Find Something Beautiful Today

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Definitely!!!

 

Available on Amazon.

Yep

 

"What critics keep getting wrong about capitalism"

 Vincent Geloso goes after The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's "takedown" of capitalism.

Check it out.

Diversity of Dispositions

 A good diamond cutter has a different disposition than a good dog trainer. The one is careful, the other commanding. Different kinds of work attract different human types, and we are lucky if we find work that is fitting. There is much talk of "diversity" in education, but not much accommodation of the kind we have in mind when we speak about the quality of a man, or woman: the diversity of dispositions.

- Matthew B. Crawford in Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

Good Times in Paris

 

The Crystal Ball Essay Has Been Expanded

A cartel with a nuke? Putin deposed? Sovereign cities? 

Get out your marker and rate the possibilities.

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Preparing a Crystal Ball

With the German elections coming up, I'm preparing a Substack essay on the possible events in Europe.

Strange stuff could be just around the bend.

Affirmations and Advances

A gizmo may bring advances in particular subjects, but so much of life does not depend upon advances.

It depends upon reaffirmations of core values such as honesty, courtesy, kindness, courage, and personal accountability.

Without those, we will become barbarians with smartphones patiently filming crimes and disasters when we're not scrolling.

Home Run