Christian Baaki
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Christian Baaki
... See moreA brilliant libertarian-republican theoretician before achieving power and after leaving it, Jefferson is a classic case of corruption of principle from being in power. The first Jefferson Administration, however, was certainly one of the finest libertarian moments in the history of the United States. Expenses were lowered, the army and navy were s
... See moreFor any teachers reading this, invite dragons back into your classrooms. Allow boys to compete. Keeping tabs of great answers and intellectual risks taken in class is a great way to engage boys. Inter-class competitions really get them going… Reward amazing performances. Reward them when they take on challenges. Pat them on the back… Boys need rule
... See moreTo keep it low risk, I reached out to the only other person I knew running a ghostwriting business.
They gave me a freelance role at their company. So I started getting the reps in. At the same time, I also committed to the craft of writing:
Minimum of 500 words per day (hit this for 660 days in a row)
30-minutes of daily copywork (hand-copying great
The single best product lens is “build until they tell” — focus on improving your product until every user refers someone else
... See moreSo, why claim that Keynesian economics is immoral? It is because Keynesians economists claim that by creating new money and increasing spending, the government can create new wealth that will spur economic growth. That is a lie, period. As Murray Rothbard has noted, new money creation and borrowing and spending simply transfers wealth from those wh
So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find some one to worship.
Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
... See morePretend The-All-Knowing-Writer-Gods said, “If you reach 10,000 hours of ‘getting good’ at writing and 10,000 hours of ‘getting good at monetizing your writing,’ you will make millions of dollars. Guaranteed.” Pretend the outcome is fixed, objective, and measurable. Then, it’s just hours. Things like talent and creativity are irrelevant. (You can de
The impact of the corporate income tax on the economy is much larger than the actual amount of taxes collected. Additionally, the overall size of the wage base is many times the amount of the corporate taxes collected, so a small increase in the corporate tax can have a relatively large effect on wages.
That’s the promise: you will live more curiously if you write. You will become a scientist, if not of the natural world than of whatever world you care about. More of that world will pop alive. You will see more when you look at it.