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Category Archives: Economics
The “Billionaire Space Race”
Yes, I always get annoyed at the comparisons between Musk and Bezos, let alone by either of them with Branson, who has wasted vast amounts of other peoples’ money with not much to show for it or any hope of getting much of it back.
[Tuesday-morning update]
I’m finally getting around to reading the whole thing. I found this amusing: “In the future, Virgin Galactic aims to use its advanced technologies to manufacture aircraft capable of high-speed point-to-point travel. High-speed aircraft are capable of traveling faster than the speed of sound. A significant market opportunity exists for vehicles with this capability, as they could drastically reduce international travel times.”
What “advanced technologies”?
The Economy Gets Wrung Out
Yes, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, but it will present opportunities if you have money.
[Afternoon update]
I agree with Glenn that we’re already in one. Politically, the question is what will be the state of the economy going into the election a year a half from now>
California From The Inside
“How I knew they were lying.”
Slight quibble: Beverly Hills is east of the 405.
Failure Is Not Not An Option
In spaceflight, it’s a necessity.
Fauci
He’s been a national catastrophe.
How We Forgot Pol Pot
Revisiting the killing fields.
If Marxism means enforced equality, its ultimate endpoint is this. Individuals cannot be ‘allowed’ as they might be ‘different’, they might laugh or be happy, unlike others. Beauty – physical, artistic, sexual, spiritual, intellectual – must likewise be ruthlessly extinguished, because it too prevents a Marxist Utopia. Beauty is unfair. It must be eliminated.
Does this matter? Yes, because we live in a time when kids think Marxism is cool again. When self-confessed Marxist Jeremy Corbyn is seen as an amusing old uncle.
In the early 80s, I worked with a man from Cambodia at Rockwell who had managed to escape, just a few years earlier. He was a good guy, smart engineer, but understandably didn’t want to talk about that.
What Happened To SVB?
A comprehensive explanation, and what it potentially means.
Newsom’s corrupt years of lobbying and donations pay off.
The Silicon Valley Era
…is coming to an end.
It’s Dead, Jim
The latest on the crazy-train fiasco in California.