Maximize free will
September 7, 2012 – First guest post for Pythagoreanism.com! Written by Corey Wlodarczyk If the buy-in requires the sacrifice of freedom and the game is mandatory, are we still talking about a free world? Historically, the United States has considered it a constitutional right to be able to discharge debt, and has condemned debtor’s prison….
November 8, 2011 Oakland, Calif. – A once obvious assumption for some, but recently under attack from Fox News is the thought that buying American actually helps America. John Stossel quotes a supposed “economist” named Henderson who urges us to “buy things where they’re cheapest. That frees up more of our resources to buy other…
September 30, 2011 12:30 am 8 hours ago, we occupied the financial district of San Francisco, and marched past Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab, Bank of America, Chase, and the Fed’s West Coast outpost. All the marching left me with some time to think, and the topic for this article is why we protest.
…on your first try, spending as little effort, time, and money as possible. There are two main obstacles to overcome when taking on this challenge: knowledge and process. Your goal should be to get past these obstacles as efficiently as possible.
September 1, 2011 For those of you concerned about the Solyndra bankruptcy, I can explain it in a sentence: The Chinese have outcompeted the USA, yet again, in manufacturing, and as a result, another American company shuts down because it cannot compete with the dropping price of, in this case, solar energy.
August 15, 2011 For all our stoic attitudes, our cowboy-mentalities, suburban homes, SUVs, and Randian philosopies, America is, ironically, one of the most dependent nations on Earth.
August 7, 2011 Debtpocalypse continues! The cost of money has just gone up. It makes sense, really, that this happened, but the disappointing part is that it was totally avoidable. And S&P directly blames the GOP. Interesting.
July 22, 2011 — The Fed secretly gave out over $16 trillion to banks during the bailout. The previously reported figure was closer to 1 or 2 trillion. US gdp in 2010 was $14.7 trillion. This is like a guy making $50k a year giving a $40k, 0% interest loan to his gambling addict brother-in-law,…
July 18, 2011 Self storage, first month free! Giving away storage free for a month may seem like a bad business practice. Why would you ever give away the only thing you sell when you’re a for-profit business? How many gas stations or grocery stores do you see doing this? It’s actually a very clever…
…without even the courtesy of asking you for permission. June 20, 2011 – Happy Summer Solstice! Taxes are expenses which are mandatory for societal participation. For some reason, we’ve had this confused for a long time – and we think that government taxes are different than private taxes. Newflash: corporations are equivalent to governments from…
April 19, 2011 “They said things like, ‘We know your father has been molesting you. Why don’t you have him take his cock out of your ass and stick it in your mouth? You know you like it. Why don’t you have your wife come over here and give us blow jobs? You’re a loser….
April 17, 2011 “It’s probably too much to say that it’s a jobless recovery, but it’s certainly a recovery with not enough jobs… Especially because of youth unemployment… There is now a risk that this will be turned into a life sentence, and that there is a possibility of a lost generation,” said Robert Zoellick,…
January 28, 2011 Divergent Thinking Sir Ken Robinson introduces the concept of divergent thinking in this video, as shown in the previous post here on Pythagoreanism.com. He defines divergent thinking to be the act of creating distinct, unique, novel solution strategies to a single challenge. Say that you are hungry, and your challenge is to…