Curt Doolittle

Form: Quote Commentary

  • (Got a reminder from Cesar Tortelino and thought I’d share some choice quotes fr

    (Got a reminder from Cesar Tortelino and thought I’d share some choice quotes from everyone’s favorite Russian Economist)

    —“the world economy has developed in the framework of expanding markets over the last 400 years. As a result, today it is in a very unstable state, since household spending is several times higher than income: by $3.3 trillion in the US and $2.5 trillion in the EU. The purchasing power of the average salary in the U.S. is at the level of 1958, all the rest – is induced demand due to the growth of private and public debt”—Khazin.

    (I have said this differently: that the standard of living of the average american can decline by 40% if america loses control of the petro-dollar.)

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-20 13:00:00 UTC

  • BUT I’M PRETTY CERTAIN THIS ISN’T TRUE (a) inflating away productivity gains (b)

    https://next.ft.com/content/54f0f5c6-4d05-11e6-88c5-db83e98a590aSORRY BUT I’M PRETTY CERTAIN THIS ISN’T TRUE

    (a) inflating away productivity gains

    (b) reducing the two parent rate, and therefore household income

    (c) dramatically increasing the size of the underclass

    (d) purchasing ‘invisibles’ (entertainment/info) is majority of spend

    (e) we have a lot of ‘other things’ that we didn’t in the 70’s

    (f) american postwar advantage was squandered by Kennedy/Johnson/Nixon/Carter under the false asumpiton of permanent growth and retention of global competitive abiilty.

    If you were alive and working in 65, 75, 85, 95, 05, 15, it’s pretty clear that the Reagan-ization of financialism gave us a huge boost, allowed us to sink global communism, but it was squandered by the citizenry not used to create competitiveness that would compensate for the financialization.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-20 09:33:00 UTC

  • CHOICE WORDS —“In a sense science is a political agenda, since it is a set of

    CHOICE WORDS

    —“In a sense science is a political agenda, since it is a set of norms that guide human cooperation in an effort to implement an adaptive strategy that is based upon the expansion of knowledge.”— Adam Voight

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-19 11:52:00 UTC

  • “a mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.” “It’s what I do. I drink an

    “a mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.”

    “It’s what I do. I drink and I know things.”

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-18 11:50:00 UTC

  • “Why the coup failed” #hbd #feedly

    “Why the coup failed” #hbd #feedly https://lionoftheblogosphere.wordpress.com/2016/07/15/why-the-coup-failed/

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-17 14:35:41 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/754686011934969856

  • the coup failed” #hbd #feedly

    https://t.co/Ft6YmvWEhl”Why the coup failed” #hbd #feedly

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-17 10:35:00 UTC

  • “We dont need to understand causes. We need to understand incentives, costs and

    —“We dont need to understand causes. We need to understand incentives, costs and benefits.

    – it doesn’t matter WHY Muslims explode, not really

    – what is the cost of allowing them to explode?

    -What are the benefits of preventing them from exploding?

    -What are the costs of preventing them from exploding?

    – if there is something to be gained by paying the cost of preventing them from exploding (benefits outweigh costs) then there is a rational incentive in passing that cost.

    – exploding Muslims disrupt our system of production, our means of reproduction and survival.

    Therfore the causes that might be known from some sort of trial are immaterial.

    What is material and knowable is the Muslims are imposing costs which can be reduced through some sort of investment in defense.

    Thus what is left to do is to determine which defense mechanisms should be employed to protect our system of cooperation.”— William Butchman

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-17 07:43:00 UTC

  • “Of course it hurts. The secret is in not minding that it hurts.”

    “Of course it hurts. The secret is in not minding that it hurts.”

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-14 06:33:00 UTC

  • (laughter)(generation snowflake) GENERATION JOB-SHY Millennials are lazy, self-i

    (laughter)(generation snowflake)

    GENERATION JOB-SHY Millennials are lazy, self-indulgent and lack the initiative to be successful. They’re feckless, molly-coddled youngsters who live off the bank of mum and dad.

    Too many members of “Generation Snowflake” are still living with their parents rather than getting out into the world and making something of their lives

    The millionaire lifestyle guru Martha Stewart has issued a stinging criticism of the millennial generation and claimed youngsters are too LAZY to get ahead.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-13 10:20:00 UTC

  • Untitled

    https://www.academia.edu/9352235/Distributed_Morality_in_an_Information_Society?s=t

    Source date (UTC): 2016-07-12 03:32:00 UTC