Category Archives: culture
words are too sticky: capitalism and acts 2
That is, there seems to be a sore lack of words that mean only one specific narrowly defined thing. Take, for example, the word capitalist. I consider myself a super-hardcore capitalist, but I often fail to mention that I am using capitalist in a very narrow sense. I mean capitalist in the governmental sense: someone [...]
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on the taboo of racial iq differences
There appears to be a cultural taboo in our country when it comes to the discussion of race and IQ. Though understandable, it’s counterproductive. Related Posts:Racial Issues Heat Up Again at Ohio State UniversityZugzwang: OSU and Black PeopleOn the Recent Storm of Controversy over Voting.Careful, Rod.The Vileness and Arrogance of Lawrence O’Donnell
i did something shameful
I looked up Curt Doolittle’s Alexa.com ranking and compared it with mine. I said to myself, “Ha! His ranking is at #5,217,868. Mine is at $2,655,644.” That was petty of me. And it’s also silly because the whole point of individuals getting out and blogging is that the little guy now has a printing press. [...]
about hans hermann hoppe
Hans Hermann Hoppe — let us be honest about this — is a significant contributor to modern libertarian thought. He has seen deeply into the nature the state and into the phenomenon of time preference, using basic praxeological theory to successfully explain the decline of traditional religious values, increases in drug use, social disarray, and [...]
on ‘a mind for god,’ by james emery white
I’ve just finished reading A Mind For God, by James Emery White. It’s a small book (about one hundred pages), and it is relatively simple. Its contention is that the advance of Christianity depends heavily on the advance of the Christian intellect. What is needed, says Dr. Emery, is not only zeal and right emotions [...]
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the five dysfunctions of a team, by patrick lencioni
is a book I just finished reading. The whole thing is based on five dysfunctions that any team must avoid. They are arranged in a reappearing pyramid design which I shan’t reproduce here as a diagram, but I’ll list them as they appear from top to bottom: Inattention to Results | Status and Ego Avoidance [...]
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economics is filled with high school drama
If you thought Glee was dreadful, you should see modern economic posturing and courtship and whatnot. It’s dreadful. So says Robert Murphy. And hearing Paul Krugman referred to as a “Saucy Vixen” is priceless. Related Posts:Georgetown’s “College Payoff” Report is NonsenseHans Hermann Hoppe’s “Democracy: The God That Failed” — A ReviewTime Preference, A PrimerThe Debt [...]
a sad commentary on positive-thinkism
As one thinks, so he is. — Solomon, King of Israel There is a grain of truth in the positive-thinking movement. What we think does indeed influence how we are, and we need to be positive realists. But sugarcoating the world with denial of all bad things, maintaining a cosmetic happiness in an attempt to [...]
take a power trip?
Riding my bike across campus today, I saw a booth where voter registration was offered. On the signs was a sign saying, in bright large letters, “Take a Power Trip! Vote!” Though the sign may initially look innocuous, it inadvertently speaks to one of the greatest problems with U.S. politics. Related Posts:Walk Like An Egyptian: [...]
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a libertarian’s new year’s resolutions