Why does he always kill the characters we love?
Category Archives: Philosophy
Charles Stross On Amazon’s Business Model
In which he ignorantly bashes libertarians:
I’m not going to lecture you about Jeff Bezos either, although I do want to note that he came out of a hedge fund and he’s ostensibly a libertarian; these aspects of his background make me uneasy, because in my experience they tend to be found in conjunction with a social-darwinist ideology that has no time for social justice, compassion, or charity. (When you hear a libertarian talking about “disruption” and “innovation” what they usually mean is “opportunities to make a quick buck, however damaging the long-term side effects may be”. Watch for the self-serving cant and the shout-outs to abstractions framed in terms of market ideology.)
Emphasis mine. Jonah Goldberg, hit this guy with a cluebat.
The Property Rights Debate Continues
I report on the latest Alan Boyle piece over at Open Market, with a bonus comment from Glenn Reynolds.
Dyson Shells
Homesteading The High Frontier
A press release will be going out shortly, if it hasn’t already, but the project I’ve been working on regarding space property rights was published today. I’m flying to DC tomorrow for a Thursday press conference.
Freedom
In Praise Of Chaos
Thoughts on creative destruction, from George Will, with a generous nod to Virginia Postrel.
Derbyshire Update
Apparently, for those concerned, the prognosis is good.
Complex Societies
Why they need simple laws.
[Update a few minutes later]
Are regulations strangling the economy? Samuelson thinks so.
Derbyshire
Well, this sucks, big time. Hope he can beat it.