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moriarty: mircea_popescu, i guess i can see why from a philosophical sense, if one has inclinations
towards
the literal and
the objective
moriarty: mircea_popescu, so i suppose we ought
to
thank
the popularists for at least reminiscing some of
the past arguments for
the popular public
to enjoy a flavour of, and perhaps bring some publicity
to what would otherwise be dusty fields relegated
to
the backshelves of some university library
mircea_popescu: i don't
think
the conversation is worth keeping up with.
moriarty: mircea_popescu, well, i guess it was easier being a popular philosopher or statistician in
the past, when one did not have
to read countless landmark academic papers in order
to keep up with
the conversation, as one has
to
these days
xmj: well yeah, people put all sorts of
things on pedestals
moriarty: xmj, i am fully for stupid people not procreating, but i suppose
that
threatens
the sanctity of humanity above
the animal kingdom, we seem still unable
to fully accept
the depedestalisation of homo sapiens
moriarty: xmj, how much better are
the neoreactionaries aiming for? :P
xmj: ayn rand did have a few cool
things
moriarty: there's nothing new in both
their works, for
the inclined
moriarty: a popularist of sorts, amalgamating opinions of
the past and attempting
to
take credit for it
mircea_popescu: moriarty you're wioth
the "it's
the protocols of sion v2.0" point of view ?
moriarty: Ayn Rand is
the philosophical equivalent (you would know
this better
than me), of Nassim
Taleb of
the statistical world
moriarty: mircea_popescu, anyone gullible enough
to believe
the authenticity or originality of Ayn Rand deserves
to live in Galt Gulch :P
xmj: and, some of
the ideas particularly appeal. like, not having
the social welfare state fund
the procreation of stupid people, because...
they're stupid.
xmj: moriarty: it's funny. i've seen
the progression AnCap -> NRx happen a few
times
xmj: we are going
to do it better
xmj: no
that's
the neo part
moriarty: xmj, neoreaction from first glance off
the internet appears
to be one of
those anachronistic romanticism :)
mircea_popescu: <moriarty> mircea_popescu, UK, sorry
to disappoint you in not being able
to introduce fine latinas << nah it was because i was just laughing my ass off at
this "galt's gulch" disaster.
xmj: parts of it are genuinely racist (they lablel
themselves "human biodiversity" HBD)
moriarty: mircea_popescu, UK, sorry
to disappoint you in not being able
to introduce fine latinas
moriarty: mircea_popescu, heh, well i made a fortune off bitcoin, but i never saw
the point in holding a strong philosophical stance on
the utility of cryptocurrencies
assbot: A complete
theory of economics pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
mircea_popescu: moriarty not
the point
to make a one liner, it's like chess. you construct his argument by asking me questions or w/e other discursive procedure you favour.
moriarty: mircea_popescu, well, i'd
try not
to dilute his book into a one-liner, but essentially a blend of
technological warfare i.e. guns, a serendipitous adaptability
to germs via advances in medicine, and progress in
transport hulls made out of steel, which arose incidentally from ideal farming conditions e.g. arable land which gave rise
to a choice of livestock, was why
the seemingly unequal
mircea_popescu: bounce
that bit seems contradictory. how can you coerce
the entrenched ?
xmj: he's pioneered a good deal of
the "reactosphere" -- neoreactionary blogosphere
moriarty: xmj, i got routed
to ##austrians from ##econometrics when someone made an observation
that some of my comments leaned
towards ancap
tendencies, so i'm newer
to
the scene, although i've always found a blend of hayes/keynes economics
to be most delightful
bounce: bit of a problem where all you get is package deals run by people who, because
they run
the show, suddenly have all sorts of entrenched interests and become vulnerable
to all kinds and manners of coercion
mircea_popescu: moriarty yeah he's
the guy who spent 2012 insisting bitcoin can't survive,
then started a bitcoin kiler of his own which we kiled
moriarty: xmj, lol moldbug is a blogger, i
take it?
mircea_popescu: well no, which is why celebrating
traitors a la lincoln as some sort of national heroes is so mind boggling.
