I rarely see movies in theatres and hwhen I do, I rarely walk out. But I have walked out of one movie: Movie 43. hWhat a piece of absolute trash that was!
My man Bryan, follow the logical implications of your books on education and quit your professorship this very moment. It's high time that you stopped misusing tax payer funds.
Thanks. I didn’t know this. I had read some other of his posts where he tried at least partially to address this. His other excuses weren’t any better. Here are some brief responses.
“Government employment is good for me but not for the tax payer.” Hypocrisy at its best. A drug dealer who was against drugs could also defend himself along the same lines.
“I blew the whistle.” This is a terrible excuse. Imagine a whistleblower at an evil corporation that was immorally wasting tax payer monies sticking around *because* he blew the whistle. Blowing the whistle is not an excuse but even if it were: great; you've done your job and you can get out.
“If I quit, tax payers won’t get their money back.” Hypocrisy. Hasan Piker also defends his own mega mansion along the lines of “even if I donated all my monies, the system would not change”. A hypocrite who thought eating meat was wrong could justify eating meat along similar lines: the animal is already dead; forgoing the steak dinner won’t resurrect the dead cow.
And note that a soldier in a genocidal army could also give the same excuse: even if I don't commit war crimes, some other soldier will so what's the point of resisting?
My guess, without having read Bryan's defence, is that he would think his own and Robin Hanson's classes weren't a complete waste of a student's time and money. So it might be the case that he believes that in general pupils/students are best taught at home, or older ones even teach themselves through the internet, but in specific cases that calculation changes. I wouldn't pay for most university courses but if one were given by, say, Milton Friedman, I'd make an exception. Unfortunately students can't pick and choose their teacher in advance.
I know that many people don't like these case-by-case arguments; they are bitty and look like double standards. But my own beliefs on most subjects have caveats. Mass immigration? In general I'm against it, especially from low-IQ and aggressively religious lands, yet if Japan or Israel were to suffer some terrible calamity, I'd be the first to advocate for taking them all in.
The "did you know you can just walk out of a film?" has always been one of my favourites.
How about some other brilliant advice to avoid committing to things:
1. Don't feel like going to the gym, even though you've paid for a membership, and you've agreed to go with your gym buddy? Just bail out your friend, don't go and play on your phone for another hour! You know it will be more fun.
2. Always watch lectures or educational videos with another tab open, just in case you decide you might want to do something else halfway through.
3. If you have a "screentime restriction" or grayscale app, install a shortcut to disable it so, just in case you want to be distracted while doing an important task on your phone.
4. If you have an argument in your marriage - don't be tied to the idea that "we should stay together". It's probably just sunk-cost fallacy, enlightned people know that you can just leave home and go and sleep with someone else!
5. If you've taken disulfiram, always keep a supply of activated charcoal handy to deactivate it, just in case you feel like a drink one evening.
On the other hand, a correct understanding of the consequences of monetary policy, etc. can lead to better choices of investments and of stores-of-value. The real problem facing most economics students is that they are taught a lot of statist nonsense regarding the consequences of various types of government interventions.
Bryan you are my favorite self-help writer, glad that you combined your previous essays in this book!
I rarely see movies in theatres and hwhen I do, I rarely walk out. But I have walked out of one movie: Movie 43. hWhat a piece of absolute trash that was!
My man Bryan, follow the logical implications of your books on education and quit your professorship this very moment. It's high time that you stopped misusing tax payer funds.
Bryan has already written about this. https://www.betonit.ai/p/the-joy-of-government-employment
Thanks. I didn’t know this. I had read some other of his posts where he tried at least partially to address this. His other excuses weren’t any better. Here are some brief responses.
“Government employment is good for me but not for the tax payer.” Hypocrisy at its best. A drug dealer who was against drugs could also defend himself along the same lines.
“I blew the whistle.” This is a terrible excuse. Imagine a whistleblower at an evil corporation that was immorally wasting tax payer monies sticking around *because* he blew the whistle. Blowing the whistle is not an excuse but even if it were: great; you've done your job and you can get out.
“If I quit, tax payers won’t get their money back.” Hypocrisy. Hasan Piker also defends his own mega mansion along the lines of “even if I donated all my monies, the system would not change”. A hypocrite who thought eating meat was wrong could justify eating meat along similar lines: the animal is already dead; forgoing the steak dinner won’t resurrect the dead cow.
And note that a soldier in a genocidal army could also give the same excuse: even if I don't commit war crimes, some other soldier will so what's the point of resisting?
My guess, without having read Bryan's defence, is that he would think his own and Robin Hanson's classes weren't a complete waste of a student's time and money. So it might be the case that he believes that in general pupils/students are best taught at home, or older ones even teach themselves through the internet, but in specific cases that calculation changes. I wouldn't pay for most university courses but if one were given by, say, Milton Friedman, I'd make an exception. Unfortunately students can't pick and choose their teacher in advance.
I know that many people don't like these case-by-case arguments; they are bitty and look like double standards. But my own beliefs on most subjects have caveats. Mass immigration? In general I'm against it, especially from low-IQ and aggressively religious lands, yet if Japan or Israel were to suffer some terrible calamity, I'd be the first to advocate for taking them all in.
"I know that many people don't like these case-by-case arguments; they are bitty and look like double standards"
Congrats; you just played yourself.
Did I? So, if someone admits that there are exceptions to general rules, in doing so that person has 'played themself'? Have I got that right?
No, just you. (See what I did?)
When will it be released on google play books?
(I only use google books because it allows me to export my highlights and comments as I'm reading it)
The "did you know you can just walk out of a film?" has always been one of my favourites.
How about some other brilliant advice to avoid committing to things:
1. Don't feel like going to the gym, even though you've paid for a membership, and you've agreed to go with your gym buddy? Just bail out your friend, don't go and play on your phone for another hour! You know it will be more fun.
2. Always watch lectures or educational videos with another tab open, just in case you decide you might want to do something else halfway through.
3. If you have a "screentime restriction" or grayscale app, install a shortcut to disable it so, just in case you want to be distracted while doing an important task on your phone.
4. If you have an argument in your marriage - don't be tied to the idea that "we should stay together". It's probably just sunk-cost fallacy, enlightned people know that you can just leave home and go and sleep with someone else!
5. If you've taken disulfiram, always keep a supply of activated charcoal handy to deactivate it, just in case you feel like a drink one evening.
Typo: on page Aa of the Amazon preview you detected a casual logical fallacy. ;-)
On the other hand, a correct understanding of the consequences of monetary policy, etc. can lead to better choices of investments and of stores-of-value. The real problem facing most economics students is that they are taught a lot of statist nonsense regarding the consequences of various types of government interventions.