Curt Doolittle

Theme: Agency

  • (Diary) I don’t work *for* anyone other than mankind and my people. Otherwise I

    (Diary)
    I don’t work *for* anyone other than mankind and my people. Otherwise I have customers, partners, and friends. Compensation, when necessary, is just part of the cost of cooperation on one thing vs another thing. As such I have generally built companies that serve others while providing me a vehicle for research and development. 😉

    (Explaining this to someone today. Why? Autistic tendency to treat everyone as a peer until proven otherwise; trait disagreeableness meaning non-conformity and preservation of agency (freedom); ADHD that means we can’t focus on it if it isn’t interesting; and lastly that I’ve had a moral mission since I was twelve and I never deviate from it.
    Why? Mankind is always running in the dark with a lamp in one hand and scissors in the other. Humans need all the help they can get. 😉 If only so they do less harm to me and those I care about. 😉 )

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-22 00:56:50 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2035521045931938041

  • I don’t do hate. I do frustration. I do exasperation. I do pragmatism. I do pain

    I don’t do hate. I do frustration. I do exasperation. I do pragmatism. I do painful realism. But I don’t do hate. Like fear, hate is a mind-killer, and it rots you from the inside out. Instead, identification > recognition > choice > determination > planning > struggling > making it happen. In many ways, indulging your emotions is a means of doing nothing and congratulating yourself for it.

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-20 18:42:31 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2035064459983823125

  • Obvious. “The AI Did It = The Dog Ate My Homework” Humans are always liable, not

    Obvious. “The AI Did It = The Dog Ate My Homework”

    Humans are always liable, not machines. Just humans.

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-17 18:40:49 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2033976866156253692

  • The extant work on facets which are reducible to sex differences in the big5/6.

    The extant work on facets which are reducible to sex differences in the big5/6. With facets and an explanation of sex differences in perception, valence, and cognition further resolution appears of limited value.

    I don’t see the value of these attributes (categories). If you could explain it I’d appreciate it.

    Thanks.

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-17 00:26:02 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2033701357392433358

  • I’m the opposite. In some way’s I’m envious. Because the great steam-powered aut

    I’m the opposite. In some way’s I’m envious. Because the great steam-powered autistic machine in my head never, ever stops working – and the way I achieve peace is by giving it something to work on that’s constructive rather than randomly seeking something that isn’t always so.

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-15 01:43:00 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2032995949015077218

  • You’re presuming equality among your peers, even those who agree with you and ar

    You’re presuming equality among your peers, even those who agree with you and are willing to bear the same responsibility. But nearly everyone is a bot following the path of least resistance in relation to their priors.

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-14 18:43:25 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2032890359496466438

  • The Manipulated Man Book by Esther Vilar The Manipulated Man is a controversial

    The Manipulated Man
    Book by Esther Vilar
    The Manipulated Man is a controversial 1971 book by Esther Vilar that argues women are not oppressed but instead manipulate men through sex, emotional blackmail, and traditional roles to secure provision and a comfortable life, with men being the ones who are truly controlled. Vilar claims women use praise, sex, and emotional displays to control men, who work and provide while women consume and languish, and that men must recognize this manipulation to achieve true equality. The book, originally written in German, became a bestseller and sparked significant debate, with Vilar maintaining that little has changed since its publication.

    Core arguments
    Manipulation, not oppression: Vilar’s central thesis is that women are not victims but are in control, using subtle and overt tactics to manipulate men.
    Tools of manipulation: She identifies praise, sex, and emotional blackmail (dramatized emotional reactions) as key tools women use to control men.
    Gender roles: The book posits that men work and think, while women consume and languish, with women choosing to let men provide for them in exchange for sex and praise.
    Marriage as a trap: Vilar argues that marriage is a trap for men, coerced by women under the guise of romance, and that men gain little from it.

    Reception and intent
    Controversial:The book was a sensation and earned Vilar severe criticism, but she intended it as a call for honesty between the sexes, not misogyny.
    A call to action:Vilar concludes that men must recognize and openly criticize this dynamic for real change to occur, as women are unlikely to give up their advantageous position.

    Video:

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=sCnc0qUsZTI…Book:
    https://barnesandnoble.com/w/the-manipulated-man-esther-vilar/1100086897?ean=2940162447894…

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-14 13:50:11 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2032816566031859777

  • MEN ARE A RESOURCE TO BE CONSUMED? RE: –“I have realised , as a man, no one car

    MEN ARE A RESOURCE TO BE CONSUMED?
    RE: –“I have realised , as a man, no one cares about you. Not your wife. Not your family. Not your friends. Not your workmates. Nobody.”–

    Hmm… thoughts below.

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-14 02:45:19 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2032649244386144775

  • There are a dozen ways I would like to answer that question, but the simplest is

    There are a dozen ways I would like to answer that question, but the simplest is the same one we use for pornography: I know it when I see it. And in this case it’s “I know it when I talk to it.” If you can judge integration while blindfolded then you can tell. If you want me to list all the properties we sense when doing so I suppose I could do that with painful accuracy. And I suspect only conservatives can do so.

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-09 22:24:06 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2031133955311939760

  • One must be capable of honesty in the context of which he makes an expression. D

    One must be capable of honesty in the context of which he makes an expression. Do you possess the same self awareness you demand of those others? I suggest more so but because the evidence has manifest before you. Yet if you tried to propose an alternative model, would you be any less blind to consequences over time than they were?

    IN the sense that you are ‘conservative’: demanding evidence before tolerating variance in genetic, normative, informal, and formal capital – you are less likely to be wrong by pursuit of the false promise of utopian fantasies.

    What are you trading for that risk abatement and how do you know what is worth trading and what not?

    I suspect you would say that scale and agency increase risk tolerance and small scale and limited agency decrease risk tolerance.

    As such, if expressed in those terms (practical) rather than ideological or moral, you would be correct. It’s your continued posturing as moral vs practical that I have a hard time with.

    The jews were diasporic, the Anglos, Romans, and Greeks naval, the continentals and the russians landed martial, and each had a different strategy because each had different constraints.

    The moral difference only comes in to play (as you say) when we are cooperating. Otherwise morality has nothing to do with it. I know you know this but it doesn’t stop you from arguing against yourself.

    Blaming the strong and advantaged because one is week and disadvantaged when we are not bound by a desire or need of cooperation is begging for special pleading because one is weak.

    It’s not an argument.

    Source date (UTC): 2026-03-03 21:42:41 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2028949205650423873