BlogHide Resteemsctrl-alt-deceit (25)in population-bomb • 8 years agoPaul Erhlich's Population Bomb Theory is the Worst Kind of Applied "Science"From a conversation on social media I had with an adherent of the "Human Population Problem" who posted this excerpt from the Population Matters website: "I have been at any number of conferences…ctrl-alt-deceit (25)in openbazaar • 8 years agoOpenBazaar: Another Step in Invigorating Humanity's Breath of LifeTo me, this is like a sudden, unexpected breath of life...finally: mounting, runaway pushback against the otherwise inevitable march of centralization. OpenBazaar, Uber, Lyft, Bitcoin, Airbnb…ctrl-alt-deceit (25)in socialism • 8 years agoHit me with your best Socialism quips!Such as: "Socialism: ideas so good that they have to be mandatory". etcctrl-alt-deceit (25)in inequality • 8 years agoMisunderstanding InequalityThis entire entry comes from Thomas Sowell’s brilliant landmark work: "Wealth, Poverty, and Politics". “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you…ctrl-alt-deceit (25)in introduction • 8 years agoHi there!I'm a Professor at a University in South Korea, where I teach Modern Issues in Historical Context. I adore history, science, economics, humanism, and context-hunting. While drawing much from my…ctrl-alt-deceit (25)in basic-income • 8 years agoHere's the Thing about the Basic Income Experiment...To begin, so many of the arguments made in the article are the kind of trash you can only expect from journalists, but let me restate the premise and answer to that rather than saying anything…ctrl-alt-deceit (25)in inequality • 8 years agoMisunderstanding InequalityThis entire entry comes from Thomas Sowell’s brilliant landmark work: "Wealth, Poverty, and Politics". “When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you…