This is the story of the RF engineering course I took at university, that first taught me the importance of understanding things from first principles.
The path less traveled.
This is the story of the RF engineering course I took at university, that first taught me the importance of understanding things from first principles.
A summary of Joe McCann’s New New World Order
Ray Dalio of Bridgwater Associates made a virtual TED appearance to discuss the context and consequences of this current COVID19 crisis. I’ve tried to paraphrase…
In this article, I’m going to make the case for considering to allocate a small amount of your savings to Bitcoin. I’ll do that by…
In 2020, I learned about the macro economist Raoul Pal through a number of podcasts, and his pessimistic view of the global macro situation resonated…
In episode 45 of his “Waking Up” podcast, I loved this piece by Sam Harris on identity politics, and wanted to capture it here for…
Because every WhatsApp “informational” group eventually devolves into a water cooler chat, my app badge currently shows 1,457 unread messages. Because I rarely open Facebook,…
In this interview, Milton Friedman responds to Phil Donahue’s concerns about greed.
In this article about Roger Ver’s $100,000 bitcoin bounty to Bernie Sanders for a debate on the topic of patriotism, we come across this quote…
The Heritage Foundation has an interesting 2015 article on, The Redistributive State: The Allocation of Government Benefits, Services, and Taxes in the United States. In…
GoldMoney, an online service that allows consumers to buy, hold and sell bullion gold, recently announced a series of enhancements, including a debit card that…
Hardly a day passes here in Spain that we don’t hear news of yet another case of political corruption. Whether it’s the left-leaning PSOE or…
Back in 2008, I made a terrible mistake—I donated to the Ron Paul political campaign.
Why a mistake? Because Ron Paul proceeded to sell or pass on my email address to a multitude of conservative politicians and causes, who in turn did the something—resulting in a snowballing, unstoppable, never-ending flood of conservative, donation-seeking, nearly-always-irrelevant political spam arriving in my email inbox.
Speaking with people of different religious beliefs, I’ve always found it curious to hear a common viewpoint, that goes something along the lines of: >…
A libertarian at heart, I donated to the Ron Paul presidential campaign back when he made a run for office—and that has turned out to…
Another reason for hosting your own email.
Eye opening comments on American poverty statistics.
Reading Josh Williams’ story of Gowalla, something he said really hit home.
In discussions about society and economics, proponents of collectivism often respond to free-market capitalists with incredulity. How could you possibly put profit above the needs of human beings? That is a tragic misunderstanding. And in a domain so important but so closely tied to emotion, it often derails constructive conversation and progress.
Phil Greenspun [posted an article][1] discussing a study of the efficiency of Medicaid in Oregon. The conclusion was that Medicaid increased hospital use by about…
Reflections on the re-election of Obama, from the perspective of someone living in a country collapsing from the weight of socialism.
I ran across an info-graphic visually demonstrating how much less Mitt Romney pays in taxes, as a percentage of his income. It’s very deceptive. Can you figure out why?
It would seem they are.
People who argue that transferring weath from one segment of society to another through taxes should remember there’s an ugly intermediary in-between.
Does it really make sense to pray, in response to such disasters?
