Curt Doolittle

Category: Personal Reflections and Diary

  • (Diary) Progress on Deception in Literature and Philosophy

    [G]reat progress on this problem of literature and deception that I have been struggling with for years. I have these periods where I think I am not making progress, and then I make a great deal of progress in a few days. The periods where I make little progress are just records of the effort it takes to solve some of these problems. Some of these problems are very hard. Which is why it takes generations to solve them. I am sure rothbard would not appreciate what I have done. Hoppe isn’t going to love me any day soon. But it took us three generations to solve this problem. Each of us improving upon the last. I could have moved much faster if Hoppe had given me some of his time. But I suspect the conceptual bridge would have been a bridge too far. Unfortunately he was the only person worth talking to. So I had to do it almost all on my own. But with a little help from the Critical rationalists. The critical rationalists are still mad at me. But they were a necessary resource in the solution to the problem. If I can’t bring them along, then I can’t. It’s not important.

  • (Diary) Progress on Deception in Literature and Philosophy

    [G]reat progress on this problem of literature and deception that I have been struggling with for years. I have these periods where I think I am not making progress, and then I make a great deal of progress in a few days. The periods where I make little progress are just records of the effort it takes to solve some of these problems. Some of these problems are very hard. Which is why it takes generations to solve them. I am sure rothbard would not appreciate what I have done. Hoppe isn’t going to love me any day soon. But it took us three generations to solve this problem. Each of us improving upon the last. I could have moved much faster if Hoppe had given me some of his time. But I suspect the conceptual bridge would have been a bridge too far. Unfortunately he was the only person worth talking to. So I had to do it almost all on my own. But with a little help from the Critical rationalists. The critical rationalists are still mad at me. But they were a necessary resource in the solution to the problem. If I can’t bring them along, then I can’t. It’s not important.

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    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-24 03:31:00 UTC

  • Great progress on this problem of literature and deception that I have been stru

    Great progress on this problem of literature and deception that I have been struggling with for years.

    I have these periods where I think I am not making progress, and then I make a great deal of progress in a few days. The periods where I make little progress are just records of the effort it takes to solve some of these problems.

    Some of these problems are very hard. Which is why it takes generations to solve them.

    I am sure rothbard would not appreciate what I have done. Hoppe isn’t going to love me any day soon. But it took us three generations to solve this problem. Each of us improving upon the last.

    I could have moved much faster if Hoppe had given me some of his time. But I suspect the conceptual bridge would have been a bridge too far.

    Unfortunately he was the only person worth talking to. So I had to do it almost all on my own. But with a little help from the Critical rationalists.

    The critical rationalists are still mad at me.

    But they were a necessary resource in the solution to the problem.

    If I can’t bring them along, then I can’t. It’s not important.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-24 02:10:00 UTC

  • “And that is why no one will remember your name.”

    –“And that is why no one will remember your name.”–

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-21 14:53:00 UTC

  • ( Listening to the first hour of the red ice radio recording. I was trying to ke

    ( Listening to the first hour of the red ice radio recording. I was trying to keep the audience in mind. I tried to speak slowly and deliberately and it sounds forced. And so I wasn’t myself. Gotta just do my thing going forward. If I am not talking really fast it’s not me. 🙂 )

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-21 14:48:00 UTC

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    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-21 13:31:00 UTC

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    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-21 11:01:00 UTC

  • so to speak

    so to speak

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-21 10:34:00 UTC

  • (humor) AGENT: Are you a journalist, Curt? ME: Sort of. I write philosophy and s

    (humor)

    AGENT:

    Are you a journalist, Curt?

    ME:

    Sort of. I write philosophy and such. No not the ridiculous kind. The serious kind…. Or well, as serious as I feel at the moment. It’s political, legal, and economic philosophy. Usually called “Political Economy”.

    AGENT:

    I’ve always admired the profession, wanted to be one myself. Constantly learning all sorts of things.

    ME:

    hmmm… Don’t be impressed. Most journalists are indistinguishable from the people who send you junk mail. They just use longer form, and more pages. But it’s the same content and process.

    (laughter)

    (Chatting with Apple support explaining why my keyboard is worn out after only a year and a half.)

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-21 07:51:00 UTC