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ARYAN: A man must struggle against the forces of man, beast, and nature to become a god (immortal and powerful). PAGAN: Man trades with disinterested gods, (powerful, immortal) and may become a demigod (immortal) thru his actions. PROTESTANT(eternal, omniscient, omnipotent): Man can speak to and seek wisdom from a largely benevolent god – risen…

“When accordingly it is inquired, whence is evil, it must first be inquired, what is evil, which is nothing else than corruption, either of the measure, or the form, or the order, that belong to nature.” (Augustine)

Then we probably solve the storage, sum, and calculation problem. Humans do not calculate, they triangulate.

WESTERN GROUP EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES AND THE “SH-T TESTS”. Conspiracy requires self awareness which in turn requires agency. Yet most hostile groups are merely advancing their group evolutionary strategy by repetition of memes having little to do with truth, and a great deal to do with utility. Western man differs from all the rest, because…

The great similarity between relational database design with relational integrity and economics, and programming a computer only capable of decidability and praxeology (the study of incentives of exchange, is that one is trained to search for means of decidability, and to do so in self interest, free of the symphony of lies that we use…

Dear Facebook Designers. The moment you use boxes instead of white space you have demonstrated your lack understanding of design. If you can’t do it with fonts and white space you don’t know what you’re doing.

—“Direct democracy is a useful means of choosing the allocation scarce resources to preferential commons, among small groups of people with near-identical material interests. Representative democracy among diverse peoples with uncommon interests, is nothing but a limited civil war in which the armies show up, get counted, but don’t actually fight. Representative democracy between vastly…

When we cease thinking about ourselves, our consumptions, and our self-preservation, and instead think of the lives and labors of our mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers, cousins and kin, back into the dawn of time, and seek not to selfishly consume the fruits of their labors, but to add to them –…

The Etruscans (Tuskany) referred to the gods as Aesir as well….

These are the words Eric used a lot this year! Share now to see how your friends feel about them 😀 Click to see your Most used Words on Twitter (In a blue Tweet Bird shape!): http://en.vonvon.me/quiz/589 Click to see your Most Used Words on Instagram!: http://en.vonvon.me/quiz/584

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT “RIGHTS” 1) RIGHTS: A “right” is a claim against other members of a contract, wherein each party grants the other party something (a right) in exchange for something else (an obligation). Each person then has ‘rights’ as agreed upon in the contract, as well as obligations. This…

And when to revolution mortals bend their will, how soon they find fit those instruments of ill….

Trump is doing what any rational man watching the numbers would do: The 500 years of western asymmetric economic advantage has been dissipated through the (forcible) expansion of consumer capitalism (property, incentive, contract, credit), rule of law (reciprocity free of discretionary judgement), and aristotelianism (science). The only advantage westerners retain is demography (our…

All our greatest songs are Anthems, Battle, Hymns, and Death Marches.

Year One List: 81 major Trump achievements, 11 Obama legacy items repealed – by Paul Bedard Trump flips the script on critics who say he lacks achievements. With the passage of the GOP tax bill this week, the Trump administration has scored 81 major achievements in its first year, making good on…

The difference is, that those of us who lived in the 1980’s and 1990’s knew that we were living the best of times – perhaps the best times ever to have lived. San Fran in the 2000s, Seattle in the 1990s, Paris on the 1920’s, Germany in the 1900’s, London in the 1890’s. 2008…

(from elsewhere) I don’t do ‘stupid’. I do my job. Which is to provide operational definitions of those ideas about which people are frequently ignorant, confused, wishful thinkers, or dishonest. I am really, really, really good at my job. Don’t waste my time

What would be nice is a automated exchange, and an escrow service. Those two features would solve the money problems.

Why do you think you are right and they are wrong? https://www.quora.com/What-should-I-do-about-my-racist-family-When-I-explain-my-side-they-twist-it-and-make-me-feel-stupid

it is the only 100% guaranteed means of financial independence, and not having to work for someone ‘dumber’ than you are. 😉 https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-such-a-high-degree-of-fascination-among-todays-youngsters-to-becoming-an-entrepreneur