by Igor Rogov (brilliant) The “English” success is more easily attributable to one or two social inventions of Saxons – the free man on his own land, also known as churl and an armed militia or fyrd, which were quite distinct from greek or early roman examples because they persisted as something very essential and spiritual entities which resulted in Magna Carta which was then revitalised in American constitution.
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The Study Of History Creates Depth Of Understanding
The lack of depth of even the most ambitious lay thinkers never ceases to amaze me. I expect compartmentalizational ignorance from members of the academy, but the laity has no such excuse to specialize. I hear IQ this and that from people the time, and as far as I can tell, endless curiosity, extreme suspicion of your intuitions, the continuous accumulation of knowledge, and the continuous reformation of your frames in response to that knowledge is what creates ‘depth’. And as far as I know, Durant was right: that depth is most likely from the study of one or more dimensions of history- for it is demonstrated history – not justified – that tells us the truth of man.
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The Study Of History Creates Depth Of Understanding
The lack of depth of even the most ambitious lay thinkers never ceases to amaze me. I expect compartmentalizational ignorance from members of the academy, but the laity has no such excuse to specialize. I hear IQ this and that from people the time, and as far as I can tell, endless curiosity, extreme suspicion of your intuitions, the continuous accumulation of knowledge, and the continuous reformation of your frames in response to that knowledge is what creates ‘depth’. And as far as I know, Durant was right: that depth is most likely from the study of one or more dimensions of history- for it is demonstrated history – not justified – that tells us the truth of man.
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Let Me Help You. (Trump)
Trump knows how to play brinkmanship, and he is fully aware that everyone at the table understands that the bloodiest civil war in human history is hanging over Washington’s head. He cannot lose. The only way to win is to leave him alone and ignore him. Everything else just makes him more powerful, further reinforces the base, advances his longer term objectives of withdrawing the states from paying the costs of policing the worlds institutions of finance, transport, and trade. People who work in bureaucracies, particularly in the civilized west, who have little knowledge of military and political history, who have never had the responsibility of building businesses at scale, particularly with little personal money, and particularly in a trade as corrupt as construction and the demands of construction in relation to state bureaucracies, unions, and foreign corruption are profoundly naive. The most powerful method of management in an environment of mistrust is chaos, by which one applies long term pressure to achieve strategic ends. It’s not complicated. It’s trivially simple. You just need financial and political independence, and minority of men willing to kill for you. And that is because I do the same thing…..
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Let Me Help You. (Trump)
Trump knows how to play brinkmanship, and he is fully aware that everyone at the table understands that the bloodiest civil war in human history is hanging over Washington’s head. He cannot lose. The only way to win is to leave him alone and ignore him. Everything else just makes him more powerful, further reinforces the base, advances his longer term objectives of withdrawing the states from paying the costs of policing the worlds institutions of finance, transport, and trade. People who work in bureaucracies, particularly in the civilized west, who have little knowledge of military and political history, who have never had the responsibility of building businesses at scale, particularly with little personal money, and particularly in a trade as corrupt as construction and the demands of construction in relation to state bureaucracies, unions, and foreign corruption are profoundly naive. The most powerful method of management in an environment of mistrust is chaos, by which one applies long term pressure to achieve strategic ends. It’s not complicated. It’s trivially simple. You just need financial and political independence, and minority of men willing to kill for you. And that is because I do the same thing…..
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Wage vs Income: Told Ya So
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-06-26/seattle-s-painful-lesson-on-the-road-to-a-15-minimum-wage1) For every 1 percent increase in their hourly wage, low-wage workers saw a 3 percent reduction in the number of hours worked. As a result, they lost about $125 in earnings a month, clawing back the entire gain from the earlier hike and more. 2) THE EFFECT IS NON LINEAR AND ACCELERATES RAPIDLY -
Wage vs Income: Told Ya So
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-06-26/seattle-s-painful-lesson-on-the-road-to-a-15-minimum-wage1) For every 1 percent increase in their hourly wage, low-wage workers saw a 3 percent reduction in the number of hours worked. As a result, they lost about $125 in earnings a month, clawing back the entire gain from the earlier hike and more. 2) THE EFFECT IS NON LINEAR AND ACCELERATES RAPIDLY -
—“WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AT 20?”—
When I was 20? I don’t know if I can answer truthfully I was in college, I had a hot girlfriend I was crazy about, had good friends, was doing ok art, had not much money but enough, and was otherwise pretty happy as far as I know. I had the same sensibilities. but like most aspies my mind was still forming and in retrospect that’s how I see that period. In my mind I was not very different from today. But that’s probably just my mind playing tricks on me. I think 22 sucked after breaking up with my girlfriend, and it ruined my college experience also. So I threw myself into business and women and it worked out after a bit. But I had a bit of personal confusion in there for a bit. I made a couple of mistakes. First was not transferring to philosophy, and second putting too much investment into my girlfriend. Third was I was just too tired all the time….. If I could do it over I would take out more loans and work follow my interest in argument and philosophy. The problem is wouldn’t have ended up where I have with all this amazing life experience having done so much amazing crazy stuff. TRUTH: While I had the benefit of being more than a little good looking, and a lot of confidence, I had a very hard time as a high functioning aspie and I used girlfriends (devotedly) to build my social circle, and to some degree to keep me attached to civil reality. I have continued to do this throughout my life. This was a mistake. Most of the men I respect avoid ‘entanglements’ and build assets and that was my original disposition. I should have stayed with it. In other words, women are extremely expensive and a poor return until after you accumulate assets. So rent rather than buy the merchandise. The problem is your testosterone misleads you as much as estrogen misleads women.
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—“WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AT 20?”—
When I was 20? I don’t know if I can answer truthfully I was in college, I had a hot girlfriend I was crazy about, had good friends, was doing ok art, had not much money but enough, and was otherwise pretty happy as far as I know. I had the same sensibilities. but like most aspies my mind was still forming and in retrospect that’s how I see that period. In my mind I was not very different from today. But that’s probably just my mind playing tricks on me. I think 22 sucked after breaking up with my girlfriend, and it ruined my college experience also. So I threw myself into business and women and it worked out after a bit. But I had a bit of personal confusion in there for a bit. I made a couple of mistakes. First was not transferring to philosophy, and second putting too much investment into my girlfriend. Third was I was just too tired all the time….. If I could do it over I would take out more loans and work follow my interest in argument and philosophy. The problem is wouldn’t have ended up where I have with all this amazing life experience having done so much amazing crazy stuff. TRUTH: While I had the benefit of being more than a little good looking, and a lot of confidence, I had a very hard time as a high functioning aspie and I used girlfriends (devotedly) to build my social circle, and to some degree to keep me attached to civil reality. I have continued to do this throughout my life. This was a mistake. Most of the men I respect avoid ‘entanglements’ and build assets and that was my original disposition. I should have stayed with it. In other words, women are extremely expensive and a poor return until after you accumulate assets. So rent rather than buy the merchandise. The problem is your testosterone misleads you as much as estrogen misleads women.
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They Were the Most Naive Generation, Not the Best.
Try having that conversation with people who suffered through the unnecessary pains of world war two: Actually, it was a catastrophe. the Germans were right. They were trying to save the world from communism. And all you naive, ignorant, self righteous morons did nothing with your sacrifice except make the world safe for communism and postmodernism and the destruction of the family, our traditions, our constitution, and our civilization. You weren’t the greatest generation, but the dumbest, and the boomers you left behind you were the most fucking evil sons and daughters of pandora that ever walked the earth.