You might be asking yourself, “But Nick! How many times are you going to keep bashing liberal and reformist takes on anti-work theory? Can’t you just be happy that anti-work is becoming more popular?” And I would ask you…where you came from and how you got into the house I’m in right now. It’s a…
I’m no stranger to the libertarian world, having participated in it (to one extent or another) for the better part of 7 years or so. As such I was interested to see one of the few modern anarcho-capitalist thinkers I find worth paying attention to, Bryan Caplan, in a debate with a thinker I’m not…
The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) isn’t a website I follow very much. But then again, I don’t really follow many websites or blogs very religiously. I get almost all of my news from Facebook (my friends list to be more exact) and it’s generally a pretty reliable way to get the news without using…
Another movie, another notch on the belt of WatchMojo’s top 10 movies they tell us will make you want to quit your job. Unlike the last two (see here and here) I didn’t find much to like. The characters are extremely unlikable, their rationale doesn’t add much emotional depth and seems generally incongruous with their…
Last October NPR had a roundup of various TED talks about work and how we derive meaning from it. Fortunately/unfortunately, I’ve already commented on a lot of these themes and even responded specifically to one of the folks who are mentioned, Barry Schwartz. There’s a few things from him in the TED talk that I…
Right now I’m listening to a band called System of a Down. They’re a very loud, chaotic and overall disorienting band, especially if you’ve never heard them or anything like them before. A friend of mine described them as something akin to “avant nu metal” but generally it’s difficult to label SOAD as any one genre. While doing…
I can’t tell y’all how much the work of Dan Harmon has served to increase the quality of my life. Whether it was through his show Rick and Morty or more recently (for me) his show Community which helped me get out of many depressive funks I was in, Harmon has a knack for making a show about weirdos,…
Personal Update(s)/Introduction Wow, so, a lot can change in a month, huh? The last time I wrote one of these things the election hadn’t happened, my hard drive hadn’t crashed, I had one more roommate to help pay the rent and I had just gotten back from my book tour a week or so ago.…
I will be away from this site until I either get my laptop repaired or buy a new one altogether. Sorry for the inconvenience!