Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Colonization as a catalyst for modernization

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While their conclusion is likely true, the findings are way outside the Overton Window of the academy. From The European Origins of Econom...

Doctrinaires of discontent

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From The Passionate State of Mind by Eric Hoffer. 22 "More!" is as effective a revolutionary slogan as was ever invented by do...

Stoop by Jeremy Price

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Stoop by Jeremy Price Click to enlarge.
Monday, June 18, 2018

The Reader by John Koch

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The Reader by John Koch Click to enlarge.

There is radicalism in all getting, and conservatism in all keeping

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From The Passionate State of Mind by Eric Hoffer. 21 There is radicalism in all getting, and conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is...

Which they are.

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From The Political Impact of Immigration: Evidence from the United States by Anna Maria Mayda, Giovanni Peri, and Walter Steingress. From...

If the counter-party is constrained by confirmation bias, can there be a valuable dialog?

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I was initially skeptical of this study as a reverse biased case subject to weak controls and structure. And it might be but I think it ill...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

Emergent order rather than Deep State conspiracy.

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An interesting observation from The Deep State Is an Organism, not a Conspiracy by Charlie Martin. I think he is more right than wrong but...

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins by Meredith Frampton

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Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins by Meredith Frampton . Click to enlarge.

Intense desire can be a habit, a fashion or a tradition.

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From The Passionate State of Mind by Eric Hoffer. 20 Intense desire can be a habit, a fashion or a tradition. It is then apparently unc...