Author: Joel Gross

I have never understood why it is “greed” to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.

I am vaccinated and went to Seattle to visit some friends there last weekend. I was shocked to find that I had to show my vaccine card to enter a restaurant and wear a mask the whole time. I was the first one of my friends group to go into full quarantine in February 2020, but the statistics now show it is as safe as it was pre-pandemic to return to our regular lives.… read more “Vaccinated”

If you are looking for purpose in life, have children. The purpose of all biological life is reproduction. I can tell you from my own experience that my kids provide me a ton of purpose and direction.

If you are looking for meaning, focus on your relationships. Do DIY projects with your grandpa and dad. Go out to lunch with your mom weekly.… read more “How To Spend Your Life”

Back to South spanaway, the land of deleted and lifted diesel trucks, poverty, giant American flags that no longer mean patriotism and represent something darker, gun rights, a surprisingly high percentage of minorities, bad food but in huge quantities, anti-vaxxers, endless self-storage units, bikini baristas, unreliable people, mobile home parks with bars in the middle of them, diy, wider roads and open space properties.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29047174

Myth 1: The Allies (USA & Britain) won the war.
World War 2 in Europe was really a massive industrialized war between Russia and Germany. The US and Britain did not even join the fight until Russia had beaten Germany. D-Day was not launched until Russian armies had defeated Germany’s best armies and reconquered all of their territory.… read more “The Great Myths of World War 2”

I have never had a doctor recommend lifestyle treatments to me. They don’t make any money on those. I have osteoarthritis in my hip and multiple doctors recommended an immediate hip replacement. I did a ton of research and ended up on the anti-inflammatory index diet in combination with changing exercises from running and golf that put high impacts on my hip to cycling which does not.… read more “Doctors Won’t Recommend Lifestyle Changes”

https://mobile.twitter.com/typesfast/status/1453753924960219145

I think we can summarize that the solution is to remove things that prevent the free market from functioning properly. Here are some additional ideas:

-Unions are good for representing workers in negotiations with private companies. Taxpayers do not have anyone to represent them in negotiations with public unions. Disallow unions in government jobs. Government already has enough corruption and inefficiency.… read more “Solution to Global Supply Shortages”

The world needs to do away with the limited liability company. All of the problems we see with our corporations making evil decisions derived directly from the limited liability company. Investors should be personally liable for decisions companies they invest in make. You would see the quality of decision making and the ethics at all companies skyrocket.