Bookmarking Definitions for Future Reference
The following is a short list of functional definitions revolving around a developing economics of attention. I am no expert on economics (although I do have a few friends who…
Poetry and Philosophy
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. - Oscar Wilde I started writing with the…
Linguistic Impediments to Thought
I caught a passing glimpse of Jesse Waters on FOX the other day, and he was criticizing 2020 presidential candidate hopeful John Hickenlooper in the following manner: a pundit asks…
Recognizing Corporate Snake-Talk
The three-and-a-half hour evisceration that was the Joe Rogan Experience #1258 was one of the more extraordinary contemporary media debates I've seen. Tim Pool pulled no punches, but he didn't…
Ilhan Omar’s Serious Question
One of the newest and most diverse(TM) senators from Minnesota has gotten herself in hot water for asking why democrats care tremendously about political and economic interference of the oil,…
Learning the Wrong Lesson
Perhaps the greatest indictment one can make of modern colleges and universities is simply to observe the almost unimaginable stupidity and lack of creativity in those who make the policy…
Free Speech Needs Nationalism
I was reading a book written by my great-great grandfather a few days ago. It described (among other things) the account of his journey from Scotland to India in the…
Caveats on Orwell
From almost six years back, Ed Smith has some interesting insight on the subject of deceptive speech and Orwell's Politics and the English Language: Orwell argues that “the great enemy of…
Politics and the English Language
By George Orwell Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we…
Two Logical Fallacies
I have discovered two logical fallacies in the past year, which I have not seen elucidated elsewhere: one formal, one informal. I present them for the evaluation, judgment, improvement, and…