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Totalitarianism
The future will be ruled by a totalitarian state. Dictators will have access to weapons that make them omnipotent with a very small group over all other citizens. They will have spy tools making them omniscient as well. You can already see this in the rapid growth of dictatorships worldwide.
Freedom Dies
Without the blood of patriots and tyrants, freedom always dies. Most of human history is a story of enslavement.
On Lobster
http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf
Plato’s comments:
I always thought boiling a lobster alive seemed fairly cruel, I’ve never cooked a whole lobster myself, only lobster tails which, one hopes, would come from lobsters killed in a more humane fashion. I’ve heard of knifing the lobster before boiling, I’d assumed that would mean a quick death for the lobster, but the author seems to say that based on the structure of the lobster nervous system it doesn’t make any difference.
… read more “On Lobster” Griffin and Kate
Laurel and I are proud to announce the birth of our twins, Kate and Griffin.
They were born last week prematurely, but are healthy as is their mom. Kate is 3 pounds 7 ounces and Griffin is 4 pounds 3 ounces.
They were on CPAP machines for a short while but now are breathing on their own.… read more “Griffin and Kate”
Our Twins Birth
Tuesday, June 4th, we had an 8:30 am appointment with Laurel’s ObGyn Dr. Seet. Laurels blood pressure was high which indicated a risk of preeclampsia. So the doctor sent us to the hospital to get more tests. The next test showed protein in her urine which confirmed a diagnosis of preclampsia. We were admitted to hospital.
… read more “Our Twins Birth” Interesting Take on Capitalism
Free Markets Are Intrinsic to Humans
We’re the only animals who cooperate across genetic boundaries, because we can track credits and debits in voluntary exchanges.
Free markets are intrinsic to the human species
Naval: Overall capitalism [meaning free markets] is intrinsic to the human species. Capitalism is not something we invented. Capitalism is not even something we discovered.… read more “Interesting Take on Capitalism”
Solid Gold Ideas
https://nav.al/how-to-get-rich
Solid Gold Ideas
Private Equity is Mostly Evil
What I have seen from almost every private equity investment is that private equity attempts to harm consumers and employees and other stakeholders to get a good return.
Private equity does things like buy Toys R Us and leverage it to the hilt, then sell it and watch as it collapses.
Private equity buys up every company in an industry niche, then engages in anti-competitive behaviors like tripling prices and cutting employee pay.… read more “Private Equity is Mostly Evil”