Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

https://www.canadalandshow.com/what-media-missed-at-the-jordan-peterson-slavoj-zizek-debate/ Zizek is way more interesting than Peterson. Peterson is a run of the mill huckster using his degree in a semi-related field to prey on alienated college aged males. Zizek is raccoon who lived in a dumpster behind a … Continue reading →

https://aeon.co/ideas/a-belief-in-meritocracy-is-not-only-false-its-bad-for-you Meritocracy is the most self-congratulatory of distribution principles.  

https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1255243843177459715

https://www.perell.com/blog/peter-thiel Thiel’s idea of Definite Optimism is Christian theology cloaked in secular language. By raising our spirits, a positive vision for the future unites society and raises our spirits. And that’s what the Western world needs right now.   https://www.firstthings.com/article/2015/06/against-edenism … Continue reading →

https://www.scottadamssays.com/2020/04/26/episode-938-scott-adams-4-dimensional-energy-creatures-prizes-that-are-noble-dash-of-fake-news/ Lists some energy creatures, energy movers DJT Joe Rogan Steve Jobs Rush Limbaugh Scott Adams AOC People who watch and follow energy rather than truth or reason. Separate from cerebral movers    

The iconic view of Kenya’s Mt. Ololokwe, on the highway to Ethiopia. Right now, 08:32am, April 24, 2020. pic.twitter.com/nuHx96w2ud — Max Bearak (@maxbearak) April 24, 2020

https://twitter.com/JonathanMerritt/status/1254077667533619201

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/we-expect-too-much-from-our-romantic-partners