Curt Doolittle

Form: Short Note

  • In that great era of transformation, only Darwin and Einstein succeeded. That al

    In that great era of transformation, only Darwin and Einstein succeeded.

    That all men in all other fields failed tells us something. And in telling us it explains many things.

    That Einstein was so late, tells us more.

    What is it in the western mind that we failed to overcome? What remnant of mysticism plagued us that did not plague the ancients? Why could we produce the calculus, evolution and relativity but not testimonial truth, criticism and warranty?

    Why did we spend a century and our inheritance in Keynesian economics? Why did we fail at the strict construction of law? Why did we abandon eugenics?

    The answer to these questions is as insightful into the mind of western man as is the understanding that we invented and used truth.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-04 14:56:00 UTC

  • I can do the messenger bag thing just fine. I love it. I can’t do the whole east

    I can do the messenger bag thing just fine. I love it.

    I can’t do the whole eastern european man purse thing.

    You know why they have them? Because the basic unit of currency is equivalent to $5 and $10. So a little money takes up a lot of space. So you need a man purse to carry around any money at all. Hence why the governmetns want to get rid of $100 bills, and the euro wants to get rid of $500 bills. It isn’t bulky enough. lol

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-04 10:10:00 UTC

  • Ukrainian fathers are so awesome. They don’t seem burdened by having to be the b

    Ukrainian fathers are so awesome.

    They don’t seem burdened by having to be the be all end all.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-04 09:51:00 UTC

  • (riffing off eli’s elites) As a member of the 1% (on and off at least), and due

    (riffing off eli’s elites)

    As a member of the 1% (on and off at least), and due to my avocation, I have the incentives of elites. And I cannot dismiss myself from eli’s criticism. On the other hand, my family is quite old, and carries old traditions, and in those old traditions I understand the obligations of the nobility(elites).

    I understand them be cause we are dependent upon our commoners, as they are upon us. This is what makes the libertarians and jews weak: they have to appropriate some other group’s warriors for defense. But aristocracy may organize man into orders. And within those orders man may prosper. But without us to organize man, or without men to organize, we are both defenseless against competing men and a ruthless universe that could not care whether we succeed or fail.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-04 06:43:00 UTC

  • OK. Wait. (I am completely incompetent at the moment). If they make 100ml straig

    OK. Wait. (I am completely incompetent at the moment). If they make 100ml straight gin (extra dry) martinis, and I have two of them. And a shot is about 25ml. That means I had 8 shots of gin, right?

    OMFG. They’re trying to kill me. Really. It’s a fucking conspiracy.

    Me and one Swedish guy. You know that means trouble! We started talking religion. OMFG. He says I”m not catholic. Don’t try to discuss religion when drunk. Especially with a swede or a german. It’s fucking hopeless. These people think psychology is meaningful. WTF am I supposed to do!

    Igor, Ivan, Nassar … you will pay for this. You will. Seriously. You’re my FRIENDS and you get me DRUNK and you ENJOY IT.

    It’s like… Hey! Lets wind up the Doolittle!

    Sigh.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-02 17:36:00 UTC

  • WE’RE THE NEW RIGHT NOW. OWN IT. Lets just take over new-right and new-libertari

    WE’RE THE NEW RIGHT NOW. OWN IT.

    Lets just take over new-right and new-libertarians, rather than alt-right, and call the establishment the old right, and the old libertarians. The european new right is traditional but they rely on that insipid germanic and french sentimentality in search of a new christianity. americans are constitutionalists: rule of law. We may also be religous or social conservatives. But by and large what separates conservatives from progressives is rule of law versus populist will. Rules versus discretion. Property versus State.

    ( Ivan Ilakovac )

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-02 09:10:00 UTC

  • (CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS. ADAPTATION: When I first moved here Ukrainian and russia

    (CULTURAL OBSERVATIONS. ADAPTATION: When I first moved here Ukrainian and russian woman looked beautiful. Now that I have lived here over three years, Ukrainian and Russian women look usual , and the rest of the world’s women look hideous. lol.)

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-02 05:24:00 UTC

  • BUFFET’S LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS? 31 PAGES. SEE? See? It’s not just me. I always

    BUFFET’S LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS? 31 PAGES. SEE?

    See? It’s not just me. I always get crap for my long missives to shareholders, but the truth is – aside from investors with ADD – people read them and learn from them.

    I also got crap from people thinking I manipulate the board when I ask for advice from the board. It isn’t true. I think pretty scientifically: if I cannot convince the board then I shouldn’t do it. If I can convince the board (even if it takes a lot of work) then I probably should do it. Although, this strategy backfires when you think the economy will collapse and take your business down with it, and you can’t convince your board that you’re right. And sure, it depends upon whether your board consists of professional executives or not. But, I don’t pitch to the board as if I’m asking their permission. I am not sure I have respect for the board process at all. In my experience, it’s been nothing other than a legally sanctioned venue for fucking common shareholders. I use the board for testing theories. Particularly acquisitions.

    Buffet’s amazing. So is greenspan. I keep thinking that I could lose some of my higher faculties in the next decade. But then I look at other men of capacity and I realize that if you avoid alcohol and keep reasonably active and busy that you can be effective until 90’s. I kind of doubt that after 70 I’ll have the kind of insights that I’ve had in my 50’s – which, aside from my 20’s, has been my most intellectually fruitful period. But Hayek did great work late in life, and he is the mind I most closely associate with.

    In the absence of knowledge all we can do is struggle onward. 🙂

    Curt

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-02 04:16:00 UTC

  • A PROPER (Ukrainian) TEA Tall Thick Glass Tumbler ~700ml / 24oz. 2.5 tsp tea lea

    A PROPER (Ukrainian) TEA

    Tall Thick Glass Tumbler ~700ml / 24oz.

    2.5 tsp tea leaves English Breakfast Tea.

    Add boiling Water to fill.

    Cover top of glass with plate and let steep.

    Wait ten minutes, and then remove Plate.

    Let cool until drinkable.

    Add 3 tsp honey.

    Add Juice of one lemon.

    Stir a lot.

    Perfect.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-03-01 08:24:00 UTC

  • THE MARKET: SAP Microsoft Dynamics + CRM + Sharepoint + Addons Reality by Chanti

    THE MARKET:

    SAP

    Microsoft Dynamics + CRM + Sharepoint + Addons

    Reality by Chanting’s Oversing

    Mavenlink

    Wrike

    Asana

    Trello

    Slack

    It will take us two more years of work but we will surpass Microsoft and eventually encroach on SAP.

    Source date (UTC): 2016-02-28 02:29:00 UTC