embracing Modernity
It obvious Donavan is a luddite, of the same branch as primitivist anarchists John Zerzan and Kaczynski. He blames all of society’s ills on technology, as well as anticipating Americas decline, which is a liberal thing to do. Being ‘right-wing’ on some issues doesn’t change the fact he is ideologically aligned with the anti-technology left.… Continue reading Embracing Modernity
Taking Neo Reaction (NRx) To The Next Level
One, Neo Reaction (NRx) needs to be more pragmatic and instructive to make the leap from from philosophical movement to a political one, which means having to delineate political policy on the major issues. That means have a platform of ‘action items’, like political parties typically do. Such items could be to lower income taxes,… Continue reading Taking Neo Reaction (NRx) To The Next Level
Ravi Batra’s Social Cycle
Perhaps America is a uniquely intellectual place. People complain about the dumbing down of America, but other countries are much worse. America’s competitive capitalist and winner-take-all culture rewards high-IQ and punishes mediocrity. Of course, all countries have dull people, and America is no exception, but America – by virtue of its free markets, stable currency,… Continue reading Ravi Batra’s Social Cycle
World’s ‘Smartest Man’ Supports Eugenics
This is pretty old, but Chris Langan, the ‘smartest man’ in the world, supports Eugenics, as shown by this clip: I put scare quotes because I don’t think it’s possible to determine who the smartest person in the world is. There are probably a hundred or so people who could hold the title, of which… Continue reading World’s ‘Smartest Man’ Supports Eugenics
Smart People On Reddit Giving Police Benefit of Doubt
Reddit, to their credit, is showing their support for the police, as shown by up-voting 10,000 times this imgur post about how, contrary to liberal belief, police stop blacks not out of racial prejudice but because genuine infractions were made, and that the proper course of action is to not become combative and assume racial… Continue reading Smart People On Reddit Giving Police Benefit of Doubt
In Defense of MGTOW
A video by Aaron critical of MGTOW I agree with 90% of what Aaron writes, including his views on STEM, free market capitalism, feminism, SJWs, religion, etc – but disagree with his opinions on MGTOW, about how he says the stock market is a bubble inflated by QE, and about the fed. But 90% is… Continue reading In Defense of MGTOW