Adam Smith Knew That Empathy Is The Core Skill In Economics, And, As It Turns Out, Baseball.
/in The Individualist /by Hunter HastingsAn expert at “Game-calling” attributes it all to empathy. “It’s them knowing that you genuinely care for what’s happening to them on the mound.”
Doesn’t It Seem Like An Odd Strategy For Senators To Tell Us Not To Trust Them Or The Supreme Court?
/in The Individualist /by Hunter HastingsA deliberative body, elected to represent us in great debates about significant decisions, that tells us not to trust or respect the outcomes it delivers appears to be a contradiction in terms.
The Hayekian Nature Of The World Cup Penalty Shoot-Out.
/in The Individualist /by Hunter HastingsEach individual is free, using individual knowledge and skill, to do his or her best within the general rules that apply to all, and is free to learn from the experience, and, if the experience is not what was intended, to try to succeed via a different approach next time. That is the essence of the free society.
Don’t Drain The Swamp, Eliminate The Swamp.
/in The Individualist /by Hunter Hastings (Republished)The fundamental problem is that the federal government has too much power. Companies think it makes good business sense to shower lobbyists, legislators and executive branch associates with cash. Why? Because the benefits they reap are worth far more than the money they spent.
Is The Pope Totalitarian? He Certainly Prefers Central Control Over Free Markets.
/in The Individualist /by Hunter HastingsThe central control community includes not only the Catholic Church, but also the World Bank, IMF, United Nations, EU and many, many more institutions that recognize no bounds. They share thinking with global communism and all the totalitarian themes in history.
Isn’t It Time To Give Up On Democracy?
/in The Individualist /by Hunter HastingsDemocracies don’t necessarily correlate with prosperity. Singapore, which scores negative on the scale of democratic political systems, is less affluent than only Luxembourg, which is one of the countries that score a +10 on that scale of democracy.
There Is A Private Property Solution To Our Concerns About Facebook.
/in The Individualist /by Hunter HastingsFacebook would store this info in a virtual locker, and users would control access. The social network already has this data. It simply needs to corral it into two billion virtual lockers. Each user could then share or not. Here’s the good news: Facebook is going to pay you to share. Then they’ll turn around and charge you a similar amount to cover the cost of servers, electricity, coders and Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodies.
6 Reasons Why Individualism Is The Best Social System For Everyone.
/in The Individualist /by Hunter HastingsIn the division of labor, we each want to demonstrate that we can provide better service to others and be worthy of our hire. This is how individuals find their own level.
Each Of Us Can Drive Towards Lifetime Sustained Peak Performance – Like Tom Brady
/in The Individualist /by Hunter HastingsWhat if we had a President whose brand was built around the promise of being the best person he could, and helping all Americans to be the most productive they could be, and helping the country to achieve peak performance, focusing on the most important contributory factors and eschewing the political distractions that get in the way? What if any politician were to build such a brand and make such a commitment? It would be nice if one of them read Tom Brady’s book and reflected on the difference between personal peak performance and political performance.
Communicate, Engage And Serve Others: How Individuals Build Communities Like Forests
/in News, The Individualist /by Hunter HastingsThis interconnectedness of individual trees and animals, which nurtures the entire ecosystem, precisely reflects the nature of Individualism. Individualism is a system. Each individual extends branches and roots to become as strong as possible, and connects and communicates with others to make the forest strong, which is good for the forest and good for every tree.