We
pass laws to excuse our violations of the moral principles we pretend
to have.
About
That Recovery:
If everything is so rosy, Janet, why is it that during 2015 nothing
worked - not stocks, not bonds, not commodities. Not even a whole
bunch of folks who don't get counted as unemployed.
The
Harvest: During
every day in 2015, American police shot and killed three of us. And
every damned one was justified because the cops live in fear of
12-year olds.
Stop,
Look & Listen:
After extensive reports about a riot by up to 2,000 kids - implied to
be black gangs - at a mall in Louisville, KY, not a bit of damage was
done to the mall, no YouTube videos have gone viral, and even the
mall's security cameras apparently do not have footage of the
rampage, no shots fired, no injuries, no fights. What we do have is
the reporting from one white cop.
Evolution
In Action: Our
widespread (and often gratuitous) use of antibiotics is causing the
rapid development of "super-bugs" resistant to even the
most powerful drugs available. By 2050, absent any sudden and
lasting change in the way anti-microbals are used, drug-resistant
infections will kill more people than cancer and cost the world over
$100 trillion a year in treatment, premature death and economic
costs.
This
Just In:
Government social benefit programs and high tax regimes make us all
better off while real-world evidence shows that great inequality
slows a country's economic growth.
Mr.
Market Is Broken:
"Essentially
central banks, by unfairly inflating asset prices have compressed
risk like a spring to unfairly
tight levels. Unfortunately,
the market is aware the price of risk is not correct, but they can’t
fight it, and everyone is forced to crowd into the same trade. By
manipulating markets they have also reduced investors’ inherent
conviction by rendering fundamentals less relevant."
I think this means that they know it's all a hoax, but they gotta
dance while the music plays.
Quoted:
"The world is
almost certainly a much worse place than any of us want to admit. And
that’s before
you’ve even left America.
" Scott Alexander
2 comments:
"This is a place for me to show off my thin talents - cynicism & snapshots."
I have been meaning to say that there is a decided lack of snapshots these days. Camera out for repairs? Love your pictures.
Did First Reader put you up to this? Not a resolution, but come the first I'll try.. ckm
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