Theme: Education

  • Why Is Neoliberalism So Prevalent In The U.s.?

    Women voters, and the profitability of selling education that appeals to future women voters.  And the profitability of selling consumption to women voters in their role as consumers. 


    Really.  That’s the reason.

    https://www.quora.com/Why-is-neoliberalism-so-prevalent-in-the-U-S

  • Why Is Neoliberalism So Prevalent In The U.s.?

    Women voters, and the profitability of selling education that appeals to future women voters.  And the profitability of selling consumption to women voters in their role as consumers. 


    Really.  That’s the reason.

    https://www.quora.com/Why-is-neoliberalism-so-prevalent-in-the-U-S

  • Funny thought. Teach programming first. Then logic. Then grammar. Then rhetoric.

    Funny thought.

    Teach programming first.

    Then logic.

    Then grammar.

    Then rhetoric.

    How would that play?


    Source date (UTC): 2016-01-16 11:55:00 UTC

  • Q&A: —“CURT: When I have attempted to actually debate formally or write a crit

    Q&A: —“CURT: When I have attempted to actually debate formally or write a critical essay i can apply deductive logic – but I can’t do it on a whim. [I wish I could]”—-

    You know, I read my first book on logic in 7th grade and realized that I had an entirely subconscious talent for it.

    But, it’s counter-intuitive, and it’s expensive, and it takes a lot of practice. You’ll notice is that the more you do it the better you get. And as long as you don’t try to cut corners, and you stick with it, and argue daily for at least an hour, after about two or three years you get very, very good at it.


    Source date (UTC): 2016-01-15 07:34:00 UTC

  • CAN I FIND A VOLUNTEER FOR THE WEBSITE MAYBE? The last time I updated my article

    CAN I FIND A VOLUNTEER FOR THE WEBSITE MAYBE?

    The last time I updated my articles-organized-by-chapter was in June. Starting in July and August I was less disciplined about monthly migration of my facebook posts to the web site.

    So I would like a victim (volunteer) who might be willing to work backward through my posts to July 1st, search for them on my site, and to send me a list of posts that are not on the web site. all I need is a text file with a list of links.

    Now please do not respond to this impulsively and disappoint both of us. I write around 100 things a month at times. And the website is not fast when performing searches. So this is something you can do while watching tv or something, but it is not something that can be done quickly.

    So, it might be better to just choose one month, and do that, and let someone else do another. So Multiple volunteers would be even better. And if you finish one and still are willing to do another that’s great.

    I suspect that I have about 80-90% of the posts captured, but I am very skeptical about September and October because I was under a great deal of stress.

    Please PM me (message) if you’re willing to do a month. Don’t respond here.

    Note that I only transfer articles of philosophy, not humor and sarcasm and diary entries. But if it’s hard to choose just include it.

    Thanks all.

    Curt Doolittle


    Source date (UTC): 2016-01-14 08:42:00 UTC

  • OUR LIBRARIAN Ramsey Mekdaschi HAS EXPANDED OUR INVENTORY OF WORKS. Register on

    OUR LIBRARIAN Ramsey Mekdaschi HAS EXPANDED OUR INVENTORY OF WORKS.

    Register on the site, then ask me for access to the library. We have pretty much everything on the reading list and more.


    Source date (UTC): 2016-01-14 04:14:00 UTC

  • Curt, I just wanted to say thank you so much for making this video. I found it e

    Curt, I just wanted to say thank you so much for making this video. I found it extremely helpful and I hope that you’ll continue to make videos like this to elucidate Propertarianism. Keep up the great work. Hugs, man!


    Source date (UTC): 2016-01-12 09:54:00 UTC

  • Are There Good Reasons To Argue with Amateurs? Sure.

