Curt Doolittle

Category: Politics, Power, and Governance

  • Scale and The Store of Trust

    Oct 15, 2019, 2:22 PM Jonathan Haidt on his book The Coddling of the American Mind standard.co.uk https://standard.co.uk/lifestyle/books/jonathan-haidt-the-coddling-of-the-american-mind-a4261081.html? SCALE AND THE STORE OF TRUST by Luke Weinhagen ( CD: I’m Sharing because of this bit of genius:

    —“The system can not scale beyond its ability to generate and store trust and begins to fail immediately when the extraction of stored trust exceeds the production of trust. That store can act as a buffer during a period of backsliding (and can enable a lot of really destructive behavior in the guise of “tolerance”), but it will not save us.”— Luke Weinhagen

    ) === COMPLETE POST ===

    —-“We came out of a century that had some of the worst horrors in history but which made extraordinary progress on almost every conceivable front in the decades afterwards, and now we’re backsliding.” — Jon Haidt

    Putting this in the context I’ve been building over the last couple weeks, the “progress” Haidt is describing (from my perspective) are the mechanisms we developed to foster the development of trust that became possible through the shared exposure to those horrors. I agree with both Haidt and Doolittle in that the outcome of this backsliding in inevitable should it continue. The lesson will impose itself. Whether we learn from it, kindly or not, is another matter. Looking at Curt’s response in the same context I’ve been using –

    “…conspicuous consumption of compromises between genes, gender, class, and interests” = extraction of trust. “…cooperative necessity in social orders…” = mechanisms for the production of trust

    The system can not scale beyond its ability to generate and store trust and begins to fail immediately when the extraction of stored trust exceeds the production of trust. That store can act as a buffer during a period of backsliding (and can enable a lot of really destructive behavior in the guise of “tolerance”), but it will not save us. “Domestication” is the process of transcendence from each of the lower foundational rules of human interaction to the next higher form of interaction/expansion of the capacity to store trust. THE FOUNDATIONS 1. Via Positiva: ……. The Golden Rule. 2. Via Negativa: ….. The Silver Rule. 3. Via Logica: ……….The Natural Law of Reciprocity. 4. Via Existentia: …. Rule of Law, ………………………….. … The Jury, and ………………………….. … Markets in everything. 5. Via Violentia: …. The Iron Rule. Might Makes Right. Both of these texts are worth a read when you get a chance. – Luke Weinhagen

  • FB Future

    Oct 17, 2019, 8:02 AM Breaking up FB is not as important to me as regulating it. But if we were to break it up I would recommend breaking up publisher(content and advertising) and platform organizations, and remove Mark from the platform. And then open up the platform to other publishers. This preserves the income for the shareholders but eliminates the interference by the publisher (content control). I would do the same for google. Both of which are now infrastructure, and communication and business necessities – particularly for small international businesses.

  • FB Future

    Oct 17, 2019, 8:02 AM Breaking up FB is not as important to me as regulating it. But if we were to break it up I would recommend breaking up publisher(content and advertising) and platform organizations, and remove Mark from the platform. And then open up the platform to other publishers. This preserves the income for the shareholders but eliminates the interference by the publisher (content control). I would do the same for google. Both of which are now infrastructure, and communication and business necessities – particularly for small international businesses.

  • A Possibility of Democratic Process?

    A Possibility of Democratic Process? https://propertarianism.com/2020/05/27/a-possibility-of-democratic-process/

    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-27 16:52:08 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265687242074357760

  • A Possibility of Democratic Process?

    Oct 17, 2019, 5:21 PM

    QUESTION: —“Curt I have a question for you. Do you think that there is any possibility of a tyrant getting in charge of the USA should it descend into civil war for separation? Or do we think this can be done by democratic processes in place? The latter one I think realistically doesn’t have a chance.”—

    There is a possibility of democratic process IF we propose a solution that is a superior alternative to certain conflict. This is what I hope to do. But the public won’t accept that until the conflict is certain. Which will happen soon. Any democrat is by definition a tyrant, because any rule by legislation rather than rule by law of reciprocity is by definition despotism. My hope, and most probable is a military takeover of the government. The problem is that the military needs something to enforce. So we must provide them with the market demand (up rising), moral license (to prevent chaos and civil war), and solution (that they can enforce to maintain the peace). We will need to act before the election. That’s all I can tell you. And that is why I’m working so hard to get enough done to provide that solution – at the last minute. Edit

  • A Possibility of Democratic Process?

    Oct 17, 2019, 5:21 PM

    QUESTION: —“Curt I have a question for you. Do you think that there is any possibility of a tyrant getting in charge of the USA should it descend into civil war for separation? Or do we think this can be done by democratic processes in place? The latter one I think realistically doesn’t have a chance.”—

    There is a possibility of democratic process IF we propose a solution that is a superior alternative to certain conflict. This is what I hope to do. But the public won’t accept that until the conflict is certain. Which will happen soon. Any democrat is by definition a tyrant, because any rule by legislation rather than rule by law of reciprocity is by definition despotism. My hope, and most probable is a military takeover of the government. The problem is that the military needs something to enforce. So we must provide them with the market demand (up rising), moral license (to prevent chaos and civil war), and solution (that they can enforce to maintain the peace). We will need to act before the election. That’s all I can tell you. And that is why I’m working so hard to get enough done to provide that solution – at the last minute. Edit

  • Evidence Is In. the Left Is a Destroyer of Civilizations

    Evidence Is In. the Left Is a Destroyer of Civilizations https://propertarianism.com/2020/05/27/evidence-is-in-the-left-is-a-destroyer-of-civilizations/

    Source date (UTC): 2020-05-27 16:51:10 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1265687000704847874

  • Don’t Be Surprised

    Oct 19, 2019, 10:56 AM

    —“The government endlessly invests in grown adults who can’t dress themselves or bathe., and who destroy every apartment they’ve ever lived in. … As Marx says “from each according to his ability. To each accord to his need.” … Don’t be surprised when you have hoards of VERY needy people with that policy.”—Aaron Schwartz

  • “Nothing Else Really Defines Alternatives with Actionable Solutions.”

    Oct 22, 2019, 11:22 AM (worth repeating)

    —“Millenials and Gen Z are mad that we have no community, society, fair ratio of marriageable women, reason to invest at all. Most of us would trade what we have now for communism, anarchy or any number of flawed systems. Philosophically speaking, fight club or the joker are more compelling than most or the abstract appeals pitched at us in the past 50 years. Except for P. Nothing else really defines or offers appealing alternatives with actionable solutions.”— GL Sevier

  • “Nothing Else Really Defines Alternatives with Actionable Solutions.”

    Oct 22, 2019, 11:22 AM (worth repeating)

    —“Millenials and Gen Z are mad that we have no community, society, fair ratio of marriageable women, reason to invest at all. Most of us would trade what we have now for communism, anarchy or any number of flawed systems. Philosophically speaking, fight club or the joker are more compelling than most or the abstract appeals pitched at us in the past 50 years. Except for P. Nothing else really defines or offers appealing alternatives with actionable solutions.”— GL Sevier