Short and Sweet.
Belkar from OotS gives some valuable life advice
Sorry, I couldn’t resist
Solve a man’s problems with violence, help him for a day. Teach a man to solve his problems with violence, help him for a lifetime.
Yeaaaah! Belkar, the sexy, shoeless god of war is back!
A quote from Satoshi Kanazawa on how Economics ignore the evolved psychology of humans.
Microeconomic theory, or any other theory of human behavior which assumes that human behavior is rational and based on carefully calculated cost-benefit analysis, cannot explain van Beest and Williams’ remarkable findings that humans are happy to lose money and sad to make money.
And if you’re wondering about the title of this QotD, read the full article 😉
This goes very nicely with my recent post on human nature and how, not only is it not suitable for Capitalism, but on the contrary, the truest expression of it can only be found in Communism.
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I just found a small cache of Epicurus quotes which you should take the time to look. Very worth it.
Some samples:
- Death is nothing to us; for that which has been dissolved into its elements experiences no sensations, and that which has no sensation is nothing to us.
- The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
- Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is friendship.
Gogogogo!
The individual has become more conscious than ever of his dependence upon society. But he does not experience this dependence as a positive asset, as an organic tie, as a protective force, but rather as a threat to his natural rights, or even to his economic existence.
Even geniuses are against Ayn Randish bullshit. 🙂
Can we call someone who learns about the body and its biological processes, as well as use of the surgeon’s tools, yet never performs an operation, a surgeon? That is why the term “academic Marxism” is such an oxymoron.
Quick, go and vote it up
We’re only at a lowly 12% and I can’t believe that Macs are ahead of MS. Are all Macboys gadget freaks?
Why should someone get more for no better reason than simply because they presently have more?
Another must read post. Go read it in full.
Capitalism works because when times are good for you it hides the places where times are bad for others. But then when times are bad for you it blames everything and the kitchen sink. Everything except Capitalism that is.
Yes, I’m back and I’m starting with the easy stuff. Expect Toledo Photoblogging soon.
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For the next week I’ll be probably offline. Time to relax a bit in Spain. Expect photo updates when I return. Until then feel free to go wild in the comments 😉
Quoth Paris (Free Translation from Greek)
While Microsoft’s ship is searching for pirates while sinking, the islands of Free Software appear slowly like a new continent revealing itself.