Make a widget on the right to highlight particular posts Begin to arrange my “categories” around central philosophical ideas I wish to expand upon (e.g. “Everything is Dangerous,” my epistemological thesis that everything we know is probably wrong, and my Kant-ish theory that reality is infinitely complex, so any attempts to describe, understand, or even [...]
The Federal Reserve Bank is being subpoenaed with regards to the takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America. I remember talking to a Bank of America employee not long after the aquisition of Merrill Lynch. He said it was a senseless move which the CEO made hurriedly and unilaterally. If he was being pressured [...]
Hypothesis #1: Making Firecrackers is Economically Unproductive Firecrackers are mere entertainment, lit once and then its usefulness is extinguished forever. Money spent producing a firecracker is therefor ultimately wasted. The only economically “productive” use of money is on capital investments: money spent on things which in turn produce more money (a computer, for example, because [...]
The teacher’s first task is to convince his students that it’s in their best interest to learn, so that he’ll have their full attention as he teaches. In the fast-paced, ADHDTV world in which kids are raised today. this is more difficult than it’s ever been. This strategy assumes that the teacher actually has something [...]
No, there’s no such thing as somebody who only ever makes you feel happy and complete. Inevitably there’s struggle and friction, life demands it. At love’s autumn these points of contention come into clearer and clearer focus, stinging hints as the relationship descends from its apex into sublunary companionship and then ends. In light of [...]
Go to War There is a persistent myth that war is good for the economy; this makes no sense. War can be made good for an individual economy if it can pay for itself (the plan for Iraq before oil sabotage), however, the net result of war for all involved is always tremendous waste. We [...]
Instant and effective communication across all borders will be the spur which drives the world to smaller, more effective units than the dying superstructures of the 20th century, whether political or economic. The new superstructures’ role will be organizational, supplying unity of direction for the natural contributions of individual people. For example, the newspaper is [...]