This week I have made the following posts on my other blogs:
- My
most popular posts from 2020
Now that Blogger has improved its statistics feature, I thought I'd look back at the last 12 months, and see what articles have been most popular:
. . . - Some
interesting reading
I've come across some interesting reading that I thought I would share.
First up is an article about POTUS45's appalling claims that the pandemic is fake - which is one of tens of thousands of lies #45 has made. . . .
A call for philosophers to stop “shit stirring” - which is the best thing I've heard in that field for years: . . .
“What Election Day Revealed About Progressive Policies”
. . . - Pardons
by #45, limitations to immunity, and “ecocide”
The pardons being given by POTUS45 (#45) are like giving the rats * fleeing a sinking ship life-jackets.
Putin has been doing something similar for himself.
Something that's worth contemplating is that crimes against humanity cannot be protected against that way - they fall into a special class of law referred to as universal jurisdiction
. . . - A
possible attack on professional integrity / the quality of training of
professions
Technical literature in a profession is how professionals in that area of work stay up to date . . . And now a tech company has introduced a requirement that technical papers potentially be - in my word choice - biased . . . ALL professions need to recognise and start addressing this issue
. . . - Change
- including changing with the times and the evidence
One of the sites I follow is Aeon, which typically has some interesting articles / thinking / stimulus to thinking in their weekly newsletter service.
One of the recent articles was "How to let go of a lifelong dream", with the additional sub-heading comment "Adaptability is as much of a virtue as grit. Overcome any feelings of loss or failure by pivoting toward a new passion".
. . .
Being prepared and willing to adapt “on the run” is not just crucial to the personal, it applies to other areas - my day job, other professions, and especially military planning.
It also applies to economics and politics, which are plagued by zombie ideas - such as the trickle down fallacy (see here, here, and here, for instance) - largely because people are unable to give up their lifelong dream of, for instance, seeing trickle down fantasies somehow come to work.
This is a variation of the old saying that the personal is political.
. . . - China
vs. India
As an initial comment, the CCP is continuing its economic attack - the one sided nature of direct economic actions means it is not a war - on Australia.
The main commentary I wish to provide, however, is on the Caspian Report's latest video, titled “A tiny Indian archipelago makes China nervous”.
. . . This week's offering from this excellent channel is, in a nutshell, about the whys and wherefores of India's militarisation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands near the Strait of Malacca.
. . . Overall, this video continues the excellent production values of the channel, and provides informative insights on the topic of India's strategy around managing China's threats. I thoroughly recommend having a look - especially at the risks which this could lead to.
Interesting reading / sites this week:
- “9 Observations on the Gods – Polytheism as I Practice It”;
- $854,000 compensation to a man whose leg was broken by SA police (violence and professional failings do not pay - and clearly does not help the community allegedly being served. If police need ongoing support, monitoring, and rotation, provide it - but in all cases, the must “do the right thing” by the community they claim to serve.
- Sunday,
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday,
(these candles are the “lite” substitute for my former news posts).
