It is very obvious to me that I’ve gone native. I think of americans like russians and ukrainians think of americans. I watch videos from russia and ukraine and it ‘feels like home’.
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-31 19:53:58 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1079828027184435201
It is very obvious to me that I’ve gone native. I think of americans like russians and ukrainians think of americans. I watch videos from russia and ukraine and it ‘feels like home’.
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-31 14:53:00 UTC
(Again, In keeping with my quarterly reminders: I am not at all the person you see here. This is my job. I am good at my job. I do my job this way because it is the optimum means of doing my job – at least until the institute’s classes have graduated enough people to do otherwise. I am an artist, a philosopher of the law, and a social scientist first and foremost, and I will insure my brothers to the end. I was a rather ruthless entrepreneur – and I wasn’t happy being so. I am, like most people on the low end of the spectrum, naturally a fairly nice, friendly person, who happens to have low agreeableness when it comes to falsehoods. And I am willing to fight for my people to the death without question. This does not mean I seek or enjoy conflict – only that I will not flee from it, and if I engage in it, I will give it my all. -cheers. )
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-28 11:02:00 UTC
Spent the evening with family, as is tradition, albeit in a smaller gathering than the days of old – so to speak. Without children traditions are of far less value.
And I spent the whole time thinking of those people far away that I care very much about, but who are not as lucky as we are, and who do not have the opportunity to take for granted those luxuries we do.
I love some of those people very dearly and I wish I could be with them tonight, tomorrow, and for all days. And in that sense I feel I out of place here. And miss you all very much. And can’t wait to be with you again.
Cheers.
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-24 20:48:00 UTC
I feel history of the universe and man, and this world, and the natural world ‘spiritually’. But this is because I can. I understand that each of us has a range of possible comprehension and possible imagination and possible experience. Any religon that is not a barrier to transcendence (evolution) must provide a range of narratives (worlds) that supply the market demand for our different abilities.
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-15 19:42:00 UTC
—“What is the story with your father and the council?”– Steven Jackson
I don’t have a lot good to say about my father but he was smart, worked very hard, and would never lie ever. (He’d come very close to killing you for even suggesting it.)
I used to go to town council meetings and learn how ‘government was done’. Stupid shit like ‘this sidewalk is expensive’. Ordinary stuff.
The newspaper would regularly twist his words out of context in order to imply the direct opposite of what he said.
I have vivid memories of lying on the carpet in the living room reading the newspaper saying “I was there. That is not what happened.” And my father saying “news is a best nothing but fictional entertainment, and at worst nothing but lies. Never believe a word they say”.
So I get into college and it’s a saturday and I’m wearing faded jeans with holes in them, and a faded blue chamois shirt, and white sneakers, and walking around campus because I did too much writing already and need a break. It’s a rainy day. i walk into the student union, and someone has sponsored this absurd pinball machine where the ball is the size of a softball. So I walk up to this thing and put a quarter in it and try it.
Out of nowhere the local news crew comes up and asks if they can film me. I am not and never have been someone who likes public attention, but I said yes. The women then proceeded to start a dozen takes trying to get me to say that I had nothing better to do than play pinball in university. And so I finally said – I’m not going to make a fool of myself. I told you already, that I’m taking a walk because I’ve done too much work already, and this is just something interesting because it’s new.” They aired some choppy thing without me responding that she suggested the same nonsense.
I was walking down the street in west hartford just after I had purchased a local business. Some reporter stopped me for one of those 60 second sets of questions. They tried multiple times to force me to say other than what I’d said: that the problem was that hartford had imported too many black families and that the north end in particular was a no-go zone even for the FBI. (This was common knowledge). They did not air my statement.
I give press releases all the time. Between the inflation by the marketers, the PR firm, and the press you’d think I claimed I went to Harvard and invented the light bulb.
I stopped giving interviews to the press because you simply can’t trust them to get anything right that doesn’t fit their institutional narrative.
Every journalist is a professional gossip and nothing more. The same is true for every social scientists, and everyone in the non-stem academy.
And you wonder why I want to legislate TRUTH? That’s why.
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-14 13:27:00 UTC
photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_SxeO6JU-xg/48367472_10156844125242264_1746810937844695040_o_10156844125237264.jpg The Little Connecticut Village Cafe In full Christmas window decor. Snow. Brownstone in the background. (The Brownstone quarry is forever closed). Very ‘quaint’.
