Mar 29, 2020, 11:38 AM
—“DHS Adds Workers for Gunmakers, Gun Retailers, and Shooting Ranges to “Essential Critical Infrastructure” List”— —“Seems ‘they’ have a plan, otherwise I would expect the opposite of this from Washington.”—@Achtttung
It’s just as important for first responders as it is for citizens. And this is a reaction to some cities forcing closure of gun shops. But yes, it’s looking like it might get out of hand. And yes it should be glorious if it does.
Mar 29, 2020, 11:44 AM
—“…JFG claimed that morality is subjective entirely…”—
Well, I corrected him. Personal moral bias is subjective. We compete with others in a market of moral biases. We converge to reciprocity within our local geographic, demographic, familial, social, economic, and political organizations, and we absolutely converge on reciprocity in international affairs where there is no means of enforcement other than boycott, trade war, or war. Personal Moral Bias > Local Market Moral Bias > World Market Moral bias. We rarely if ever find people who do not engage in reciprocity within the limits of proportionality who are not outcast or imprisoned or worse. So it’s false that we do not practice reciprocity. We just limit the scope of reciprocity that we take to market to avoid others, cooperate with others, or prey upon others. But the differences in our scopes of reciprocity narrow as we approach the global Because the utility of of our choice declines with scale. Sociopaths often practice reciprocity just fine. Because it’s useful. Empathics practice reciprocity just fine, because they intuit it. the difference is that the first is by experience and reason, the second is by biological intuition. A cooperative species – meaning one that can select whether to cooperate or not – cannot survive without moral intuition.
Mar 29, 2020, 11:44 AM
—“…JFG claimed that morality is subjective entirely…”—
Well, I corrected him. Personal moral bias is subjective. We compete with others in a market of moral biases. We converge to reciprocity within our local geographic, demographic, familial, social, economic, and political organizations, and we absolutely converge on reciprocity in international affairs where there is no means of enforcement other than boycott, trade war, or war. Personal Moral Bias > Local Market Moral Bias > World Market Moral bias. We rarely if ever find people who do not engage in reciprocity within the limits of proportionality who are not outcast or imprisoned or worse. So it’s false that we do not practice reciprocity. We just limit the scope of reciprocity that we take to market to avoid others, cooperate with others, or prey upon others. But the differences in our scopes of reciprocity narrow as we approach the global Because the utility of of our choice declines with scale. Sociopaths often practice reciprocity just fine. Because it’s useful. Empathics practice reciprocity just fine, because they intuit it. the difference is that the first is by experience and reason, the second is by biological intuition. A cooperative species – meaning one that can select whether to cooperate or not – cannot survive without moral intuition.
Mar 29, 2020, 11:53 AM
—“NYT: The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed…. As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America’s acute shortage.”—@sarahkliff
—“NEW: Read about the cheaper, more durable ventilator that never was. It’s a tale about just what happens when critical public-health projects are left to private companies. SPOILER: it doesn’t end well. “—Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jbsgreenberg
CORRECTION: When left to practical monopolies, not the private sector. The government’s role is to prevent practical monopolies and maintain fault tolerant supply chains in strategic industries (no one cares about ferraris). The government has failed to maintain the MARKET. I should take it further: We see how Education, FDA, and CDC have all failed in their missions. But we also see how Doctors have NOT failed in their mission. If military, industry, and health practitioners continuously updated strategic requirements by govt mandate it’d be fine.
Mar 29, 2020, 11:53 AM
—“NYT: The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed…. As the coronavirus spreads, the collapse of the project helps explain America’s acute shortage.”—@sarahkliff
—“NEW: Read about the cheaper, more durable ventilator that never was. It’s a tale about just what happens when critical public-health projects are left to private companies. SPOILER: it doesn’t end well. “—Jessica Silver-Greenberg @jbsgreenberg
CORRECTION: When left to practical monopolies, not the private sector. The government’s role is to prevent practical monopolies and maintain fault tolerant supply chains in strategic industries (no one cares about ferraris). The government has failed to maintain the MARKET. I should take it further: We see how Education, FDA, and CDC have all failed in their missions. But we also see how Doctors have NOT failed in their mission. If military, industry, and health practitioners continuously updated strategic requirements by govt mandate it’d be fine.
Mar 29, 2020, 12:06 PM
—“So what’s next? Will secession and decentralization take root as the wave of the political future? Or are we facing even further entrenchment of the centralized state authoritarian paradigm?”— Josh Deel
It depends if you me and 1M other men make the choice. I’m going to make the choice. Will you make the choice???
