Editor’s Break 021 is a look at the opportunities that either found Skyler or were sought after over the course of his working career. Not every opportunity panned out, but every opportunity that did lead to greater and greater payoffs. Opportunities abound if you apply yourself and go after them.
Day: March 21, 2017
Defending a Free Nation
Most societies, at least in this century, handle the problem of national defense by having a large, well-armed, permanent military force, run by a centralized government, funded by taxation, and often (though not always) manned by conscription. Is this a solution that a free nation can or should follow?
Give Me a System, Not a Superstar
The best kind of system isn’t one whose functionality depends on the genius or goodness of the one at the helm. The best kind of system is one whose functionality can be sustained in spite of the lack of genius and goodness of those who take the helm.
Are Intellectual Communities Harmful?
Though intellectual communities have the ability to share information and provide support for the people who are a part of them, I believe there is a stronger counterbalancing negative force of group think and an infrastructure for individual interests to poison a whole field of study. This is why the term “scientific consensus” is so dangerous. In effect, it is merely pushing for group think.
Join Stupid Gangs, Win Stupid Prizes
You took a “job” violating people–you try to call it “protecting freedom”, haha–in exchange for stolen money, doing sometimes dangerous/foolish things. Then you want everyone to pretend it’s a tragedy when the chickens come home to roost? Sorry.
Discipline Needs to Be Learned, Not Taught
We often force students to do all sorts of things that don’t matter to them in the name of teaching them the virtue of discipline. Students don’t need to learn discipline. Students need to learn how to identify their preferences, how to assess their priorities, and how to think in accordance with principles.