Now would I rather be in any of these other locations? Well yes. I can ‘testify’ to the awesomeness of each. I would much rather be ‘Home’ in Ukraine than here in the decaying sticks of american collapse. But we can find charm anywhere if we look for it.
FAVORITE COFFEE SHOPS
Kiev’s London Coffee? (Kiev Ukraine)
SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g294474-d7139945-Reviews-Coffee_House_LONDON-Kiev.html
Or
L’viv’s Veronika Cafe? (L’viv Ukraine)
SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g295377-d953333-Reviews-Veronika_Confectionery_Restaurant-Lviv_Lviv_Oblast.html
Both of which are Nth-degree better?
Or
Victor’s Celtic Coffee (Redmond WA, USA)
SEE: https://www.facebook.com/Victors-Celtic-Coffee-Co-528378507228007/
Or
John Watt and Sons (Carlisle, Cumbria, UK)
SEE: https://www.facebook.com/johnwattandson
(especially for scones with jam and cream)
Or
La Coquetterie (Angers, France)
SEE https://www.facebook.com/lacoquetterieangers
I actually can’t find anything good in London because every single place is busy and dirty and loud. And I haven’t spent any time in NYC lately, and the places I know in SOHO are all gone (as is the soho I remember).
And I can’t remember the one in St Petersburg. And Moscow shops – while the most desirable – are simply too expensive to recommend in general.Rickyman BeisteinWhy do you like coffee shops? To get work done, to socialize occasionally or just a bean water addict?Dec 13, 2018, 4:07 PMCurt DoolittleYes, White noise environment is best for me to work in. You can people-watch, or get to know people so you can take frequent breaks. And of course, food, water, coffee. And they dont mind you hanging around all day. … lolDec 13, 2018, 5:26 PMRickyman BeisteinI just like the subconscious narcissism that someone might be looking at what I’m doing so it keeps me from dicking around as much.Dec 13, 2018, 5:28 PMAndrey SokoloffIf you have a fair salary, Kiev is one of the best cities to live in… especially if you are dude. Beer, food, women… etc. Moscow, is just too big, too much traffic.Dec 13, 2018, 6:21 PMCurt DoolittleagreedDec 13, 2018, 6:35 PMArno KælandOn the subject of coffee shops, you really ought to get to Vienna.Dec 14, 2018, 3:18 AMArno KælandMoscow’s architecture is also dehumanizing – too large, too brutal, too gray.
The optimal size of urban buildings is four to five stories. Stalin ruined Moscow. St Petersburg is far superior.Dec 14, 2018, 3:19 AMCurt DoolittleHave been. Recall one in particular because of the cakes. But can’t recall the name. Did tour of the galleries. Architecture. Chamber music in a church.
Would love to try to write there sometime and see what happens.Dec 14, 2018, 4:08 AMArno KælandCurt Doolittle There tend to be nice coffee shops in most of the old Habsburg capitals. A consequence of the defeat of the Turks.Dec 14, 2018, 4:15 AMThe Little Connecticut Village Cafe In full Christmas window decor. Snow. Brownstone in the background. (The Brownstone quarry is forever closed). Very ‘quaint’.
Now would I rather be in any of these other locations? Well yes. I can ‘testify’ to the awesomeness of each. I would much rather be ‘Home’ in Ukraine than here in the decaying sticks of american collapse. But we can find charm anywhere if we look for it.
FAVORITE COFFEE SHOPS
Kiev’s London Coffee? (Kiev Ukraine)
SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g294474-d7139945-Reviews-Coffee_House_LONDON-Kiev.html
Or
L’viv’s Veronika Cafe? (L’viv Ukraine)
SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g295377-d953333-Reviews-Veronika_Confectionery_Restaurant-Lviv_Lviv_Oblast.html
Both of which are Nth-degree better?
Or
Victor’s Celtic Coffee (Redmond WA, USA)
SEE: https://www.facebook.com/Victors-Celtic-Coffee-Co-528378507228007/
Or
John Watt and Sons (Carlisle, Cumbria, UK)
SEE: https://www.facebook.com/johnwattandson
(especially for scones with jam and cream)
Or
La Coquetterie (Angers, France)
SEE https://www.facebook.com/lacoquetterieangers
I actually can’t find anything good in London because every single place is busy and dirty and loud. And I haven’t spent any time in NYC lately, and the places I know in SOHO are all gone (as is the soho I remember).
