Learning Is The First Step
[From John: I don’t really consider myself a fan of Rubio, but man does he nail it here on the problem of Big Government and Obamacare.] Source – Rubio.senate.gov [Excerpt from an interview on “The Sean Hannity Show.”] – 9/20/13 “Big government sells itself as the defender of the middle class, the helper of the … Read more
This article covers one essential aspect of an efficient budget. “A Clean Slate” An efficient budget needs to start with a clean slate. This can be done through an inventory wipe or through discount accounting. A clean slate means that you adjust your budget to account for what you already have on hand. Let me … Read more
This article deals with ways to improve certain weaknesses in the way mainstream science is usually practiced these days. The way mainstream science works in many fields these days lends itself to the generation and perpetuation of scientific cronyism. First I will give a thumbnail sketch of how I see it working, then I will … Read more
This article covers much of what Intelligent Design is and isn’t. I also discusses some aspects of evolution. A long time ago I wrote an article called Cut the Evolution Crap in which I criticized the so-called “scientific community” for its treatment of intelligent design and its failure both to make known the weaknesses of Neodarwinian … Read more
[From John: This article is funny on the one hand and on the other hand it is also marks an important event. Basically it says that we can now buy beef directly from the farmer with bitcoin. While some people may not see that as important, it is. Such an event is a gigantic leap … Read more
This article is on a way improve the education evaluation service offered by Degreed. The issue is that Degreed only recognizes video material from YouTube. My initial response to this discovery was to assert that Degreed ought to add Vimeo and the wealth of other quality video providers. On second thought I think that going … Read more
Degreed is an education evaluation service. I am a huge fan of Degreed, but I have also been keeping track of ways to improve the service. This article covers one such improvement. Degreed does not account for the ability to retain education. If I read a book 1 year ago, or if I just finished reading … Read more
This article will not make an argument for or against voluntaryism. Instead I will simply be describing the voluntaryist position as I understand it. I will describe voluntaryism in general and then focus in particular on the idea of how enforcement would work in a voluntaryist system. I will draw my information from three sources. … Read more
This article will argue that caeconomics and the concept of self-ownership are incompatible. Self-ownership is a neat concept in ethics and philosophy. Increasingly it is being used in social, political and economic philosophical arguments as well. For example, one of my favorite interdisciplinary philosophies is voluntaryism. While many philosophical or scientific arguments for voluntaryism do … Read more
In this article I will look at caeconomics as a series of theories and prescribe two key tests by which we might validate or invalidate those theories. Caeconomics can be thought of as a unique field of study. However, it can also be thought of as a series of theories within other fields of study. I … Read more