Ballast
Ballast is not redundant in language, neither in life. It produces sense. Continue Reading
Trump Debranded
Brands differentiate one from another. Some are kind, like kindergarten, and some are threatening, like the army. Some are rational, like Wittgenstein, and some are crazy, like Salvador Dali. It is a peculiarity of any brand that it is not… Continue Reading
Science has no history
It was Plato who wrote part of New Scientist article in 2011. Continue Reading
Homonism – published
A memetic baby was finally born. Homonism. A term I coined because I found the concept of humanism insufficient and misleading. Continue Reading
Does “new” really add value?
It is wrong to take for granted that new, innovative and added value are almost synonyms. New belongs to a domain of time. The new year comes after the old one passes away. A new car comes after the old… Continue Reading
Faster than light
Only after we take concept of relativity seriously, we can recognize, that that specific relativity theory (Einstein’s) is wrong in principle. Continue Reading
Friction between neo-cons and behavior economists is fake
Behavior economy introduced through prospect theory (Kahneman and Tversky, 1979) is generally understood as the one that disapproves »previous« libertarian theories developed by Hayek, von Mises and Friedman, to name just few of them. As shall explain further, the alleged… Continue Reading
Risk upgraded by Taleb
Risk does not lie in the probability of an event but optionality. Risk should not be evaluated on rationality but optionality, meaning a heuristic calculation of gains and losses, always asymmetrical in a complex environment. Lessons given by Nassim Nicholas… Continue Reading
Conservatism
Conservatives understand the reclusiveness of time and thrive with innovation without the danger of harming others that do not share our vision. Continue Reading
Is there any relation between lobbying and branding?
The correlation between lobbying and branding is -1. More the economy rests on markets/brands, less there is lobbying and with that less corruption. Continue Reading