Curt Doolittle

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  • We have a suite in one of the better hotels, overlooking Parliament across the T

    We have a suite in one of the better hotels, overlooking Parliament across the Thames. The service is exceptional, although not as good as German or American.

    And the internet is completely useless.

    I know I’m from Seattle. And that service is ubiquitous. So perhaps I have a skewed perspective.

    But service is better in the average restaurant or cafe in Kiev.

    I know the systemic cause of the problem. It’s that wealth and credit cause pervasive distortion of the talent pool such that all employees are beyond their range of competence. That doesn’t happen in countries with surplus talented labor.

    Which is why I do business in Ukraine despite the obvious, and numerous difficulties. Our team is amazing.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-13 19:40:00 UTC

  • London The architecture, the art, the history, the shopping, the security of you

    London

    The architecture, the art, the history, the shopping, the security of your rights, and the quality of the infrastructure almost can aesthetically compete with the beauty, culture, and character of Ukrainian people themselves.

    Almost.

    I prefer my art in human form.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-13 19:13:00 UTC

  • What is the name of the elegant older gentleman who runs the libertarian Salon i

    What is the name of the elegant older gentleman who runs the libertarian Salon in London?

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-13 03:07:00 UTC

  • Well they let me out of Ukraine without banning me from reentry. I get my reside

    Well they let me out of Ukraine without banning me from reentry. I get my residency visa from the embassy on Monday.

    So unless we have further complications we will be able to travel in and out of Ukraine without risk to the business.

    Which means that I can visit my friends in Europe this year.

    😉

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-13 03:05:00 UTC

  • The Crime Of Statism : Conspiracy I disagree vehemently with Walter Block on eth

    The Crime Of Statism : Conspiracy

    I disagree vehemently with Walter Block on ethics, but I agree with his proposition that Statism should be criminalized.

    Under Propertarianism it’s conspiracy.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-13 02:07:00 UTC

  • (“Aristocratic Egalitarian Libertarianism?” I think that’s redundant. And why ca

    (“Aristocratic Egalitarian Libertarianism?” I think that’s redundant. And why carry the baggage of Rothbardianism?)

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-13 00:05:00 UTC

  • TRANSNATIONAL INSURGENCIES Aristocratic Egalitarianism, in which we obtain prope

    TRANSNATIONAL INSURGENCIES

    Aristocratic Egalitarianism, in which we obtain property rights in exchange with others, to whom we grant them, under the agreement that we will defend each other’s rights, can or cannot know boundaries. I cannot understand how it can consider boundaries.

    It should be just as easy for a dedicated minority of insurgents to influence western property rights as it has been for a dedicated minority of insurgents in other cultures to attempt to alter their allocations of property and property rights – albeit, they don’t use that conceptualization or terminology.

    Knights of just as important today as they were in the past.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-13 00:05:00 UTC

  • ARGUMENT, MORAL BLINDNESS, AND INSTITUTIONS I can tell your moral code and polit

    ARGUMENT, MORAL BLINDNESS, AND INSTITUTIONS

    I can tell your moral code and political preference by the method you use to argue, as much as I can the moral bias of your arguments.

    And I’m still surprised at myself, despite knowing that (other than conservatives) people are morally blind, I try to reason with people.

    Now the fact is, that I know when I’m doing it, that it’s impossible. Like anyone else I hope to do a little education – to provide a light into the moral darkness.

    But, my objective is actually to learn how to state my arguments in a multitude of fashions, such that they explain those different areas of moral blindness. I know I cannot convince others to change their moral bias. It’s genetic. But I can consistently improve my arguments.

    My arguments are prescriptive. I know that is impossible. What I can do is construct institutions that allow us to cooperate despite these moral biases.

    But in the end, we are other than gene-machines, using very elaborate language to justify our reproductive strategies.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-12 23:30:00 UTC

  • ARISTOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY Aristocracy in a post-agrarian economy is a philosophica

    ARISTOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY

    Aristocracy in a post-agrarian economy is a philosophical choice made by individuals with a set of intellectual, moral, and emotional dispositions. It is not a property of wealth. But a property of ones choice to take ownership of the commons, and to abstain from free riding, in an alliance with others who would do the same.

    Aristocracy is a choice.

    Choose.

    THE VIRTUE OF ARISTOCRACY

    The choice is not the same as producing consistent membership in a family that propagates that philosophy.

    One can choose, but its the outcome that is the measure of the achievement.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-12 08:00:00 UTC

  • Works both ways. Make a woman feel safe by providing whatever it is that makes h

    Works both ways. Make a woman feel safe by providing whatever it is that makes her feel safe. Make a man feel valued by whatever means he needs to feel valued.

    Thats about all I can figure out. 🙂

    Source date (UTC): 2014-04-12 07:19:00 UTC