I think the problem was the agricultural revolution. Mankind isn’t built for the permanent settlements created by farming. In purely tribal days, the political class could easily be neutralized, by…
If the Dream Is Gone, What Now For Libertarians?
The good news for libertarians is that we’re right. Libertarian objective morality has been discovered and libertarian theory has been shown, empirically, to be right over and over. Normal people…
You Can’t Change Earth’s Orbit With a Wristwatch
It’s funny how some very basic concepts are somehow misunderstood by most people. One of those is how daytime and nighttime occur and the relationship between that phenomenon and the…
The Machinery of Political Scams
After the MIC scam post, I wanted to comment more broadly on the phenomenon of political scams and how I think things probably work, if we could know what’s behind…
Israel, Ukraine and the MIC Political Scam Machine
Even though this is a mostly libertarian blog, I try to avoid politics and stick to philosophy or economics (or, obviously, other stuff…), however, I’m very interested in political scams….
Religion As a Substitute For Moral Principle
Few people understand philosophy. They either lack the talent to understand, they lack the interest, or they’re already captured by other ideas of the cultural elite, or maybe something else….
A Simple Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others for the Logical and Tribeless
All things equal, it’s going to be difficult to weld two pieces of metal together with a hammer. Equally, it’ll be difficult to drive a nail with a welder. So,…
Chances Are You’ll Never Be Healthy
This might be a little redundant, but, humor me, because it’s shocking and disturbing to me. One of the implications of Talent Theory and Tribalism is that most people will…
The Intersection of Talent Theory and Tribalism
In the Why Smart People Have Dumb Ideas post, I made the case that people can reason clearly in situations where there is no cultural component activating their tribal survival…