    [T]here are two reasons to conduct arguments in forums, or their long history of ancestors back to Newsgroups, CompuServe, bulletin boards, and newsletters. First is to learn how to defeat BAD arguments made by amateurs. Primarily because the mass of political voters in this world are amateurs. Second to understand the psychology of those who engage in sentimental rather than informed arguments. What you learn is that many men cannot argue from a position of weakness by simply asking questions. And that many young men in particular who feel outcast, hold to rationalist status seeking life rafts like rats in a sinking ship. So what you eventually come to understand, is that (a) it’s a combative way of learning for some who do not have access to quality teachers, professors, or the ability to digest written material. And (b) a combative way of getting attention on the other, from those who feel alienated. And lastly (c) a way to develop skill debating amateurs. I have a great deal of respect for the latter use, and used it myself. It is a great way to learn to conduct verbal sparring, and to learn all the logical fallacies that amateurs depend upon. I like to help individuals who need access to someone informed due to their inability to make a connection during their education. I see this as something between a moral obligation and a public service. Men are not treated well by our feminized education system. But I don’t like to waste my time on the borderline schizotypal personalities or those who merely want attention. Cheers

  • Are There Good Reasons To Argue with Amateurs? Sure.

    [T]here are two reasons to conduct arguments in forums, or their long history of ancestors back to Newsgroups, CompuServe, bulletin boards, and newsletters. First is to learn how to defeat BAD arguments made by amateurs. Primarily because the mass of political voters in this world are amateurs. Second to understand the psychology of those who engage in sentimental rather than informed arguments. What you learn is that many men cannot argue from a position of weakness by simply asking questions. And that many young men in particular who feel outcast, hold to rationalist status seeking life rafts like rats in a sinking ship. So what you eventually come to understand, is that (a) it’s a combative way of learning for some who do not have access to quality teachers, professors, or the ability to digest written material. And (b) a combative way of getting attention on the other, from those who feel alienated. And lastly (c) a way to develop skill debating amateurs. I have a great deal of respect for the latter use, and used it myself. It is a great way to learn to conduct verbal sparring, and to learn all the logical fallacies that amateurs depend upon. I like to help individuals who need access to someone informed due to their inability to make a connection during their education. I see this as something between a moral obligation and a public service. Men are not treated well by our feminized education system. But I don’t like to waste my time on the borderline schizotypal personalities or those who merely want attention. Cheers

  • The guys are kicking it. Kirill seems not to like it when I issue these because

    The guys are kicking it. Kirill seems not to like it when I issue these because he thinks I’m signing him up for more, but the real reason I’m doing this is so that people who care know what’s going on now that we’re very close to finished. So anything I say here is my fault and he and the team are innocent. 🙂

    Left on the table:

    I don’t know about this first one. (I am trying not to bother them on the weekend) I’m not sure if the ‘sprint accounting’ is done or working or not. That means, that once you start a deliverable or project we track additions and subtractions and changes to tasks and estimates. This allows us to produce an accurate burndown chart and metrics.

    Now Oversing treats every week as an operational sprint that you forecast and measure the results of. (I won’t go into why right now.) The Forecast system isn’t quite complete because of the workflow control in the UI or the tracking of additions and removals like the sprints (i am not sure about the workflow yet). They haven’t been able to get to it. This operational tempo is the key to using Oversing to manage your business, while at the same time training your people to plan and review what they accomplished.

    The same problem with controlling the accounting period (I cut the time period management function for v1, but we’ll put it all on one ‘dashboard’ in a later version.

    Progress bars aren’t updating on the schedule panel.

    The main reports. I’ve been overestimating the number that we need and it’s really closer to a dozen at most.

    The one “ouch” that I know is going to have to delay for a bit; showing all the appointments (reservations) on the gantt chart so that the pm can tell what is scheduled and what not.

    Also some UI nits on the Responsibilities (Inbox) Panel.

    The rest of the issues are usability related nits but will not prevent us from getting users working with the product.

    Gotta thank our guys they are doing amazing things during the holidays under duress.


    Source date (UTC): 2016-01-10 10:47:00 UTC