Curt Doolittle

Theme: Productivity

  • More “Life’s Potential Energy (capital)”

    —“Everyone is born with X amount of potential (genetic, cultural, material and technological capital). If they do nothing or pursue a hedonic lifestyle, that potential will be consumed and then one dies. Most people barely sustain it, maybe increase it marginally. Exceptional people increase it exponentially, and that’s why we have pareto distributions of success. The people that take advantage of the most opportunities and put their potential/capital to work gain the most potential/capital in return. Simple.”— @Yannis Kontinopoulo ( h/t: Simon Ström )

  • MORE “LIFE’S POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPITAL)” —“Everyone is born with X amount of p

    MORE “LIFE’S POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPITAL)”

    —“Everyone is born with X amount of potential (genetic, cultural, material and technological capital). If they do nothing or pursue a hedonic lifestyle, that potential will be consumed and then one dies. Most people barely sustain it, maybe increase it marginally. Exceptional people increase it exponentially, and that’s why we have pareto distributions of success. The people that take advantage of the most opportunities and put their potential/capital to work gain the most potential/capital in return. Simple.”— @Yannis Kontinopoulo

    ( h/t: Simon Ström )

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-08 10:41:00 UTC

  • ARE WRONG. WAR IS THE BEST INDUSTRY AFTER RULE. WAR, RULE, FINANCE … Everythin

    https://news.stanford.edu/2018/05/03/war-drove-18th-century-industrial-revolution-great-britain/LIBERTARIANS ARE WRONG. WAR IS THE BEST INDUSTRY AFTER RULE.

    WAR, RULE, FINANCE … Everything else is just noise.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-07 19:55:00 UTC

  • “Yes My Child, Only Half Of People Work” 😉

    —“Only half participate in the work force? Really?”— um… that’s normal. children, stay at home moms, and the elderly. 20 years to mature, 40 years of work, 20 years of retirement = 50% employment in an evenly rotating population. That simple sentence is enough to explain why redistribution doesn’t work. Costly to train, costly to reproduce the next generation and work, and costly to support in old age. Basically if you can’t pay for yourself you’re screwed.

  • “Yes My Child, Only Half Of People Work” 😉

    —“Only half participate in the work force? Really?”— um… that’s normal. children, stay at home moms, and the elderly. 20 years to mature, 40 years of work, 20 years of retirement = 50% employment in an evenly rotating population. That simple sentence is enough to explain why redistribution doesn’t work. Costly to train, costly to reproduce the next generation and work, and costly to support in old age. Basically if you can’t pay for yourself you’re screwed.

  • “YES MY CHILD, ONLY HALF OF PEOPLE WORK” 😉 —“Only half participate in the wor

    “YES MY CHILD, ONLY HALF OF PEOPLE WORK” 😉

    —“Only half participate in the work force? Really?”—

    um… that’s normal. children, stay at home moms, and the elderly. 20 years to mature, 40 years of work, 20 years of retirement = 50% employment in an evenly rotating population.

    That simple sentence is enough to explain why redistribution doesn’t work. Costly to train, costly to reproduce the next generation and work, and costly to support in old age. Basically if you can’t pay for yourself you’re screwed.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-07 10:32:00 UTC

  • One begs for friends, sells customers, attracts followers, and commands dependen

    One begs for friends, sells customers, attracts followers, and commands dependents. Your value determines which role you play. Create value.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-06 01:28:09 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/992939039329275904

  • One begs for friends, sells customers, attracts followers, and commands dependen

    One begs for friends, sells customers, attracts followers, and commands dependents. Your value determines which role you play. Create value.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-06 01:27:45 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/992938939408412672

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  • One begs for friends, sells customers, attracts followers, and commands dependen

    One begs for friends, sells customers, attracts followers, and commands dependents. Your value determines which role you play. Create value.

    Source date (UTC): 2018-05-05 21:27:00 UTC

  • The Military Industrial Complex Is a Good Thing.

      —“What’s wrong with the military industrial complex?”—Steve Pender (rhetorical question) Nothing. At it’s very worst it is: (a) the optimum research and development investment, and (b) the optimum means of economic redistribution, (c) the optimum means of producing male investment in the social order, (d) the optimum means of producing male prosociality. (Besides we replaced it with the Cathedral complex and that’s the worst possible of each.)