—“How then to mobilize and move it forward? We need approx. 3-4% of the greater population to pull it off. No? Or could that number be revised downward in our given “opportunity” of circumstance(s)?”— Josh Deel
We’d need 10-100k to start it, 2M+ to force it. 3-4% to support it, and a quarter of the people to at least not resist it, and provide intel and cover. In simple terms if all the happy christians went to DC with a set of demands, and 1M of us are mobile elsewhere creating pressure then it’s over. But we have to offer a solution that at least 1/4 of the people will want. My view is more than half will want it. That’s enough. In other words, as I understand it, you cannot resist the P-constitution unless you want to impose irreciprocity on others. If you do then we have moral license to impose irreciprocity too. Question is. Can I tolerate producing a podcast to take this to market. Can john and the others take it down market. And can we make it popular enough a conversation (“help us build a new constitution”) that we can get the numbers above.
Mar 29, 2020, 12:06 PM
—“So what’s next? Will secession and decentralization take root as the wave of the political future? Or are we facing even further entrenchment of the centralized state authoritarian paradigm?”— Josh Deel
It depends if you me and 1M other men make the choice. I’m going to make the choice. Will you make the choice???
—“How then to mobilize and move it forward? We need approx. 3-4% of the greater population to pull it off. No? Or could that number be revised downward in our given “opportunity” of circumstance(s)?”— Josh Deel
We’d need 10-100k to start it, 2M+ to force it. 3-4% to support it, and a quarter of the people to at least not resist it, and provide intel and cover. In simple terms if all the happy christians went to DC with a set of demands, and 1M of us are mobile elsewhere creating pressure then it’s over. But we have to offer a solution that at least 1/4 of the people will want. My view is more than half will want it. That’s enough. In other words, as I understand it, you cannot resist the P-constitution unless you want to impose irreciprocity on others. If you do then we have moral license to impose irreciprocity too. Question is. Can I tolerate producing a podcast to take this to market. Can john and the others take it down market. And can we make it popular enough a conversation (“help us build a new constitution”) that we can get the numbers above.
Mar 29, 2020, 12:34 PM
—“Boomers hate crypto for some reason even though crypto still seems more real than printing infinity money.”—Avin Welleci
Fiat Currency or “Infinity” money (share-in-economy money) is a competitive necessity. We can’t survive in a world economy without it. And we certainly can’t insure one another against disasters without it. Special Fiat Currency such as Food Stamp Money is extremely useful. There is no reason we don’t add ‘utility money, housing money’ as well. Conversely, Crypto money (token money) is a means of saving. And commodity money an even more fault tolerant means of saving – albeit a costly one. They all have their roles. I suspect it’s not occurring to you that the central issue is having one currency rather than multiple. Fiat Housing < Fiat Utility < Fiat Food < Fiat General < Digital Savings < Gold(commodity money). There is too little gold to serve as commodity money. Oil is too variable for commodity money. It’s possible to crate a basket of commodity money, from all the precious metals. My argument was that (a) crypto cannot serve as money substitute given current tech and costs of computing, (b) that self hosted crypto means the network is institutionally fragile (c) that a monolithic transaction system is faster, less fragile, and unassailable by the state. (d) the state will not tolerate the us of it for the reasons it was invented: drug money. Don’t assume boomer means bias (I’m a jones generation by the way – between boomers and x’s – like bill gates, steve jobs) It might mean (as it does in this case) i know more than you do. ’cause I do. 😉
Mar 29, 2020, 12:34 PM
—“Boomers hate crypto for some reason even though crypto still seems more real than printing infinity money.”—Avin Welleci
Fiat Currency or “Infinity” money (share-in-economy money) is a competitive necessity. We can’t survive in a world economy without it. And we certainly can’t insure one another against disasters without it. Special Fiat Currency such as Food Stamp Money is extremely useful. There is no reason we don’t add ‘utility money, housing money’ as well. Conversely, Crypto money (token money) is a means of saving. And commodity money an even more fault tolerant means of saving – albeit a costly one. They all have their roles. I suspect it’s not occurring to you that the central issue is having one currency rather than multiple. Fiat Housing < Fiat Utility < Fiat Food < Fiat General < Digital Savings < Gold(commodity money). There is too little gold to serve as commodity money. Oil is too variable for commodity money. It’s possible to crate a basket of commodity money, from all the precious metals. My argument was that (a) crypto cannot serve as money substitute given current tech and costs of computing, (b) that self hosted crypto means the network is institutionally fragile (c) that a monolithic transaction system is faster, less fragile, and unassailable by the state. (d) the state will not tolerate the us of it for the reasons it was invented: drug money. Don’t assume boomer means bias (I’m a jones generation by the way – between boomers and x’s – like bill gates, steve jobs) It might mean (as it does in this case) i know more than you do. ’cause I do. 😉
Mar 29, 2020, 3:41 PM
Is this whole edifice as simple as women are biologically wired, totally unconsciously, for ‘men will handle it’ or ‘make men handle it’ just like they are wired for caring about babies?
(sht testing)