Thomas Sowell Trade-offs vs Solutions

https://theindependentwhig.com/haidt-passages/sowell-constrained-and-unconstrained-visions/sowell-trade-offs-versus-solutions/

While use of the word “perfectibility” has faded away over the centuries, the concept has survived, largely intact, to the present time. The notion that “the human being is highly plastic material”36 is still central among many contemporary thinkers who share the unconstrained vision. The concept of “solution” remains central to this vision. A solution is achieved when it is no longer necessary to make a trade-off, even if the development of that solution entailed costs now past. The goal of achieving a solution is in fact what justifies the initial sacrifices or transitional conditions which might otherwise be considered unacceptable. Condorcet, for example, anticipated the eventual “reconciliation, the identification, of the interests of each with the interests of all”—at which point, “the path of virtue is no longer arduous.”37 Man could act under the influence of a socially beneficial disposition, rather than simply in response to ulterior incentives.

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Rachel Carson and Malaria

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-rachel-carson-cost-millions-of-people-their-lives

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Scientific American Fat Stigma, not Fat is the problem…

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fat-is-not-the-problem-fat-stigma-is/

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Queen Elizabeth’s Face in Banknotes through Time

https://twitter.com/moodvintage/status/1149049468068794369

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Jesus is For Lease

https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob1/status/1149050123978194949

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Women’s Soccer Patriotism Pay

https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1148945949181579264

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Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Xianity

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/evangelical-christians-face-deepening-crisis/593353/

Evangelical Influencers https://johnwhawthorne.com/2019/07/10/evangelical-influencers-and-evangelical-populism/

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R Kelly’s child, trans, lesbian, identity and time

https://thevelvetchronicle.com/r-kellys-child-jaah-went-public-as-trans-now-18-explains-she-was-a-lesbian/

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Bradly Mason Xianity and Critical Theory Summary

https://alsoacarpenter.com/2019/07/10/christianity-and-critical-theory-a-summary/

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Facebook and Genocide

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