And I can’t remember the one in St Petersburg. And Moscow shops – while the most desirable – are simply too expensive to recommend in general.
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-13 13:30:00 UTC
photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_SxeO6JU-xg/48367472_10156844125242264_1746810937844695040_o_10156844125237264.jpg The Little Connecticut Village Cafe In full Christmas window decor. Snow. Brownstone in the background. (The Brownstone quarry is forever closed). Very ‘quaint’.
Now would I rather be in any of these other locations? Well yes. I can ‘testify’ to the awesomeness of each. I would much rather be ‘Home’ in Ukraine than here in the decaying sticks of american collapse. But we can find charm anywhere if we look for it.
FAVORITE COFFEE SHOPS
Kiev’s London Coffee? (Kiev Ukraine)
SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g294474-d7139945-Reviews-Coffee_House_LONDON-Kiev.html
Or
L’viv’s Veronika Cafe? (L’viv Ukraine)
SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g295377-d953333-Reviews-Veronika_Confectionery_Restaurant-Lviv_Lviv_Oblast.html
Both of which are Nth-degree better?
Or
Victor’s Celtic Coffee (Redmond WA, USA)
SEE: https://www.facebook.com/Victors-Celtic-Coffee-Co-528378507228007/
Or
John Watt and Sons (Carlisle, Cumbria, UK)
SEE: https://www.facebook.com/johnwattandson
(especially for scones with jam and cream)
Or
La Coquetterie (Angers, France)
SEE https://www.facebook.com/lacoquetterieangers
I actually can’t find anything good in London because every single place is busy and dirty and loud. And I haven’t spent any time in NYC lately, and the places I know in SOHO are all gone (as is the soho I remember).
And I can’t remember the one in St Petersburg. And Moscow shops – while the most desirable – are simply too expensive to recommend in general.Rickyman BeisteinWhy do you like coffee shops? To get work done, to socialize occasionally or just a bean water addict?Dec 13, 2018, 4:07 PMCurt DoolittleYes, White noise environment is best for me to work in. You can people-watch, or get to know people so you can take frequent breaks. And of course, food, water, coffee. And they dont mind you hanging around all day. … lolDec 13, 2018, 5:26 PMRickyman BeisteinI just like the subconscious narcissism that someone might be looking at what I’m doing so it keeps me from dicking around as much.Dec 13, 2018, 5:28 PMAndrey SokoloffIf you have a fair salary, Kiev is one of the best cities to live in… especially if you are dude. Beer, food, women… etc. Moscow, is just too big, too much traffic.Dec 13, 2018, 6:21 PMCurt DoolittleagreedDec 13, 2018, 6:35 PMAaron KahlandOn the subject of coffee shops, you really ought to get to Vienna.Dec 14, 2018, 3:18 AMAaron KahlandMoscow’s architecture is also dehumanizing – too large, too brutal, too gray.
The optimal size of urban buildings is four to five stories. Stalin ruined Moscow. St Petersburg is far superior.Dec 14, 2018, 3:19 AMCurt DoolittleHave been. Recall one in particular because of the cakes. But can’t recall the name. Did tour of the galleries. Architecture. Chamber music in a church.
Would love to try to write there sometime and see what happens.Dec 14, 2018, 4:08 AMAaron KahlandCurt Doolittle There tend to be nice coffee shops in most of the old Habsburg capitals. A consequence of the defeat of the Turks.Dec 14, 2018, 4:15 AMThe Little Connecticut Village Cafe In full Christmas window decor. Snow. Brownstone in the background. (The Brownstone quarry is forever closed). Very ‘quaint’.
Now would I rather be in any of these other locations? Well yes. I can ‘testify’ to the awesomeness of each. I would much rather be ‘Home’ in Ukraine than here in the decaying sticks of american collapse. But we can find charm anywhere if we look for it.
