Monthly Archives: December 2023

Populism vs Neoconservatism (12-17-23)

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Populism is popular but ineffective, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15365410:00 What is populism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism14:30 The rise of modern populism – Takis S. Pappas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMNwUh0X5eI33:40 How to understand power – Eric Liu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Eutci7ack53:00 Elliott Blatt goes to a sports bar 55:00 Colin Liddell joins … Continue reading →

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Populism, Neoconservatism & Lessons in the Application of Power

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Luke Ford

I’m a simple man who likes simple things like truth. Here is one truth as I see it — populism is usually popular but rarely gets anything done, while neoconservatism is unpopular but gets much accomplished (such as the disastrous … Continue reading →

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Their Friendship Dissolved Over Monetarism

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Luke Ford

“Betrayal” is the hyperbolic term we often use when we find out that other people have different priorities from what we expected. The best book I’ve read on this topic is Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations by Gabriella Turnaturi: … Continue reading →

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Decoding The Greatest Motivational Speakers (12-12-23)

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 New Yorker: How to Build a Better Motivational Speaker: The upstart motivator Jesse Itzler wants to reform his profession—while also rising to the top, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15355853:00 Criticizing Israel on American campuses, https://www.unz.com/isteve/president-of-penn-shoved-out/55: Putting the con in conservative: https://rumble.com/v2nqqwe-putting-the-con-in-conservative-5-14-23.html56:00 Conservative cons, … Continue reading →

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New Yorker: How to Build a Better Motivational Speaker: The upstart motivator Jesse Itzler wants to reform his profession—while also rising to the top

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Luke Ford

You don’t become a great motivational speaker ala Oprah and Tony Robbins by telling the truth. There are too many other people and institutions doing that. You become special by relaying something special, but few people have a trove of … Continue reading →

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