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A Stone Thrown into a Still Pond: Economics in One Lesson and Second Order Effects

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Henry Hazlitt’s popular book ‘Economics in One Lesson’ has been recommended to me many times so I finally took the time to read it. The structure of the book is Hazlitt’s interpretation of economics, the study of how society allocates scarce resources with alternative uses, boiling down to one major fundamental lesson. He presents this … Continue reading A Stone Thrown into a Still Pond: Economics in One Lesson and Second Order Effects

Nature speaks to us. In 2020, it was yelling.

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Nature speaks to us.   It is not through oral or written communication, but in feedback loops.  2020 was weird in many ways for the whole world.  We started the year with hopes of a new prosperous decade.  We ended thinking we had aged a decade within one year.  Humans can muffle problems, but only … Continue reading Nature speaks to us. In 2020, it was yelling.

Why the Ends Never Justifies the Means

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The ‘end’: the theoretical objective of what one or many set out to achieve. The ‘means’: the ways in which the one or many try to achieve the ‘end’. Problem #1 There is never an end unless we’re talking about ‘The End’. ‘The End’ is the actual end of life. Humans and their pursuits cease … Continue reading Why the Ends Never Justifies the Means