Not PC
"'Real Socialism' has never been tried..."
"Why Secularists Calling for a Christian Revival Are Wrong"
Moral Hazard + Bubble = ?
The dawn of the post-literate society (and the end of civilisation?)
"That’s the real lesson. Market power in technology is temporary because the underlying technology isn’t."
Labour "recognises NZ’s infrastructure crisis. But has no idea how to fix it."
Pay no attention to the (mad) men behind the curtain.
"My strong preference is to disestablish the Broadcasting Standards Authority..."
"New Zealand's unique welfare problem isn't disability or unemployment. ... It is the high rate of sole parenthood"
No Kings
"The Broadcasting Standards Authority is a creature from the past which should not exist in a free and democratic society."
Rights
"Why are leading institutions so biased against fossil fuels?"
"Israel surrendered"
"Ideas, especially philosophical ones, are fundamental to economic growth."
"...one of the infinite ways that man can choose to be an imbecile..."
“Once you learn to think, conformity becomes a difficult habit to adopt again."
'Why Cynicism is Just Moral Cowardice'
Good advice.
"Decide together to be Separate?"
"This is why I focus on prosperity-building instead of complaining all the time about the past."
Stolen Land?
"Suddenly, the race is on to be skeptical."
"The apocalypse was always a decade away. ."
'Degrowth' says we're running out of land to feed everyone.
Tom Waits's Thought for the Day: On gentlemen
"In New Zealand, moving a water tank on the marae can require council consent. Meanwhile, the Squamish are building apartment towers on their own land on their own authority."
What's humanity's greatest ever invention?
"Welcome to the world of reality - there is no audience."
"...a deeper issue about how our educational institutions have prepared (or misprepared) us for life in the adult world."
"Things and Actions are what they are"
Have you been workslopped?
"What 'social justice' advocates want is not justice, but to be in charge of deciding who gets what."
He's right, you know
"Do I think it’s a good idea to scrap art history? No, I think it’s a terrible, tragic idea."
Recognition => Consequences
"That’s how Netflix erases Citizen Kane and Casablanca. It can’t deny the greatness of these films. But it can act as if they never happened."
FACT CHECK: "The United States is one of the only developed countries where health care is mostly left to the free market." ANSWER: FALSE
Don't make fun of the despot
Your "unlived life"
"The pandemic pulled back the curtain for a moment. When everyone worked from home, it became obvious who was actually doing things and who was just... there."
'Dictator from Day One'
"There are some rivalries in sports that stand the test of time..."
"The single biggest reason why social media is now a dead-end for musicians is that people can’t remember the names of artists or the titles of songs they like."
"You can't punish the innocent for the crimes of the guilty."
"Take, for example ... GDP."
"The fundamental error of Keynesian central banking is the pretension that the business cycle can be comprehended, assessed and expertly managed by what amounts to a monetary politburo of 6 government apparatchiks on the Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee."