Movies lie. In my nearly two-score years on this earth, every time I’ve witnessed a tornado, flood, hurricane, fire, or […]
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Intellectual Property is Trash and Should Be Abolished
Had a chat recently with reddit user u/samhw about “intellectual property”.
Why Not Rectify Past Injustices?
I just got back from a month in the UK, working for the John Locke Institute‘s two summer schools. The morning before I left, I delivered my talk on “The Economics of Antipathy and Stereotyping.” In the subsequent Q&A, one of the students asked (roughly), “But shouldn’t we try to rectify past injustices that caused present-day differences in worker productivity?” Since I wasn’t satisfied with my answer at the time, here are the three key points I wish I’d made.
Thinking about Energy
Before we can decide whether something is good or bad, we need a standard. Good for what or whom? Moreover, in environmental matters it makes a difference whether you see mankind as an invader and destroyer of benignly stable nature or as a species that flourishes by taming often dangerously volatile nature, that is, making it a safer, more hospitable place.
How Long Can the Hype Last?
You don’t want to spend the upside being grumpy and paranoid. But damn, the downside looks so inevitable and severe. […]
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Government Not a Moral Guide
As rational thinkers since at least the time of François-Marie Arouet, better known as Voltaire, have pointed out, it’s dangerous to be right when those with power are wrong.
YouTube Has the Right To Shut Down Rand Paul; That Doesn’t Mean It Should
Big tech platforms should encourage debate, not forbid it.
A Libertarian Future? Not Really, But…
At the risk of covering old ground, I find it necessary to begin by re-paraphrasing something I believe Dr. Robert Higgs stated quite some time ago — to the effect that one of the biggest mistakes modern libertarians make is the erroneous presupposition that people, by and large, actually want to be free.
Wrong vs. Evil
The use of naked violence is wrong. Hiding naked violence behind psychological torture, manipulation, propaganda, guilt, shame, fear, and claims […]
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Getting It Wrong
Maybe the battle of the sexes will never end. Maybe if it does, it will be like Vietnam or Afghanistan. With a WTF? My complaint has always been that the only winners seem to be the ones who act the most like the aggressors. Women who wear pants suits, and men who are the most passive aggressive win (in an odd way).