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- Teddy Roosevelt and the beginning of globalism -
- AI is already Here, from IGTV May 14, 2020 -
- Blocking People, Asset prices, Monarchy, from IGTV April 29, 2020 -
- More on Oligarchs, Protein Synthesis, and Jordan Peterson, from IGTV May 13, 2020 -
- Propaganda, From IGTV April 26, 2020 -
- Teddy Roosevelt and the first Globalists, From IGTV May 10, 2020 -
- The Anti-Anti-Vax Movement, from IGTV -
- The Conspiracy Theory of History from IG TV 5/4/2020 -
- Instagram Live from March 20, 2020 - In which I talk about the stock market, investing, Instagram shadow bans and more.
- Krugman is stupid, a liar, or both -
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- 22. Why do anti-homeschoolers want more access to children? -
- 21. Fat Cats and Foundations - In which I read a few chunks from “Tragedy and Hope” by Carroll Quigley, and comment on foundations and fat cats.
- 20. Going Viral -
- 19. COVID -
- 18. What of Beauty? -
- 17. Netflix wants all of you -
- 16. Larry Page and Sergey Brin Step Down…Wut means? -
- 15. An excerpt from Aristotle’s Politics -
- 14. The law of Non-Contradiction -
- 13. Corporations ain’t people -
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- Cowboy Hats - Extravagant, but extreme in practicality Hands free umbrella working mans whiskers A bump to that brim is a sign you ain’t gonna fit Warns when you when you’re watching your implement and tree limbs you didn’t see want to drag you off your tractor or at least whip your ears For Folks who need to …
- Like Good Soldiers Do - This is a guest post by my friend, former soldier, current barbell coach, and all around good man, Nicholas Koldewey. It’s important. Read it. It was December 6th, 2014. I was a young second lieutenant in the infantry with a brand-new infantry platoon on his first deployment to Afghanistan. I had been in command of …
- Getting Started with Pipe Smoking - In the last week I’ve gotten a BUNCH of requests from readers and listeners for a primer and/or pointers on pipe smoking. I’m no expert. I smoke what I like the way I like to. I’m very likely to be “wrong” about how I do this, but I enjoy the hobby and hope you will …
- From “The Life of Pythagoras” by Iamblichus - Exercise your erudition, just as you do your body. To the young men at the Gymnasium, he spoke of the duty of paying attention to their elders ; evincing that in the world, in life, in cities, and in nature, that which has a precedency is more honorable than that which is consequent in time. …
- Insist on Dividends - Always insist on dividends. As a shareholder, you are entitled to your pro-rata share of earnings. They are the stock market’s safety belt. Consider the 90 years through December 2016. According to a study by Hendrik Bessembinder, a professor at Arizona State University, there were almost 26,000 publicly traded U.S. companies during this stretch. They were listed …
- BBL Podcast feedback - Here’s some feedback from iTunes for the Barbell Logic Podcast TC, 10/26/2019AverageDecent podcast with some good information. After listening for a while, I wish Matt would find a more likeable cohost. Scott is insufferable. I can’t do it anymore. Please don’t do it anymore. Unsubscribes are welcome. l, 08/15/2019It’s just tough to listen to sometimes…They …
- Logic 3, The Second Law, The Law of Noncontradiction - In the first two articles I wrote about being, and the first Law of thought, The Law of Identity. Go check those out before you jump into this one. This second law, the Law of Noncontradiction, and the Third law both follow from the Law of Identity. They are correlates and consequences of the first …
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- Do NOT beat around the bush. Lessons from “Tiger” Mike Davis - 10 years ago someone showed me a set of memos from “Tiger Mike” Davis, owner of Tiger Oil Company. I loved them immediately. I share a lot of business philosophy with Mr. Davis. Recently I was reminded of these memos and looked them up on the interwebs and in doing I found that Mr. Davis …
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- A report from corporate America - This was just sent to me from a friend who works at a Giant company. Those who can’t compete change the rules so they can. My friend, and you dear reader, should head for the exits. If you don’t bow and become an “Ally” of the kind of underwear they like or the way they …
- The Academy, A Modest Proposal - I often attend the meetings of a group we call “Three Seventeen.” It’s a group that meets at a friend’s restaurant at 3:17pm each Sunday. We talk about everything. What follows is an essay I wrote in 2018 for discussion in that group. We believe that rational education is the underpinning of human well-being. Humans, …