FAVORITE COFFEE SHOPS
Kiev’s London Coffee? (Kiev Ukraine)
SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g294474-d7139945-Reviews-Coffee_House_LONDON-Kiev.html
Or
L’viv’s Veronika Cafe? (L’viv Ukraine)
SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g295377-d953333-Reviews-Veronika_Confectionery_Restaurant-Lviv_Lviv_Oblast.html
Both of which are Nth-degree better?
Or
Victor’s Celtic Coffee (Redmond WA, USA)
SEE: https://www.facebook.com/Victors-Celtic-Coffee-Co-528378507228007/
Or
John Watt and Sons (Carlisle, Cumbria, UK)
SEE: https://www.facebook.com/johnwattandson
(especially for scones with jam and cream)
Or
La Coquetterie (Angers, France)
SEE https://www.facebook.com/lacoquetterieangers
I actually can’t find anything good in London because every single place is busy and dirty and loud. And I haven’t spent any time in NYC lately, and the places I know in SOHO are all gone (as is the soho I remember).
And I can’t remember the one in St Petersburg. And Moscow shops – while the most desirable – are simply too expensive to recommend in general.
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-13 13:30:00 UTC
I work as hard as I can and unfortunately it’s not hard enough…. 🙁
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-12 14:47:44 UTC
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—“Curt: Post the covers of the ten books that most influenced you over the past ten years over 10 days. Tag me in your posts.”—Lance Kennedy
You have me thinking here …. You know, books that affect you, books that helped you articulate ideas, and books you would recommend in retrospect are three different things. That which affects you is a function of your condition at the moment in development time and space. Books that are useful in your work are something else. Books that you would recommend to others would be something else yet again.
Books that affected me more than any other were reading Encyclopedia Britannica and … (can’t remember the other one) all the way through three or four times… lol. There is a ‘pattern’ across the NPOV, and Western Tradition, and “Nobility” in which those books were written. And in retrospect I think it was that ‘education’ combined with study of war through the ages, and reading science fiction, that affected me most.
Even today, the readiness of wikipedia, amazon, google scholar, and economic web sites – to find an idea and work through references is more influential than any given book.
Why? Context. Contemporary education (by design) is context free in an attempt to undermine western civilization and it’s narrative, and therefore our moral and normative perpetuation of it.
Teens it was 20th C Technology Mythology:
– Time Enough For Love by Heinlein
– Everything by Clarke
– Everything by Bova and Ellison
– A Wizard of Earthsea
– Dune
– Neuromancer and Snow Crash
I find today, that people on ‘our side’ have abandoned the optimism of the technological era (sci fi) given our failures and have returned to the secular-theological era of the essayists (most commonly, the pessimism of nietzsche and evola and their anglo peers. Noticeably different from the hopefulness of the 20th c conservatives that ‘the left will learn’.)
In college it was the study of art – without question – rewriting my mental image of mankind from military, technological, and scientific to artistic and civilizational was helpful, just as rewriting it into institutional, economic, and geographic was helpful. Just as rewriting it as what I call the grammars has been helpful.
I might say that programming and designing software systems served me the way mathematics and logic did not – due to the operational logic of programming transforming the ideal to the real.
I might say that Huntington, Hayek, Popper, Becker, and Hoppe, influenced my thought the most – but it wouldn’t be a single book – it would be learning how they thought by reading all their books.
I might say that certain people’s works helped me a great deal: Hawkins on intelligence, Everyone’s IQ research, Everything by Simon Baron Cohen on autism and male-female brains, Haidt’s work in toto, Dawkins’ Selfish Gene, Diamond’s Third Chimp, and GST, everyone’s work on genetic history of man – particularly Reich’s new book. (What’s her name’s) book on mathematical philosophy. Olson’s on commons. Hick’s postmodernism definitely helped a great deal. Armstrong, Keegan, Mallory, and Todd on civilizational development helped. Nietzsche’s birth of tragedy was definitely a huge influence – even if I found it better to read ABOUT it by others, than in his own words translated into english – continental prose makes me intellectually gag.
So what books influenced me most in the past ten years vs what books would I recommend over the past ten years, over what authors would I recommend over the past ten years…. hmmm…
Well I’ll give that some thought, and see what I can post….
Thanks. 😉
(My recommended reading list is here: propertarianism.com/reading-list/ http://propertarianism.com/reading-list/
Source date (UTC): 2018-12-07 11:08:00 UTC