Revisiting Rand’s advice that we never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them, something that seems particularly apt this election year. See Program Notes, below for all the stories, etc., I plan to discuss.
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Program Notes
"Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them."
— Ayn Rand Bot (@AynRandBot) December 7, 2015
‘Dr. Drew’ show canceled days after host’s negative speculation about Hillary Clinton’s health
Many Donors to Clinton Foundation Met With Her At State
ASSANGE: ‘Most interesting and serious’ Hillary info yet to come
Don't let friends…or enemies…drink & dress. pic.twitter.com/kyreibqKGG
— Amy Peikoff (@AmyPeikoff) August 25, 2016
Two views of the content/metadata line in surveillance law
.@AmyPeikoff Apple is sticking to their privacy guns. https://t.co/MDxW6ny4pI pic.twitter.com/kzLM9MazT4
— Motive Power (@motivepwr) August 26, 2016
Buy My Privacy / Barron Webster HT Motive Power
What Is The Alt-Right? HT Rob Abiera
HT Stuart Hayashi
Should Chevron be reconsidered? A federal judge thinks so. HT Rob Abiera
Univ. of Chicago pushes back on trigger warnings, safe spaces HT David Cohen
A warning against trigger warnings
Elon Musk Requested to Meet Amber Heard Via Email Years Ago HT Stuart Hayashi
Wright-Inspired Tiny Home Resurfaces in Indiana Town HT Rob Abiera
Paisley Park, Home of Prince, Will Be Open to Public Tours HT Rob Abiera
HT The Jezabels
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I’m not certain that Moleyneux was given a fair shake. Dont get me wrong there is plenty of stuff that he says that i disagree with, but i think one really has to pay hard attention to the context of what he says.
I do think he is making a case for aggregation which is wrong but not necessarily bigotry. This aggregation leads to the leaps which ultimate obscure the relevance of the individual which is extremely problematic.
There are biological genetic selections based largely on ethnic groups. Things like the predispositions for sickle cell. so looking at these difference should not make one a bigot. There are also regional differences in gene pools in societies that practice selective mating. This fact should also not make one a bigot for illustrating. Its hard to examine traits associated with ethnic groups without coming off as a bigot especially if the examined traits are seen as socially negative. having watched some of this content (non edited) i did not come away with the impression that this was a bigoted examination so much as a sociological one.
The big problem is that this examination should not dictate policy nor does it address the real point of importance namely the individual. From what i have watched he was not so much indicating that this is the right way forward but more to the point of saying given the condition of contemporary statism and the policies currently engaged in you will likely see a certain group of aggregate results. This of course has the problem of aggregation multiplied with the problems of assuming correlations are causation. I don’t find this to be bigoted so much as a thought experiment with little value.
In regards to his “cult” i haven’t seen so much of that (granted i wasn’t looking for it either). I am familiar with the term defooing which i took to mean getting the destructive (predominantly intellectually destructive) people out of your life. This is also a concept i have heard from objectivists, namely you deal with hostile situations as long as you have to and then leave.
Im not saying molyneaux is free from problems, but i wouldn’t necessarily cast him out. I know plenty of objectivits who listen to people like rush limbaugh (me included in that group on occasion) and Molyneaux i find to be a better listen than rush when it comes to intellectual topics. Granted rush tends to be a little more fun, but he is also geared more towards entertainment.
At any rate i didnt have the interpretation of moleyneaux that was portrayed on this episode. Im definitely going to go back and listen to him again to make sure i didn’t miss something important.