Thursday The markets are manifesting an exuberant and giddy blend of hope and fear. The primary cause is the seemingly bottomless credit being pumped into the system. Crypto Mania (CryMan) will end up more famous than Tulip Bulb Mania as an example of group nuttiness. The problem is that either the credit will stop, or that the credit will become greatly … [Read more...]
Medical Atrocities
Saturday I have never had much regard for modern medicine. It sees bodies as entirely chemical constructs, whilst at base, they are energetic. Drugs are their solution to everything. This is not a rant against drugs; when used discerningly they are a valid tool of medicine. I have huge respect for surgeons, who have almost miraculous skills. Even here though, some … [Read more...]
Try Gold
Wednesday When a long-existing social order begins to crumble, then the old, who know what they are losing, seek to repair and save it, and the young, who don’t, seek to replace it. That generalizes the situation, but it is approximately true. What is galling (to those old enough to know what that word means), is that in the instance of the collapse of our existing … [Read more...]
Cultures are Important
Tuesday Cultures are important. They went a bit out of focus after WW2, being replaced by ideologies. But they never went away. It was during WW1 that the communists noticed that troops were more inclined to die for their country (merely the physical location of their culture) than their ideology. In the 1930s, and based upon this realisation, National Socialism … [Read more...]
The Great Instability
Tuesday We are entering the time of the Great Instability. The order forged in the post-WW2 period, is collapsing. That is to be cheered. In a fast-changing world, the order has become sclerotic; rigidly defending a time that has passed. To do so, it has been forced to rely on ever-increasing personal surveillance with ever-diminishing human rights. It has become the … [Read more...]