At one time I lived close to the Field Museum of Chicago; I had a membership and spent a good deal of time there. One evening, about ten minutes before closing, I noticed that workers had begun preparing the first floor for an evening event. I had a panoramic view from where I stood at the second floor balcony, and what I saw has stuck with me ever since. Continue reading “The Dignity of Work”
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Be The Outsider
Years ago I engaged in a long usenet discussion with another gentleman on immigration, life in the third world, etc. After some back-and-forths, the gentleman proposed a scenario:
What would happen if the two of us were dropped, naked and with absolutely no way of calling for help, into the poorest and most desperate spot in India? Continue reading “Be The Outsider”
Fear, Shame And Intimidation Are Chemical Weapons
I rather hate to do this, but these first two paragraphs seem the best way to make this very important point. Apologies.
Imagine that some combination of circumstances end with you walking into a so-so bar, then accidentally causing some gigantic brute to spill his drink. Imagine also that this brute just learned that his girlfriend moved out, taking his money with her. Continue reading “Fear, Shame And Intimidation Are Chemical Weapons”
Anyone Who Goes To Work For A Central Bank Coin Is A Traitor
(Originally published in 2019 and still necessary.)
There’s a time and place for just about everything, and this is a time to be blunt:
Anyone who takes a job for a central bank or any similar entity, building a cryptocurrency, quasi-cryptocurrency or kind-of-blockchain-thing, is a traitor. Continue reading “Anyone Who Goes To Work For A Central Bank Coin Is A Traitor”
CNN Is The Mirror of Narcissus
File this under “needs to be said.” Ah well.
The lords of Hollywood, the political elite, the educational elite… these are not uniformly stupid people. Some of them, in fact, are fairly bright. Observing them, however, might lead you to the conclusion that they are blindly stupid or even purposely evil. Nonetheless, most of them are not evil; rather, they are overly-committed narcissists. Continue reading “CNN Is The Mirror of Narcissus”
A Full Confession, Part Two
Martin continued talking for a while, but mainly about his childhood and early career. Then he moved back to the problem that America posed to rulers.
“In America, at least in the early days, people believed they were the primary factors; that they created rulership structures for their own sake… that the structures had no validity, except to serve them.” Continue reading “A Full Confession, Part Two”
A Full Confession, Part One
(Originally published in 2019.)
“You can’t write about this till I’m gone,” he said, “but that won’t be long.”
I hadn’t been to Jay’s Bar in a while, but I was invited by my old friend Martin. He was a basically nice guy who ended up working for an elite group. Continue reading “A Full Confession, Part One”
The Collapse of The Enlightenment
We’ve been watching the Enlightenment collapse before us in real time. This is something that adults need to understand.
What remains of the Enlightenment is collapsing for structural reasons. This discourse doesn’t rest upon political or academic theories, but upon facts and direct observations. Obviously I’m simplifying (one can’t write history any other way), but minus the inevitable exceptions and complications, this is what has happened and what is happening. Continue reading “The Collapse of The Enlightenment”
Entropy & Divinity Is Now Available As An E-Book
Entropy & Divinity is a book that I wrote in 2010, pouring into it all the best I could muster at the time. It was very much a milestone to me, and from that point I went on to launch Free-Man’s Perspective, just a few months later. Looking back, it was a necessary consolidation point for me.
There is a lot of unique material in this book, much of it not repeated in any of our Free-Man’s Perspective issues. It’s fairly dense at times, though not actually a difficult read. And it remains a reference for me; one I turn back to fairly often. Continue reading “Entropy & Divinity Is Now Available As An E-Book”
How Political Parties Took Over The United States
Millions of decent and hard-working people are presently coming to grips what has been happening to them, and so we’ll cover a crucial piece of the puzzle, but one that is very little known.
Continue reading “How Political Parties Took Over The United States”