Are Poor Social Skills Contributing to Political Correctness? I think it’s just the opposite: In a meritocratic society, social skills are a crutch for the incompetent who get by on connections instead of skill or talent, as well as fostering political correctness because people are unafraid to ‘notice’ things and speak their minds. ‘Good’ social… Continue reading Social Skills and Political Correctness
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Scott, Utilitarians, The Rational Middle, Scientism, and Liberals
But he has no enemies to the left, and no friends to the right, which means that all his friends are his enemies, and all his enemies are his friends. It would seem like there’s a mutual respect and camaraderie between Scott Alexander (and also Scott Adams), who represents the ‘rational middle’ or ‘rational left‘,… Continue reading Scott, Utilitarians, The Rational Middle, Scientism, and Liberals
Intellect: The Universal Solvent
In late December 2015, Scott Alexander’s How Bad Are Things article went massivly viral, with accolades from both right-wing and left-wing communities and forums, which got me (and others) thinking about how Scott is consistently able to transcend the left/right bulwark. Normally, people write articles for a specific audience or clique in mind, and spillovers… Continue reading Intellect: The Universal Solvent
Millennials leading the alt-right
The Current Chapter There are some positive things to be said for sure about a young, energetic, tech-savvy identitarian movement: Ability to hijack online culture and force the mainstream to pay some attention to long suppressed racialist ideas. Young people are more willing to embrace the radicalism that this age demands. Anonymous culture, beyond protecting… Continue reading Millennials leading the alt-right
The Millennial Backlash Against The Baby Boomers
In addition to the post-2013 rise of nerd culture and the post-2013 decline of the SJW narrative, I’m also observing a post-2013 backlash by millennials against boomers, who are perceived as being blissful, naive spendthrifts who had five decades of post-ww2 prosperity dropped on their laps, who have the audacity to lecture millennials about getting… Continue reading The Millennial Backlash Against The Baby Boomers
Millennials Losing Faith in Democracy
This is great news for the ‘alt right’ cause: Are Americans losing faith in democracy? Most millennials don’t think it’s essential to live in a democracy: If you wonder why I write to much about Reddit and Millennials – this is why. There is a huge demographic here of people who are potentially repetitive to… Continue reading Millennials Losing Faith in Democracy
David Gelernter on Millennials and the State of Higher Education
From Isegoria America-Lite: I’m a teacher of college students. I’m lucky to be at one of the best colleges in the world, at Yale. Our students are as smart as any in the world. They work very hard to get here. They are eager, they’re likable. My generation is getting a chip on its shoulder,… Continue reading David Gelernter on Millennials and the State of Higher Education
The Millennial Economic Tailwind/Dividend
I write a lot about millennials and Reddit is because this is a demographic, and ignoring or dismissing them could be counterproductive by alienating a potentially very large audience. There is also a trend of journalists spreading doom and gloom about millennials – doom and gloom and generalizations about student loan debt, college being a… Continue reading The Millennial Economic Tailwind/Dividend
The Rise of STEM: Wealth and Intellectualism Über Alles
Abstract mathematics, theoretical physics, computer science, and quantitative finance, all of which compose the constellation called ‘STEM’- is cachet of ‘nobility’ in the post-2008 economy, the new ‘cool’ among millions of millennials who aspire for prestigious careers that involve wealth or intellectual recognition, preferably both, as embodied by the likes of Musk, Thiel, and Zuck.… Continue reading The Rise of STEM: Wealth and Intellectualism Über Alles
The Millennial Mindset, Part 2: Philosophy and Wealth
Pertaining to the third ‘great debate’ topic, economics, the meme above about baby boomers being materialistic, spendthrift hypocrites went viral today on Imgur, with thousands of smart millennials on Reddit and Imgur up-voting and commenting in agreement that baby boomers are at least partially to blame for the mess that millions of millennials find themselves… Continue reading The Millennial Mindset, Part 2: Philosophy and Wealth