Curt Doolittle

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  • “Curt purposely writes for (very) high-IQ people who have a lot of contextual un

    —“Curt purposely writes for (very) high-IQ people who have a lot of contextual understanding already in place. Some of his stuff is difficult for me and I’m 135-140 (some of it I have to make an effort to “get” which I’m not accustomed to). That being said Curt’s posts/writing have gotten a lot more accessible over time IMO. But some of it can’t be simplified all that much or too much important detail is lost. At the same time, many of the key insights and their ramifications I believe can be explained to avg IQ audiences (maybe even sub-100 if communicated well) in basic form. Some detail will be lost in that process, but it will be valuable for normal folks to understand the basic what & why, while all the detail will be available to the high IQ men who will be implementing it (ruling). Curt has said before that he is relying on people in the 130-140 range to carry his ideas down the IQ range.”—John Mark

  • Punishing Free Riders Begins Early

    http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797618779061?journalCode=pssa
    —“… children as young as 4 years old negatively evaluate and sanction free riders … “— (Via James Santagata) “Human flourishing depends on individuals paying costs to contribute to the common good, but such arrangements are vulnerable to free riding, in which individuals benefit from others’ contributions without paying costs themselves. Systems of tracking and sanctioning free riders can stabilize cooperation, but the origin of such tendencies is not well understood. Here, we provide evidence that children as young as 4 years old negatively evaluate and sanction free riders. Across six studies, we showed that these tendencies are robust, large in magnitude, tuned to intentional rather than unintentional noncontribution, and generally consistent across third- and first-party cases. Further, these effects cannot be accounted for by factors that frequently co-occur with free riding, such as nonconforming behaviors or the costs that free riding imposes on the group. Our findings demonstrate that from early in life, children both hold and enforce a normative expectation that individuals are intrinsically obligated to contribute to the common good.” http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797618779061?journalCode=pssa&

  • Punishing Free Riders Begins Early

    http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797618779061?journalCode=pssa
    —“… children as young as 4 years old negatively evaluate and sanction free riders … “— (Via James Santagata) “Human flourishing depends on individuals paying costs to contribute to the common good, but such arrangements are vulnerable to free riding, in which individuals benefit from others’ contributions without paying costs themselves. Systems of tracking and sanctioning free riders can stabilize cooperation, but the origin of such tendencies is not well understood. Here, we provide evidence that children as young as 4 years old negatively evaluate and sanction free riders. Across six studies, we showed that these tendencies are robust, large in magnitude, tuned to intentional rather than unintentional noncontribution, and generally consistent across third- and first-party cases. Further, these effects cannot be accounted for by factors that frequently co-occur with free riding, such as nonconforming behaviors or the costs that free riding imposes on the group. Our findings demonstrate that from early in life, children both hold and enforce a normative expectation that individuals are intrinsically obligated to contribute to the common good.” http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797618779061?journalCode=pssa&

  • Curt Doolittle shared a link. PUNISHING FREE RIDERS BEGINS EARLY —“… childre

    Curt Doolittle shared a link.

    PUNISHING FREE RIDERS BEGINS EARLY

    —“… children as young as 4 years old negatively evaluate and sanction free riders … “—

    (Via James Santagata)

    “Human flourishing depends on individuals paying costs to contribute to the common good, but such arrangements are vulnerable to free riding, in which individuals benefit from others’ contributions without paying costs themselves. Systems of tracking and sanctioning free riders can stabilize cooperation, but the origin of such tendencies is not well understood. Here, we provide evidence that children as young as 4 years old negatively evaluate and sanction free riders. Across six studies, we showed that these tendencies are robust, large in magnitude, tuned to intentional rather than unintentional noncontribution, and generally consistent across third- and first-party cases. Further, these effects cannot be accounted for by factors that frequently co-occur with free riding, such as nonconforming behaviors or the costs that free riding imposes on the group. Our findings demonstrate that from early in life, children both hold and enforce a normative expectation that individuals are intrinsically obligated to contribute to the common good.”

    http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797618779061?journalCode=pssa&

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-17 17:57:53 UTC

  • “You hear about areas highly populated by muslims having more extremists – they

    —“You hear about areas highly populated by muslims having more extremists – they simply have more confidence. And then we act like its just that area, or just a few areas, or just a few cities, until its the whole country.”—Dann Hopkins

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-17 17:10:25 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1019268094387253249

  • Curt Doolittle updated his status. —“You hear about areas highly populated by

    Curt Doolittle updated his status.

    —“You hear about areas highly populated by muslims having more extremists – they simply have more confidence. And then we act like its just that area, or just a few areas, or just a few cities, until its the whole country.”—Dann Hopkins

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-17 17:10:14 UTC

  • “The problem, as usual, is too many stupid people.”–Steve Slonky

    —“The problem, as usual, is too many stupid people.”–Steve Slonky

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-17 16:56:52 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1019264685714165760

  • Curt Doolittle updated his status. —“The problem, as usual, is too many stupid

    Curt Doolittle updated his status.

    —“The problem, as usual, is too many stupid people.”–Steve Slonky

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-17 16:56:43 UTC

  • “Trump lays out his strategy in his Art of the Deal. He uses controversy as free

    “Trump lays out his strategy in his Art of the Deal. He uses controversy as free publicity. It’s brilliant, and i’m surprised more people don’t do it.”–Joe Redtree #Trump #TrumpPutin

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-17 16:54:55 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1019264194166902784

  • Curt Doolittle updated his status. “Trump lays out his strategy in his Art of th

    Curt Doolittle updated his status.

    “Trump lays out his strategy in his Art of the Deal. He uses controversy as free publicity. It’s brilliant, and i’m surprised more people don’t do it.”–Joe Redtree #Trump #TrumpPutin

    Source date (UTC): 2018-07-17 16:54:45 UTC