Unless I'm misunderstanding something, it's willfully dishonest, and I wouldn't trust anything this person says about anything. I've lost my patience with academic frauds. They do serious damage to the country.
Unless I'm misunderstanding something, it's willfully dishonest, and I wouldn't trust anything this person says about anything. I've lost my patience with academic frauds. They do serious damage to the country.
He included a snarky cartoon, making fun of anyone who would be concerned that cash benefits might be wasted. That didn't age well. He wrote an entire book on UBI, and some internet randos like me immediately spotted the problem in his argument.
To each his own, but I'm not inclined to a charitable interpretation. Purported conservatives and libertarians who say what progressives want to hear tend to get a pass on the rigor of their arguments, and it looks to me like he's been a beneficiary of this.
I don't really think it's really making fun of people. It's just making a point that has plausibility at least on its face in comic form. Maybe it offends some people, but people use thought experiments and memes that offend people all the time regardless of intention, and it's best not to put stock on that. There's nothing clearly insulting in the comic.
Unless I'm misunderstanding something, it's willfully dishonest, and I wouldn't trust anything this person says about anything. I've lost my patience with academic frauds. They do serious damage to the country.
I've read several things by him, and Zwollinski is good. This is an overreaction.
He included a snarky cartoon, making fun of anyone who would be concerned that cash benefits might be wasted. That didn't age well. He wrote an entire book on UBI, and some internet randos like me immediately spotted the problem in his argument.
To each his own, but I'm not inclined to a charitable interpretation. Purported conservatives and libertarians who say what progressives want to hear tend to get a pass on the rigor of their arguments, and it looks to me like he's been a beneficiary of this.
I don't really think it's really making fun of people. It's just making a point that has plausibility at least on its face in comic form. Maybe it offends some people, but people use thought experiments and memes that offend people all the time regardless of intention, and it's best not to put stock on that. There's nothing clearly insulting in the comic.
Do you highly recommend Zwolinski? HeтАЩs been on my reading list for a while. Should I make the time to read him?
For sure. I've enjoyed the stuff on exploitation and sweatshops that he's written on.
Yeah, my jaw dropped when I read that foolish argument. Like, seriously?! Needs a retraction or clarification--badly.
ItтАЩs bad form to assume dishonesty when incompetence can also explain it.
And usually it is *very* difficult to discern the one from the other.
I'm sure it's an honest mistake