Time has not treated Henry George well. He was the most famous economist in the world. In 1906, his books were more well known than Shakespeare’s plays, even among the members of the British Parliament. It goes without saying that he was the best-selling American writer of his era. About 200,000 people attended his funeral. … Continue reading Proper Sovereignty Manifesto, Part 2: Georgism
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What women want
If you have heard the “lover vs provider” dichotomy, I wish to elucidate its implications. Assuming that women’s sexual preferences are optimally adapted genetic success, there are exactly two distinct things that heterosexual woman will want romantically from a partner. First, a woman will desire a man with good genes, so that she may pass … Continue reading What women want
Speech: Bret Weinstein on cycles of civilizations
All species have gone through oscillations: periods of zero-sum growth, and periods of positive-sum growth. This means we must have “programs within us that deal with both phases.” #technology #racism #political_compass #economics #zero-sum #bottlenecks @BretWeinstein
Land, Status, People
Google defines "zero sum": (of a game or situation) in which whatever is gained by one side is lost by the other. Ask yourself, what gives something that property? I posit, it is something that one cannot create. Can only be taken. When it is impossible to create something, the only way to attain it is … Continue reading Land, Status, People