Category Archives: Our Future

Foundations of Logic group – markets and risk

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

A link from Foundations of Logic Group – NEWS Deadly Incurable Illness Spreading Across The Globe Infecting Nearly A Million People Just one more of the many examples where market incentives are directly at variance with human survival. It is … Continue reading →

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Islamophobia

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

I Grew Up as a Muslim in New Zealand. I Want You to Know I Belong. You belong. One didn’t need to be of a different race or culture to get a hard time growing up, just being different is … Continue reading →

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Evonomics – Turchin – Capitalism kills cooperation

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

Evonomics – Peter Turchin – Does Capitalism Kill Cooperation? The thesis: “Competition between groups (up to whole societies) fosters within-group cooperation. Competition within groups (between their members) destroys cooperation.” while true, actually hides more than it clarifies. What is actually … Continue reading →

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Minimum wage and UBI

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

In Foundations of logic Group – 5 Reasons Raising the Minimum Wage Is Bad Public Policy I’m all for eliminating minimum wage laws, but only after there is a genuine livable universal basic income that is there for everyone, every … Continue reading →

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Climate Change

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

It seems clear to me that the problem of maintaining a reasonably steady temperature and sea level is real enough (at least to some significant degree). Human induced warming is definitely a strong possibility, but the climate stability of the … Continue reading →

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Future of Humanity

Posted on March 31, 2019 by

NZ Skeptics – What would be the most accurate, educated guesswork out there of what humanity will be like in a 1,000 years? I’m cautiously optimistic that we will survive the next 50 years (70/30), and if we manage that, … Continue reading →

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Foundations of Logic – Welfare everywhere

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

Foundations of Logic – Welfare Welfare Everywhere Frank Lovell said “Welfare Welfare Everywhere”…until OPM [Other People’s Money] runs out. There are occasionally some Free Lunches, but there are no Free Lunches as a sustainable Way Of Life. Nope, uh-uh, none, … Continue reading →

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