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Question 10: What is the DIM Hypothesis?
I have been participating in a book group this year; we are reading Leonard Peikoff’s new book The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West are Going Out. After having engaged is some rigorous chewing of the book with … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, culture, DIM Hypothesis, disintegration, integration, Leonard Peikoff, misintegration, modal analysis, Objectivism, philosophy, society, western culture
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Not Random Violence, but the Consequence of Ideas
Saturday, we saw a number of news reports on the interwebs about the murder of Delbert Belton, who fought at Okinawa, allegedly by two teenaged thugs. From these reports, we learned that robbery is bad, murder is bad, elderly combat … Continue reading
CalPERS Warns Against Investing in California
CalPERS, the California Public Employee’s Retirement System, has big bucks from California taxpayers to invest in support of the promises that California politicians have made to public employee unions. Asset International’s Chief Investment Officer reports that CalPERS has only 8.9% … Continue reading
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Tagged California, CalPERS, economic regulation, pensions, public employee pensions, public employee unions
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Top 10 Books for Selfish Citizens, 2nd Quarter 2013
The following are the top 10 books for April – June 2013 as identified by the readers of Selfish Citizenship. A Turn for DeWurst by Sydney Kendall | Related post: A Turn for DeWurst, an alternative to the state of … Continue reading
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