Author: Joel Gross

My guess is that such a high percentage of Americans are businessmen, that we have a significant advantage in logistics. A lot of war is simply getting a force concentration superior to the enemy at the right place at the right time. American merchants have mastered this, and even though the American military is much less efficient than private enterprise, it is still superior to foreign armies without that experience.… read more “Why is America good at conventional warfare?”

Entrepreneurship is like a long, hard video game. Startups are on level one (most people never pass this)- level one is doing the work yourself. You work long hard hours and do the best quality and quantity you can. Net worth is under a million dollars after many years of work.

Level two is working with a crew.… read more “Business Levels”

The same principle applies to patents. Ideas are worthless, but execution is everything. Patents prevent other people from executing on an idea, meaning you are stuck with an obnoxious patent troll controlling the idea forever. We need to abolish patents.

I grew up poor and always thought of money in terms of what it could buy me: food, car, housing, etc. One of the mindset changes I had to make was that money is a tool. A lot of guys like me who grew up without money quit working hard and making money when they see just a little bit… But if you stay focused and keep grinding, money will change from something you are desperate to have to eat into a powerful tool for changing your whole life.

Maybe we should not tell kids to follow their dreams for work, but work for money so they can follow their dreams?

Majoring in film making, writing, and most non-stem degrees is a quick way to be deep in debt working minimum wage jobs. Even business (my degree) is a waste of money for most kids.… read more “Fun vs Useful College Degrees”

The true root cause of high pharmaceutical costs in the United States is our competition crushing patent system. If we eliminate patents, we open up the market completely to competition. More competition will bring extremely low prices. Innovation will not be harmed as most innovation is done in universities and is government funded, in the private innovation will happen anyways as the first mover advantage in these markets is huge

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article252713788.html

The fire of freedom dies if people in free nations do not provide direct military support to revolutions.

Special interests rule the world, except where a recent revolution happened. Special interests by definition have a stronger desire than the general population for certain policies, and thus get them installed even when it harms most citizens. Thomas Jefferson said that a nation needs a revolution once a generation to keep it’s freedom. Either that or there needs to be a constitutional clause that automatically sunsets all government legislation and agencies every seven or ten years.

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Most police officers are good people trying to uphold the law.

I injured my knee three years ago and watched hundreds of police shooting videos while laying in the hospital for two weeks, and I don’t think I saw one where I would not have shot prior to the police officer.

Sure, there are some bad apples that are protected by police unions and should be fired, but the majority are doing their best.