Along with Nicaragua, the DPRK, and Jamahiriya Libya, one of the most unfairly maligned countries within Western 'left' circles in recent memory is Syria. Ranging from those who hail the U.S.-backed, foreign

The more complex an idea, the fewer the people that will understand it reasonably well. Often, the great questions of Humanity and Civilization fall into this category of complex ideas. This raises some

Contracts don't care about emotions. If you're constantly aware of all the situations in which you're under a contract, you'll be less prone to emotional manipulation by the counterpart. Every time someone

Start with whenever you listen to one of these: "God doesn't exist" "There are poor people because there are rich people" "Science is my religion" "You don't understand

The reason socialists don't join a voluntary socialist community under a capitalist system, as they are completely allowed to do, is because they need and want the coercive power to steal from others,

They are trusted by most, since they are willing to listen and because they know how to keep secrets. Consequently, they know secrets. Quiet people are often dismissed, but they can easily destroy the

The missing, enormous piece is here: Money. Free-market, global, censorship-resistant money is the biggest event in centuries. We can't grasp this enough. It's too big and unprecedented for us to understand.

Assume everyone is an enemy. Strangers. Colleagues. Friends. Family. The new authoritarianism is like a silent virus spreading. The cure is violent. Be prepared. image

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Imagine how many lies were never corrected. Upon these lies a lot of things may have been done, the consequences of which are, still today, based on lies. Imagine how those small, inoffensive lies that

There's probably an authoritarian on each of your friends calling for banning A or B. I like to use Penn Jillette's mnemonic of imagining the hypothetical justified use of a gun to evaluate situations.

They get away from action to focus on useless judgement. Nothing is fair or unfair; everything is. It's not even fair for everybody to have the same rights. It is that way. It's not unfair that an innocent

When AI is truly achieved, what do we, humans, fear the most? What to expect from a raw, powerful brain? What we fear the most is that it doesn't think like us. About what aspect, specifically? Morality.

"Let your emotions go, be rational" Be rational, in the sense of be aware of causality between what we can perceive our brain is doing and some action. Is this perception what really separates

It is. The answer is higher, the answer is behind. But people look down, people look forward. Well, climb the ladder, take a step back. Look at the fundamentals, the principles. You'll find that any mundane,

That doesn't mean those at the bottom are worse off; often it doesn't. But you can't expect them to outperform the top people, can you? You wouldn't bet your money on it, at least. Success becomes a habit,

Every structure, system or hierarchy is destroyed by Love. Particularly when it unleashes Hate. image

Mowgli doesn't care about what you think about what he wears, says, thinks, eats, does. Mowgli is free. image

"What is real?", asks Dolores. "That which is irreplaceable.", Arnold answers. What's irreplaceable?; I ask. Free will; I answer. image

Very few people drive the world forward. Almost all keep the world going. I can't say ones are better than the others. The two are inherently capitalistic. The two are equally necessary. image