bounce: doesn't appear
to've held up
to
the ages
though.
mircea_popescu: let
the us not be a federation of states but a marketplace of states.
mircea_popescu: bounce
the original idea of "voting with feet" as implemented in
the us is exactly
that.
moriarty: Jared Diamond
tries
to
take a holistic look into
the apparently serendipitous distribution of wealth among nations
bounce: IMNSHO
there's no universal magic perfect government size, so it comes down
to choice. what do we want our government
to do? well, maybe we could start a market
to find out.
moriarty: mircea_popescu, Adam Smith is a classic if not a little dated, like most liberal arts field, perhaps it would be more helpful
to consider more recent counterarguments like
those by Jared Diamond
mircea_popescu: o look, xmj still derping around on
the basis of his 3 year experience. hai babee, how goes.
xmj: moriarty: much better
to read moldbug, be evil and call yourself royalist.
xmj: moriarty:
trust me, i've been one for
three years, i'd know.
xmj: moriarty:
they
talk, and
talk, and push out academic papers- --- and never do antyhing.
assbot: A complete
theory of economics pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
assbot: A complete
theory of sociology pe
Trilema - Un blog de Mircea Popescu.
moriarty: xmj, it's an appealing ideology
to be fair
mircea_popescu: you can't possibly allow change on
the grounds of marketplace success like
that.
mircea_popescu: well yes you know ? suppose zig ziglar sells a lot of books, and starts his own university, where he
teaches kids words like "fail" don't exist.
mircea_popescu: well i implement it wherever i can. seen
the economy and sociology articles ?
moriarty: what's your
take on free market?
mircea_popescu: there's one language, it's purely conventional,
this makes education purely arbitrary
to begin with.
mircea_popescu: fwiw, i believe "free market" education
to be plainly idiotic.
moriarty: so you could almost say
they are
the
teaparty equivalents of libertarians
moriarty: well, half of
them are minarchists,
the other half are anarcho-capitalists
moriarty: i was grossly disappointed
to say
the least
xmj: because it makes you lose money and
they make a profit off
that.
xmj: that's
the
thing a futures exchange would say.
bounce puts one and one
together and starts cowriecoin. instant legit.
Duffer1: 2
that someone signed up for it
Vexual: fuck your wnakholw
then
cazalla: ya fox got mine last year, getting some pullets soon
though
Duffer1: fresh eggs are pretty great
though
cazalla: yeah sure, maybe i'll open my home as a restaurant where not only do you have
to cook your own food like some places, you kill it
too
Vexual: youll have
to show me one
time
Vexual: theyve got a
thick neck on em
Vexual: i don't
think ive ever eaten pet
Vexual: i dont
think it would be right
to shoot
them in
the hutch
cazalla: i dunno, i
think
the brits brought em here
cazalla: Vexual, wild would be nice, i wouldn't mind going hunting but never looked into what it
takes
to get a gun licence here
cazalla: funny, never had
that issue with fish
cazalla: and
then i cut myself half a dozen
times butchering it as
the adrenaline still had me shaky
cazalla: so i kill it except i don't break it's neck right and it's jumping around with it's head bent
to
the side, squeeling like fuck
cazalla: first one i did, i sat with it for about 15 minutes, patting it (big mistake),
talking
to it (big mistake)
cazalla: it's a waste eh, been meaning
to learn how
to
tan but yet
to get around
to it
Vexual: and what do you do with
the skins?
punkman1: how long it
take you
to skin one?
cazalla: first one i ever did, i fucked it up, adrenaline pumping and all
that
Vexual: or a strong spring with some
tool steel?
cazalla: it's over for
them in seconds
cazalla: break
the neck, slit
the
throat
Vexual: how do you dispatch with
them when
thet are destined for dinner?
Vexual: you might wanna eat it before
the cute little fucker shakes you down
cazalla: i doubt
the guy i bought em off fully knew
their background anyway,
there is always people flogging pure bred crap on gumtree
that clearly is not