A public record of some of my thoughts. Feel free to comment, but don't expect me to respond.
This is an interesting video about Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity. He argues that stupid people are more dangerous than evil people, because you can’t reason with stupid people.
He’s using “stupid” more along the lines of indoctrinated (I wonder if there’s a translation issue), and the whole argument reminds me of the saying “you have to be educated to be this stupid.” (“Educated” in this case meaning a false education that indoctrinates.)
Last week I attended an in-person conference in New York City. Almost none of the attendees wore masks, but all the help did — the food service people, etc.
Nancy Pelosi has once again been seen in a crowd not wearing a mask. (See Hobnobbing with the rich and famous, maskless, is the new face of the Democratic Party.)
“Why is Nancy Pelosi allowed to attend a lavish billionaire’s wedding in California without a mask while our school children are forced to mask up? Is it only the servant class who is forced to wear masks?” asked one tweet.
Obama famously partied with friends for his 60th birthday, and nobody wore a mask.
Rules are for the little people, of course, but I’m starting to wonder if masks are taking on a strange dual role as both virtue signal and class marker.
Kamala Harris panned for using ‘French accent’ to French scientists while touring Parisian lab
I often said that we should judge Trump on his policies and what he actually does, not on his personality or what he says. I want to apply the same standard to Harris.
Her personality is awful, but her policies are worse.
Back in October of 2020, I listed my top concerns. They were …
I would put up with Harris’ cackle, her tendency to be a goof, and her weird sense of what’s appropriate, if she was on the right side of the issues I care about. She’s not.
I heard about this today. Decent is a men’s magazine curated by women.
It’s probably safe to say that the size of the “men who want to be told what to do by women” market is a lot smaller than the “women who want to laugh at the silly things men do” market. If the owners are smart, they already know this, and they’re marketing this magazine to women. If they think they’re going to sell this to men, I think they’re going to have a tough time.
Also, this is a perfect opportunity to try your “shoe on the other foot” thinking.
What would people think if this same magazine was for women, curated by men?
Have you noticed that this dangerous warming is always going to happen?
It’s like solar power. It’s the power of the future, … and it always will be.
I have come to the point that it’s not even worth listening to anybody who says renewables are the solution to climate problems. Renewables are causing problems!
The short-term solution is to switch from coal to gas, the mid-term solution is nukes, and the long-term solution is better nukes.