Curt Doolittle

Theme: Reciprocity

  • NOMOCRATIC INSTUTUTIONS The People : A partnership of reciprocal insurance inclu

    NOMOCRATIC INSTUTUTIONS

    The People : A partnership of reciprocal insurance including every living soul in the polity.

    The Militia : Defense and Emergency Services

    The Military : Defense, Strategy, Offense.

    The Judiciary : The Common Organic Law

    The Houses of the Commons : Production of Commons

    The Treasury (The corporation that manages shares of stock as money)

    The Academy : Education

    The Monarchy : A family whose head has veto over the houses of the Commons.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-06-07 04:41:00 UTC

  • Ethics Isn’t Complicated

    “Why don’t I kill you?”

    [I]t’s actually a profound statement. Rather than asking how we act under the assumption of cooperation, we ask under what conditions do we rationally choose to cooperate?

  • Ethics Isn’t Complicated

    “Why don’t I kill you?”

    [I]t’s actually a profound statement. Rather than asking how we act under the assumption of cooperation, we ask under what conditions do we rationally choose to cooperate?

  • ETHICS ISN’T COMPLICATED Why don’t I kill you?

    ETHICS ISN’T COMPLICATED

    Why don’t I kill you?

    Source date (UTC): 2015-06-01 05:44:00 UTC

  • TRIGGER WORD: “RIGHTS” “We have the right to…” Translated: “We do not violate

    TRIGGER WORD: “RIGHTS”

    “We have the right to…”

    Translated:

    “We do not violate the principle of cooperation by doing ….”

    It’s almost always false. Cooperation isn’t a question of equality, but one of incentives. If you engage in parasitism, I don’t have the incentive to cooperate with you.

    The first question of politics is: Why don’t I kill you and take your stuff? So when you say “We have the right to…”, you’re saying this won’t make you prefer to kill me and take my stuff.

    And that means that whenever the statement ‘if I have the right to…” occurs, the question is only whether the speaker is engaging in parasitism or not. If he is engaging in parasitism then he doesn’t have a right whatsoever.

    So claiming one has a right is a contrary indicator – almost always. You do not possess a right, you possess a prohibition. You are prohibited from parasitism. The other fellow has demanded a right of non-parasitism in order to rationally cooperate with you.

    So when you speak honestly, you find that the response is quite different.

    All talk of ‘rights’ is a means of deceit.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-05-22 01:59:00 UTC

  • LET FREEDOM REIGN Prohibit parasitism. Property rights for property en toto. Com

    LET FREEDOM REIGN

    Prohibit parasitism.

    Property rights for property en toto.

    Common organic law.

    Universal standing.

    Universal adherence.

    Contracts for commons

    Hereditary Monarch with Veto.

    Citizenship as shareholder.

    Dividends.

    Progressive fees.

    Voluntary allocation to commons.

    Truthful speech and deed.

    Warranty of truthful speech and deed.

    Mandatory insurance

    Involuntary saving.

    Involuntary service.

    No politicians.

    Lots of public intellectuals.

    Every man a sheriff.

    And catching liars is a profitable avocation.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-05-21 12:39:00 UTC

  • Updating Our Ancient Trinity: Truth, Beauty and Morality


    [T]he greeks just couldn’t figure out what they meant by “Goodness”.  But, I have. It’s productivity on the Obverse, and prohibition of free riding on the Reverse.

    It’s do not unto others that you wold not have done unto you: impose no cost is the fee for entry into the fruits of the commons, and heroism: contribution to the commons at self sacrifice, in exchange for status.

    Our ancient indo european ancestors were right all along.

    Contribute to the commons.

    That is the west’s unique evolutionary strategy.

  • Updating Our Ancient Trinity: Truth, Beauty and Morality


    [T]he greeks just couldn’t figure out what they meant by “Goodness”.  But, I have. It’s productivity on the Obverse, and prohibition of free riding on the Reverse.

    It’s do not unto others that you wold not have done unto you: impose no cost is the fee for entry into the fruits of the commons, and heroism: contribution to the commons at self sacrifice, in exchange for status.

    Our ancient indo european ancestors were right all along.

    Contribute to the commons.

    That is the west’s unique evolutionary strategy.

  • TRUTH, BEAUTY, MORALITY The greeks just couldn’t figure out what they meant by “

    TRUTH, BEAUTY, MORALITY

    The greeks just couldn’t figure out what they meant by “Goodness”.

    I have. It’s productivity on the Obverse, and prohibition of free riding on the Reverse. It’s do not unto others that you wold not have done unto you: impose no cost is the fee for entry into the fruits of the commons, and heroism: contribution to the commons at self sacrifice, in exchange for status.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-05-15 03:19:00 UTC

  • AVOIDING THE PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC: NORMS The term is “Norm”. The basis of all moral

    AVOIDING THE PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC: NORMS

    The term is “Norm”.

    The basis of all moral intuition is the evolutionary requirement that cooperation is only beneficial if it is non-parasitic and mutually productive. So we prohibit free riding (parasitism) on the one hand, and mandate payment of insurance (charity) on the other, and within very near kin, we sacrifice.

    From this simple and necessary instinct, all moral (cooperative) norms evolve.

    Manners (signaling potential), ethics (interpersonal prohibitions), moral (anonymous prohibitions), Myths and Rituals (intergenerational transmission) evolve.

    Meanwhile we compete using signals. If we are successful in universalism we develop castes, if we are successful in familialism we develop families. In no case do we develop equality except within caste or family.

    We evolved cooperation. So cooperation must be more valuable than predation. It is only more valuable (for the strong) if it is non-parasitic and productive. For the weak, parasitism is a necessary evolutionary strategy. But status signals can be bought cheaply in times of asymmetric prosperity. And we can see the 20th century as an experiment in signals.

    Painful. Rational. Scientific.

    Source date (UTC): 2015-05-10 03:58:00 UTC