Recovering Apollo 8. Excellent short science fiction story with Objectivist undertones. This is not a failure. We’re proud to be the first humans to venture beyond the Moon. Please continue the space program. Get us to the Moon. Get a base on the Moon. Send another group to explore the solar system—one who can report […]
In Intellectual Products and the Right to Private Property Tibor Machan takes a thoughtful look at the anti-intellectual property arguments. Worth a quick read. Is it the point of those who deny that rights to intellectual property are possible that when people produce their intentional or deliberate objects, such as poems, novels, names, screenplays, designs, […]
In other news, murders not expected to zero the birth rate and shoplifting not expected to bankrupt any retail enterprises. LOL. Nate Anderson at ars technica isn’t worried about the piracy of literature. He isn’t even worried about authors. In fact, Nate seems to think authors should be happy just to have their works read. […]
Project Virgle is straight out of the Probability Broach. Read it and you will think, “How excellent. This is how it should work. Private companies partnering for space exploration.” Virgle’s goal is simple: the establishment of a permanent human settlement on Mars. Larry Page, Sergey Brin and I feel strongly that contemporary technology is sufficiently […]
The Mises Institute retypeset Hentry Hazlitt’s Way to Will Power. Get the beautiful PDF here: The Way to Will Power. Don’t miss out on this gem as you calculate your hierarchy of values and plan your lifelong goals. Will-Power, then, may be defined as the ability to keep a remote desire so vividly in mind […]
In Wired’s Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig Bets ‘Wikipedia’ Approach Will Transform Congress, I found this interesting statement: “The problem we face is … the problem of crony capitalism using money to capture government,” … “The challenge is whether in fact we can change this. The political experts tell you that it can’t be done […]
I need more time in my day. We all do, I’m sure. I can get up early. A few weeks ago I got up at 5AM for almost a whole week straight. But I can not yet do that regularly. Becoming an Early Riser The other day I came across Dave Navarro’s Becoming an Early […]
Planning a novel is hard. The more I work on planning my novel, the more I realize how complex and meaningful a complete work of fiction is. It’s intimidating. But I will finish this project. The consequences for my self-esteem of not finishing are too great. Here are some of the building blocks of my […]
I find it entirely irrational and self-deceptive to think that Ron-Paulians are going to take over the GOP or even have any significant impact. When Ron Paul theoretically had a shot at the GOP nomination I was right in there with many many other people promoting him and donating money. That time has now passed. […]
A few days ago I described my plan for writing a novel in 2008. I’m now in the planning phase of the novel, which is tentatively titled “Lando Cruz“. I’m working on my back-cover blurb first in order to bring the foundation of the story into focus. Here’s what I have so far. Landon Cruz […]