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(FB 1546350433 Timestamp) —“William Manchester developed an intense writing regimen that he adhered to for much of his life, often writing nonstop for up to 50 hours at a time. He described the experience as follows: “I would work all day, all night, all the next day, all the following night and into the third…

(FB 1546348761 Timestamp) (From Twitter: putting an end to Nassim Taleb’s insight, edited a bit for clarity) WARNING: this is part of an ongoing debate on twitter between Molyneux and Taleb on intelligence and it is a controversial topic for Facebook. Unfortunately, this is a debate that must occur because is of profound importance for…

(FB 1546310599 Timestamp) happy new year!!!!

(FB 1546309655 Timestamp) PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS —“It was a good year for wealth creation. It was a tough year in financial markets, but for people who are creating wealth through companies, the economy itself is very strong.”— Michael Zeuner, managing partner of WE Family Offices.

(FB 1546307626 Timestamp) ( See. I’m privileged. Every evening i get to chat with james, which includes a stream of consciousness of his insight, cunning, and humor interspersed with stories, images, memes, and ideas that would make certain famous propagandists in history feel giddy. Too bad nearly all of it is ban-worthy. I am not…

(FB 1546306340 Timestamp) HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! LET’S MAKE A GREAT YEAR!!! (But don’t be greedy. There are plenty left for you too!!!)

(FB 1546303804 Timestamp) um. …. Shakespeare’s English is early-modern English, not old English (Anglo-Saxon) or Middle English; The difference between early modern and modern english is (a) pronunciation was pretty gaelic-sounding, and (b) quite a few words in early modern have fallen out of use. Middle English ( 1100-1500) The Lord governeth me, and no…

(FB 1546302111 Timestamp) GETTING TIRED OF LITTLE BOYS WITH COMIC BOOK IDEAS RIDING ON THE COATTAILS If anything is to be said, in furtherance of some set of ideas, it must be said about the totality of the market of ideas, not just me and mine. Or it is, as is obviously the case, in…

(FB 1546301256 Timestamp) DON’T BE GREEDY, THERE ARE PLENTY LEFT FOR ALL (happy new year)

(FB 1546297755 Timestamp) ESSENTIALS (FYI: I am highly biased by the degree to which they affect my asthma. Which means I shouldn’t drink at all. But, thank the gods for antihistamines.)

(FB 1546286025 Timestamp) It is very obvious to me that I’ve gone native. I think of americans like russians and ukrainians think of americans. I watch videos from russia and ukraine and it ‘feels like home’.

(FB 1546284109 Timestamp) by Vengefül Bobmoran Approach -> …..Doesn’t scale beyond Socialism -> …. Family Democracy ->.. Neighborhood Civility -> ……… Polity One level higher : Empathy -> Race / Ethnic group Trying to deduce others’ feelings/intentions by using your own thought process only gives reliable results if the thought processes are similar. “They would…

(FB 1546284026 Timestamp) DEFINING QUALITY OF THE WEST’S SUCCESS Increasing precision, resolution and conciseness results in packed terms which when understood provide decidibility. Increasing ambiguity, obfuscation and verbosity results in overloaded terms which when unpacked contain little substance. The former an investment with dividends, the later malinvestment which causes damage. Western civ = disambiguation across…

(FB 1546612990 Timestamp) (Happy Birthday Peter. 😉 )

(FB 1546612908 Timestamp) (Belated happy birthday) 😉

(FB 1546612854 Timestamp) Happy birthday! 😉

(FB 1546611466 Timestamp) PUTTING YOUR TRUST IN ONE GOVERNMENT ORDER OR ANOTHER? You have to choose whether to trust the self interest of the judicial ‘priesthood’, the self interest of the monarchy, the self interest of the ruling oligarchy, or the self control of the democratic polity, or the self interests of public intellectuals. My…

(FB 1546552447 Timestamp) TOLD YA’ SO. —“In only three months, Apple has lost $452 billion in market capitalization, including tens of billions on Thursday as the tech giantâ??s stock sank further. Apple shares have fallen by 39.1 percent since Oct. 3, when the stock hit a 52-week high of $233.47 a share. With its market…

(FB 1546547926 Timestamp) US WARNS US CITIZENS TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN CHINA” https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/china-travel-advisory.html

(FB 1546475501 Timestamp) —“Curt, How are the courses going to work?”— Well, lets get across the principle reason we need the university format. (a) To provide you and others confidence in your investment of time and effort. (b) To provide social, physical (fitness, fighting, war) and strategy (how to conduct war), the natural law and…