It’s not just that the FAKE, the advertised, the scammy — look BETTER than the real thing It will often even look more LEGIT More legit than the real thing Is a Ferrari the most telling indication of material wealth? It’s not a horrible indication. Even renting a Ferrari requires a dollar or two …
Month: December 2024
COMPARISON as a Useful Model
Comparison, metaphor — is like a model of a thing The purpose of a model is to represent something Model is of course NOT the thing itself It is but it’s representation It omits certain aspects of it — and represents other aspects In having a copy: theoretical or scaled down or whatever — …
Truth Yields Superiority
Truth yields superiority We don’t even have to define precisely what is “superior” Truth still results in superiority We could philosophically say that truth itself is superior, therefore results in superiority But we can, for simplicity’s sake, just concede that: In general, the more ACCURATE understanding of any given subject — the greater the …
Is Capitalism Like Eugenics?
Is capitalism like eugenics? Where the strong decide what is right and what is wrong? No it’s not In capitalism — the MARKET decides If the market is DOMINATED by a few — fair enough. You could argue that “few” have the most votes But it’s not those FEW that created this mechanism …