Curt Doolittle

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  • ANARCHY IS NOT INTERNALLY CONSISTENT OR PRODUCTIVE (Again: Libertine, Anarchist,

    ANARCHY IS NOT INTERNALLY CONSISTENT OR PRODUCTIVE

    (Again: Libertine, Anarchist, Libertarian Thought Fails)

    By: Alain Dwight (via Brandon Hayes)

    Rules without rulers is impossible. Asserting an active noun or verb (rule) without an actor putting it in play (rulers) is a form of deception. For a sentence to be operationally complete it has to include the actor, the incentive they follow, the change in state and a few other points (P epistemology is the first place I saw this standard detailed).

    Human flourishing was never created by anarchists, anarchists were always subversive as far as I know, countersignalling our ancestors that created flourishing through rule of law.

    Between sovereign entities, there can be no authority but reciprocity can be calculated hence rule of law measured by reciprocity is the only actual alternative to authority.

    Anarchism can be an appealing narrative when seeing the abuse of power but in part, it I think it appeals more ot the juvenile part of us that desires freedom than the part that desires the discipline required to create freedom. If you operationalize the narrative then Propertarianism is what you’re left with.

    I don’t want to rebel against power I want to have power and to have other good men have power.

    When good men fall into the vice of not seeking power then it calls into question how good they really are.

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-02 16:34:00 UTC

  • If i wrote about Art, Fashion, Relationships and Sex I’d probably be happier and

    —If i wrote about Art, Fashion, Relationships and Sex I’d probably be happier and I’d sure have a lot more friends. lol If it weren’t for this damned political condition I would…—

    It was one of the options. I started a relationship/fashion/art blog called “the market for affection” before I went overseas, bought a decent camera for street fashion photography. Unfortunately I started the business, and the political world turned hot, and .. well… the rest is history so to speak.

    I won’t be able to write about hard stuff within ten years. I suppose that’s what I can write about then. 😉

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-02 15:58:00 UTC

  • Our brain works sort of the opposite of how you’d think: it’s always running, al

    —Our brain works sort of the opposite of how you’d think: it’s always running, always forecasts everything, in a vast competition for attention, what’s most coherent and rewarding gets attention. The brain never stops, ever. We disconnect from it to daydream, relax, rest, or sleep. It never, ever, ever, stops.—

    (from elsewhere)

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-02 15:41:00 UTC

  • QUALITY: Scale of 1-10 (student work to sistine chapel Craftsmanship: 4. Design

    QUALITY: Scale of 1-10 (student work to sistine chapel

    Craftsmanship: 4.

    Design (aesthetics) 7.

    Content: 1.

    Cost of Production: 2

    MANNERS

    Appropriate Decor (fit): Mid Century, Bauhaus, Brutalism,

    Appropriate Venues (fit): Private, Hall, LR wall, Corp Entry, Corp meeting.

    Deliver on its promise? Yes.

    CONTEXT

    Aesthetic: cheap, volume, cosmopolitan, symbol-free, decoration seeking cheapness of print but prices of paintings.

    Movement: Abstract Expressionism

    Political: anti-western, neo-marxist, socialist, communist,

    Civilizational: european decline, European undermining.

    UNIQUNESS

    Canon?: Used as a book cover so, as always, will increase value, and artist explored various subject matter (every standard: geometric, still, portrait, scene, landscape) all at the same resolution, with detail limited to expression of means of application (brush) preserving energy or spontaneity vs some competitors)

    Monumental? No.

    Historical Durability? Unlikely (Compare to Rothko’s and Kandinsky – amateurish by comparison, and prices already reflect it. and period pieces have halved in rate of return in the past ten years.)

    WHICH IS IT

    Art(symbolism), Design(decoration), or Craft(workmanship)? It’s Design.

    DO I LIKE IT?

    Yes.

    Enough to pay for it? No. Not enough to pay for it.

    Do I like it enough to put it in my home? No. Wrong fit.

    In my place of business? Sure.

    In a place of business I frequent? Yes.

    In a public space? No. It is anti-monumental. Inappropriate.

    CONTEXT

    This period of art is somewhat interesting in that the demand for novelty was becoming exhausted, because the limits of the medium and the subject matter were being exhausted.

    This is why almost all art is editorial now. There is nothing heroic or beautiful because the neo-marxist postmodernist success at undermining excellence and beauty (that they can’t compete with). So if you go to galleries you frequently see verbiage (when I was in art school you had to make a very very good case for needing it – it was considered a failure). I still agree.

    A quick study of the economics of an artist and the distribution model makes it relatively obvious that you must produce two pieces per week to keep enough of an inventory, and at least two monumental pieces per year to establish your brand, whether they sell or not.

    Ie: selling socks, cars, and art makes no difference.

    So the question as always, which point of view are you taking: the philosopher or analyst, the seller-distributor, the customer, the average idiot, the artist producer, the master craftsman, or the instructor of master craftsmen. And one can comprehend the work from each point of view if he has the knowledge and skill. A producer, writer, director, set designer, actor, distributor, fan, and casual observer, sees different aspects of the movie. The same is true of all the arts. As in all things, knowledge and ignorance determine interpretation.

