Month: December 2024

• Falling Soda Cans

  It has been a hard day for everyone in my family. But decisions have been made and it’s affecting everyone around those decisions. So I’m a little edgy today. But this post isn’t about our big problems, it is about a very specific small one. I have been able to successfully ration soda for the…

  Mark

  December 3, 2024

  collaboration

  aggression, autistic behavior, bad decisions, Leaning Tower of Pisa, soda cans

• The New Puritans

  A lot has been said about the concept of woke. It is nebulous enough that those who oppose it and those who embrace it have different assessments of what it actually means to be woke. To me it seems like a new puritanism. Woke things are looked through the lenses of critical race and gender…

  Mark

  December 2, 2024

  Uncategorized

  DWM, equality, history, identity, intersectionality, merit, misogyny, new puritans, oppressors, racism, Reed College, social engineering, woke

• Free Markets and Losers

  Stephanie and I are arguing about capitalism again. We are both bad at making and saving money. She doesn’t see that as a problem while I do. And she keeps saying I argue that “Capitalism is true.” I think it’s a strawman. My argument is that capitalism is effective in producing things that I desire,…

  Mark

  December 1, 2024

  collaboration

  art, capitalism, desire, fight, free markets, loser, Stephanie, truth