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Why Americans Shouldn't Respect Offices or Laws, We Must Stop Trying To Be Unassailable, Next Year Will Be The Last For Our Subscription Newsletter, What Geniuses Believe, 5 Reasons I'm Not Interested In Secret Bad Guys...

Why Americans Shouldn't Respect Offices or Laws

It has become a common belief among Americans that they should "respect the office" of an official, even if they don't respect the person holding that office. The same, of course, goes for "the law." And while I understand that people saying such things are trying to be virtuous, they are mistaken. Continue reading "Why Americans Shouldn't Respect Offices or Laws"

Posted on December 5, 20241 Comment on Why Americans Shouldn't Respect Offices or Laws

We Must Stop Trying To Be Unassailable

Guilt, as I've noted before, is the great vulnerability of the Western world. I'll pass up an explanation of why for today, but the validity of this statement is made ever so clear by the fact that political types rise to power by championing one class or another of victims, portraying everyone else as somehow guilty. It works brilliantly, and by it bizarre and unbalanced people leap into power. Continue reading "We Must Stop Trying To Be Unassailable"

Posted on December 4, 2024Leave a comment on We Must Stop Trying To Be Unassailable

Next Year Will Be The Last For Our Subscription Newsletter

2025 will be the final year for our monthly newsletters. There's no big and heavy reason for this; it's simply time. All things have their seasons, and FMP, no matter how much I've loved it, is hitting the end of its run. Continue reading "Next Year Will Be The Last For Our Subscription Newsletter"

Posted on December 3, 20242 Comments on Next Year Will Be The Last For Our Subscription Newsletter

What Geniuses Believe

It struck me some time ago that the people we think of as "geniuses" tend to arrive, over time, at surprisingly similar sets of conclusions. It further strikes me that a simple list of such thoughts might be of value.

And so, here is a list pulled from my quotes file and presented without commentary. Enjoy: Continue reading "What Geniuses Believe"

Posted on November 30, 2024Leave a comment on What Geniuses Believe

5 Reasons I'm Not Interested In Secret Bad Guys

Millions of decent people are spending their time and energy, trying to identify the secret bad guys of the world, then to prove that they're right.

This is a serious problem, especially because monster hunts divert people with strong ethics from building new and better things. 

So, here are the five reasons why I'm not interested in secret bad guys: Continue reading