    ( As far as I know I went to one of the best if not the best theoretical art schools in America, and (surprisingly to me) I’m probably one the the best analysts of art that resulted from that era (which is now gone). I don’t think you can get that education in fine art any more – maybe oxford. Not in the states. I don’t think it’s possible in Paris either, for reasons I’ve spoken to art historians there – that are obvious. )

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-02 15:13:00 UTC

  • THE TRANSITION INTO GODS by Luke Weinhagen Human development of executive functi

    THE TRANSITION INTO GODS

    by Luke Weinhagen

    Human development of executive function and rational agency resulted in our having more ability to exert intentional control over our environment than any other organism we have yet encountered (humans evolve to control environments).

    This control gives us the means to write natural law (figuratively – our exertion of control redefines the limits that are expressed by the environment in natural law).

    Because we could begin to write natural law, however poorly and imprecise at first, we could begin the process of domestication.

    The Story version:

    The fall of man was not the knowledge of good and evil, but life and death. When we control the environment, we change the limits.

    We redefine what is unfit, what will survive and what will be eliminated – what was only to be the purview of the gods.

    (CD: And with reason, became gods.)

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-02 12:05:00 UTC

  • NO EVOLUTION IS NOT RANDOM it’s JUST UNDIRECTED Evolution is not random. Evoluti

    NO EVOLUTION IS NOT RANDOM it’s JUST UNDIRECTED

    Evolution is not random. Evolution increases in complexity in order to exploit niches of caloric and therefore reproductive opportunity.

    In humans, and all domesticated animals, evolution consists of increasing cerebral volume, and slowing rate and depth of sexual development, making possible executive function (self-control) and rational agency. (choice).

    The east asians are the most developed. Whites less so, indians less so, middle easterners less so, and each of the three major african groups less so. With class size exacerbating (limiting) the distribution of domestication.

    The only contrary argument is that executive function (reason and agency) upon which all human achievement is constructed, is not evolutionary.

    We could make the argument that we are self domesticating and that this is an evolution of evolution itself, and that we are evolving the world in favor of self domesticating creatures.

    or we could make the argument that reason and agency and domestication is not evolutionary – but that is difficult to imagine, since once reason exists, and science exists, man has control over his evolution, and as far as we can tell, he seeks superior physical and mental fitness, and superior physical symmetry.

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-02 10:32:00 UTC

  • The left (feminine) wants re-wilding (mothers want monopoly control), and the ri

    The left (feminine) wants re-wilding (mothers want monopoly control), and the right (masculine) wants continued domestication (markets). Separate, or conquer and rule, or do even worse. Separation is the most peaceful option. We must separate.

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-02 10:02:00 UTC

  • I love the philosophy (science) of natural law and testimony. It’s a discipline

    I love the philosophy (science) of natural law and testimony. It’s a discipline where aspiness and disagreeableness are extraordinary assets. 😉

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-01 22:06:00 UTC

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    photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_kg5QueHwVw/78074498_163301055068056_5067292811997478912_n_163301045068057.jpg photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_kg5QueHwVw/79251244_163301058401389_4300522638628880384_n_163301048401390.jpg photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_kg5QueHwVw/73323017_163301061734722_3947860365693419520_n_163301051734723.jpg photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_kg5QueHwVw/78292772_163301101734718_5216345838074200064_n_163301098401385.jpg photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_kg5QueHwVw/77425994_163301108401384_4413947266012807168_n_163301105068051.jpg THE NONSENSE OF THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

    YELLOW = violated by USA

    STRIKEOUT = not possible under natural law.

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-01 20:54:00 UTC

  • photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_dJ9jhts2Ng/78567267_519502865313275_45814358550

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    photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_dJ9jhts2Ng/78567267_519502865313275_4581435855092056064_o_519502861979942.jpg YES IT IS EASY TO JUDGE ART, JUST LIKE WRITTEN OR ACTED WORKS

    (from twitter ‘dispute’)

    I can teach anyone to evaluate art. This is the overview of the method from the course presentation. With practice you can judge any work, set of works, movement, civilizational works, and speak of them intelligently and recognize when you must say “i don’t know enough” on one hand, and ‘i like it’ (or not) on the other. Art is a craft like any other. You may not like Shakespeare, Joyce (understandably), Hemmingway, or Dickens (oddly) or Michener, Ludlum, Forsythe, or the female equivalent, any other set of authors, but it’s possible to intelligently say why; same for food; same for art. Otherwise, you’re just saying “i don’t like math” and ” i like comedies”. Because how you feel about art is a measure of YOU, not the art.YES IT IS EASY TO JUDGE ART, JUST LIKE WRITTEN OR ACTED WORKS

    (from twitter ‘dispute’)

    I can teach anyone to evaluate art. This is the overview of the method from the course presentation. With practice you can judge any work, set of works, movement, civilizational works, and speak of them intelligently and recognize when you must say “i don’t know enough” on one hand, and ‘i like it’ (or not) on the other. Art is a craft like any other. You may not like Shakespeare, Joyce (understandably), Hemmingway, or Dickens (oddly) or Michener, Ludlum, Forsythe, or the female equivalent, any other set of authors, but it’s possible to intelligently say why; same for food; same for art. Otherwise, you’re just saying “i don’t like math” and ” i like comedies”. Because how you feel about art is a measure of YOU, not the art.

    Source date (UTC): 2019-12-01 14:21:00 UTC