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    Source date (UTC): 2018-02-23 19:24:00 UTC

  • Every Man A Sheriff

    —“Do we want to live in a society, and world, where everyone is carrying firearms?”— Like anything else, the pareto minimum is 20%. Once you reach 20%, for all intents and purposes, everyone must assume everyone is carrying.
  • What Are Some Unnamed Foreign Intelligence Agency? How Would A Tech Company In The United States Arrange A Meeting With Them? Why?

    It doesn’t work like that. You don’t contact intelligence agencies per se. That’s the most certain means of being ignored. (Darpa is an exception.) You write technical papers. You submit articles to think tanks. You show up at intelligence related conferences and military trade shows. You hire a small PR firm to spread the information around. But you establish relationships.

    Remember that there are people posing as you for counter intelligence or intelligence purposes, and lunatics of every stripe – it is hard to identify an opportunity that isn’t a land mine.

    “To catch a mouse, make a noise like cheese.”

    • Talk about what you do.
    • Talk about the benefit to those organizations.
    • Make it easy to be found.

    The international community largely works through Think Tank networks at the higher end, and academic networks at the lower end.

    Think tanks generally have access. They provide brokering services for both sides. And they do that because they are the most informed parties on both sides.

    Some think tanks are also government fronts. (I won’t name names.)

    (I have, in the past, offered to pay for ‘research’ on the viability of x in y government. It’s actually incredibly cheap. My favorite quote: “You can hire our entire team for a summer for pocket change”. Conversely You wouldn’t believe some of the things i have been asked to do. )

    (fwiw – This is how the Russians are so effective for so little money)

    https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-unnamed-foreign-intelligence-agency-How-would-a-tech-company-in-the-United-States-arrange-a-meeting-with-them-Why

  • What Are Some Unnamed Foreign Intelligence Agency? How Would A Tech Company In The United States Arrange A Meeting With Them? Why?

    It doesn’t work like that. You don’t contact intelligence agencies per se. That’s the most certain means of being ignored. (Darpa is an exception.) You write technical papers. You submit articles to think tanks. You show up at intelligence related conferences and military trade shows. You hire a small PR firm to spread the information around. But you establish relationships.

    Remember that there are people posing as you for counter intelligence or intelligence purposes, and lunatics of every stripe – it is hard to identify an opportunity that isn’t a land mine.

    “To catch a mouse, make a noise like cheese.”

    • Talk about what you do.
    • Talk about the benefit to those organizations.
    • Make it easy to be found.

    The international community largely works through Think Tank networks at the higher end, and academic networks at the lower end.

    Think tanks generally have access. They provide brokering services for both sides. And they do that because they are the most informed parties on both sides.

    Some think tanks are also government fronts. (I won’t name names.)

    (I have, in the past, offered to pay for ‘research’ on the viability of x in y government. It’s actually incredibly cheap. My favorite quote: “You can hire our entire team for a summer for pocket change”. Conversely You wouldn’t believe some of the things i have been asked to do. )

    (fwiw – This is how the Russians are so effective for so little money)

    https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-unnamed-foreign-intelligence-agency-How-would-a-tech-company-in-the-United-States-arrange-a-meeting-with-them-Why

  • What Would An Economy Be Like If Everyone Saved 80% Of Their Income?

    We would rapidly starve. Research “monetary velocity”.
    Wealth is created (meaning prices are continuously reduced) by the velocity of trade.
    So failing to understand this is an example of the fixed pie fallacy.

    If we were all made equal tomorrow, we would starve in ninety days.

    https://www.quora.com/What-would-an-economy-be-like-if-everyone-saved-80-of-their-income

  • Why Are The Iqs Of White People Higher Than Those Of Africans?

    The average and mean of the distribution is higher. Whites have been practicing eugenics since at least 700ad. And warmer climates do not put pressure on the underclasses that winters do.

    https://www.quora.com/Why-are-the-IQs-of-white-people-higher-than-those-of-Africans

  • What Would An Economy Be Like If Everyone Saved 80% Of Their Income?

    We would rapidly starve. Research “monetary velocity”.
    Wealth is created (meaning prices are continuously reduced) by the velocity of trade.
    So failing to understand this is an example of the fixed pie fallacy.

    If we were all made equal tomorrow, we would starve in ninety days.

    https://www.quora.com/What-would-an-economy-be-like-if-everyone-saved-80-of-their-income

  • Why Are The Iqs Of White People Higher Than Those Of Africans?

    The average and mean of the distribution is higher. Whites have been practicing eugenics since at least 700ad. And warmer climates do not put pressure on the underclasses that winters do.

    https://www.quora.com/Why-are-the-IQs-of-white-people-higher-than-those-of-Africans

  • yes – that’s the origin of property (really). The intergenerational transfer of

    yes – that’s the origin of property (really). The intergenerational transfer of assets.


    Source date (UTC): 2018-02-20 20:15:03 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/966043541586825221

    Reply addressees: @johann_theron

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/965991149788909568


    IN REPLY TO:

    @johann_theron

    @curtdoolittle Wasn’t meant as a criticism. But your graph initiated a further question in my mind. A. Family obtains property rights for their home. But the home only lasts 20 years. Why should property rights be permanent? So only one child can inherit it without working for it?

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/965991149788909568

  • Can you rephrase the question? “permanent”?

    Can you rephrase the question? “permanent”?


    Source date (UTC): 2018-02-20 14:10:36 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/965951827769425920

    Reply addressees: @johann_theron

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/965882308829089792


    IN REPLY TO:

    @johann_theron

    @curtdoolittle Why are property rights permanent if humans are not permanent. Would a 20yr holding with sales right not be better? Limiting hubristic Churches, Govs and even company stocks will be good for society.

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/965882308829089792