“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Bring on the sexbots

There’s a golden oldie over at Blackdragon’s blog about the power reversal that would occur if realistic female sex robots were manufactured in large quantities: I have said often that over the next 50 to 60 years, society is in for changes so massive, it...

Free the lands of the north

There is no depth to which the Unionists of the (possibly soon to be dis-)United Kingdom will not stoop in order to scare the people of Scotland into staying in the Union: Like Boris Johnson, my sense is that Scotland will eventually vote no. But what a kerfuffle we...

Modern economics in one word

Cobblers: This is an important distinction that we need to grasp in economics, this division into macro and micro: obviously, meaning large and small. [Didact: Wrong. There is no distinction. But we’ll get to that.]  But in more detail, macro is trying to...

The false prosperity of the banks

The last five years have certainly been… eventful when it comes to the world of high finance. In 2008, the world discovered that the geniuses to whom the public had entrusted trillions of dollars didn’t really have a clue how to manage it responsibly....

The futility of higher education

One of the more painful consequences of imbibing regular doses of Cold Hard Truth is that you find yourself actively questioning everything you were taught when growing up by those you love the most. As you get older and (hopefully) wiser, and as you continue down...

Frack ALL The things!

I have a fairly (un)healthy contempt for the Obarmy administration’s general cluelessness about most things in general, but when it comes to domestic energy production, I find myself wondering if anyone who works for the current Executive branch, from the...

From the meetup: Free trade and its flaws

(This is going to be one of several posts in a series dealing with my thoughts on various topics that came up during our Singapore meetup late last year. I haven’t forgotten about what we discussed, it’s just been a busy few weeks since I got back. Since I...

Krugman still doesn’t get it

Normally I wouldn’t touch Paul Krugman’s periodic outbursts of moon-brained stupidity with a ten-foot pole. I leave that to older and wiser people (who also have the time to deal with such things). His latest NYT column, though, is literally a target just...

And now, a few words from Anonymous Conservative…

AC was kind enough to respond back to me about my review of his book a while ago. With his permission, I’ve printed some of his remarks about his work so that you can understand just why his book is so important, and why I believe you should read what he writes....

Game Theory and game theory

The Game Meets the Theory Stephanie’s recent missive on attraction (also presented here as a guest post) was interesting for a number of reasons, but from my perspective the best thing about it is its use of the branch of mathematics that we know of as game...