Curt Doolittle

Category: Commentary, Critique, and Response

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    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-18 15:39:54 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1990807183454593121

  • I agree.. And I practice this ethic every day

    I agree.. And I practice this ethic every day.

    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-18 15:18:08 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1990801704695238795

  • A Neutral Comparison of Curt Doolittle’s Ideas with Jordan Peterson, Nassim Tale

    A Neutral Comparison of Curt Doolittle’s Ideas with Jordan Peterson, Nassim Taleb, Hans Hoppe

    Below is a neutral, clear comparison of Curt Doolittle’s ideas with Jordan Peterson, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Hans-Hermann Hoppe—written for a general audience.
    What they share
    • Both emphasize order over chaos.
    • Both think societies need rules, discipline, and personal responsibility.
    • Both talk about evolutionary psychology and how human behavior is shaped by deep biological tendencies.
    • Both warn that dishonest or ideological language can destabilize society.
    How they differ
    Peterson Doolittle Focuses on personal meaning, myth, psychology. Focuses on law, incentives, and social systems. Uses stories, archetypes, and symbolism. Uses formal, technical, almost engineering-style language. Concerned with individual mental health and personal improvement. Concerned with building a “scientific” rule of law. Wants people to voluntarily improve their character. Wants institutions to enforce reciprocal behavior.
    Simple summary:
    Peterson is about personal transformation; Doolittle is about institutional transformation.
    What they share
    • Both focus on skin in the game—people should bear the consequences of their actions.
    • Both criticize intellectuals, journalists, and “cheap talk” that misrepresents reality.
    • Both rely on evolutionary ideas, heuristics, and real-world incentives instead of utopian theories.
    • Both dislike overcomplicated academic models detached from reality.
    How they differ
    Taleb Doolittle Emphasizes uncertainty, randomness, antifragility. Emphasizes reciprocity, legal clarity, system design. Focuses on risk, finance, statistical errors. Focuses on cooperation, commons, and institutional failure. Writes in aphorisms, insults, and stories. Writes in formal logic-like structures and definitions. Believes systems should adapt organically. Wants a precise legal framework to prevent parasitism.
    Simple summary:
    Taleb cares about how systems survive shocks; Doolittle cares about how systems enforce cooperation.
    What they share
    • Both attempt to derive political conclusions from logical or formal reasoning.
    • Both favor strong property rights and strict responsibility.
    • Both criticize democracy for enabling “free riding” and short-term incentives.
    • Both think social order depends on predictable rules and disciplined behavior.
    How they differ
    Hoppe Doolittle Builds from libertarian natural rights. Rejects natural rights; bases everything on reciprocity. Focused on economics and praxeology. Focused on law, institutions, and cooperative strategies. Prefers a minimal state or private law. Focuses on a “scientific” legal order, not necessarily small. Worldview grounded in libertarian ethics. Worldview grounded in evolutionary biology and group strategy.
    Simple summary:
    Hoppe justifies order through libertarian ethics; Doolittle justifies it through reciprocity and evolutionary theory.
    • Peterson: “Improve yourself; fix the chaos inside you.”
    • Taleb: “Avoid fragility; make sure people have skin in the game.”
    • Hoppe: “Property rights and voluntary order are the foundation of society.”
    • Doolittle: “Reciprocal law and truthful speech are the foundation of cooperation.”
    Thinker Primary Focus Style Core Concern Peterson Psychology & meaning Mythic, narrative Helping individuals function better Taleb Risk & uncertainty Story-driven, abrasive Making systems survive shocks Hoppe Libertarian political theory Logical, deductive Consistent property-based order Doolittle Cooperation & law Technical, operational Preventing parasitism & institutional decay
    • Doolittle is the most systematic and institution-focused of the four.
    • Peterson is the most personal and psychological.
    • Taleb is the most empirical and anti-fragile/uncertainty-focused.
    • Hoppe is the most ideological and libertarian.
    If you want, I can also create:
    🔹 A Venn diagram of all four
    🔹 A “which thinker matches your worldview?” quiz
    🔹 A deeper dive into similarities with any one of them
    🔹 A more academic or more humorous version
    Just tell me your style.

    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-18 08:08:16 UTC

    Original post: https://x.com/i/articles/1990693527404367904

  • ‘Seattle is what happens when white people have no supervision’– (some comedien

    –‘Seattle is what happens when white people have no supervision’– (some comedienne)

    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-18 05:29:12 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1990653494731420153

  • answered. thx. 😉

    answered. thx. 😉

    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-12 15:51:45 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1988635839878844478

  • And we judge you for your ignorable and irresponsibility

    And we judge you for your ignorable and irresponsibility.

    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-12 10:35:52 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1988556344119693818

  • Objectively true. Sorry. I don’t like it. But it’s true

    Objectively true. Sorry. I don’t like it. But it’s true.

    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-12 10:20:24 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1988552449271972313

  • Yes, Joe. You would enjoy having me on the show – and the audience might learn s

    Yes, Joe. You would enjoy having me on the show – and the audience might learn something, whether about the current state of world affairs, why were are in them, what to do – or perhaps even more pointedly, an objective explanation of the current and future state of AI, and why it’s doomsayers are rather silly. Either way.

    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-12 01:29:21 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1988418808273646006

  • yes, while driving, and it truncated quite a bit…. 🙁

    yes, while driving, and it truncated quite a bit…. 🙁

    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-12 01:26:37 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1988418118352597514

  • You’re just practicing wishful thinking. All the incentive money and opportunity

    You’re just practicing wishful thinking. All the incentive money and opportunity is doing nothing but expanding.

    Source date (UTC): 2025-11-11 18:56:51 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1988320033945292942