A universal basic income would certainly be a step in the right direction … it would free immense creativity that today is absorbed in doing jobs that, when you really look at it, make little sense.
Forget ideology, liberal democracy’s newest threats come from technology and bioscience
A groundbreaking book by historian Yuval Harari claims that artificial intelligence and genetic enhancements will usher in a world of inequality and powerful elites. How real is the threat?
The write up begins with a reminder that recent code which is tough to improve is a version of legacy code. I understand. I highlighted this statement:
UPDATE 2: Libertarians are their own worst enemy. Why a Coalition Cabinet is essential and why Gary Johnson should create one and challenge Clinton and Trump to Cabinet-level debates. See Afterthought at end of this post.
The alt-right- is mostly comprised of young guys. That is, what was once something much more straight-forward (pun not intended) – sex, which leads to marriage leads to children leads to community – has become impossible, or close to it, for many of these guys. And as we know since Freud and before, sex is a very, very powerful force that can influence social and political change big-time. From where they sit, many young women are brain-washed by radical man-hating feminism to one degree or another. Something is happening among young men every MSM pundit completely fails to notice or don't want to, because it will open up lines of discussion that will undermine their globalist narratives.