Ideological Nightmares

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is profoundly troubling me. While I am gladdened to see Western Europe galvanized against Russia and unified in economic sanctions, I still worry that it will not be sufficient. I worry that we could be witnessing a resurging war of ideology. Numerous intelligent scholars are dissecting Putin’s motives, but the fundamentalContinue reading “Ideological Nightmares”

Friedrich Hayek

Had to memorialize this gem of a thread: Elizabeth Cohen was clearly baiting the idiots – and she reeled them in (and protected their identities). It was a cheap shot designed to draw trolls, but cheap shots are great tactics in combat. This wasn’t “the wisdom of crowds.” It was the illiteracy of crowds: aContinue reading “Friedrich Hayek”