Ode to 2024
What a year it has been. There has been a big vibe shift across the Western world, and the Anglosphere in particular.
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I’ve got maybe 30 seconds. The helicopters are circling now. Focus. Focus. If you have enough people, you can get away with anything.
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There Are How Many Fingers?
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The Myth of Government Science
Time and again, private enterprise and competition deliver results while government scientists simply collect grants.
If Socialism Was Going to Work, This Would Have Been It
A wealthy backer, a boatload of intellectuals and a clean slate – it still failed.