Greg White's Blog

The only valid framework for deciding what's is a good idea, is whether it promotes human flourishing.

A mental framework is a shortcut for making sense of something.

In my predictions for 2030 from 2020 I made some outlandish claims.

In January 2020 I wrote a bunch of predictions in my apple notes app about what I thought would happen by 2030.

There's a lot of confusion of what is necessary for regime change, especially from my American friends.

Trump's intervention in Venezuela came as a surprise to me, but the more I dig, the more it looks like the first public domino in a grand strategy poised to isolate and weaken China.

You cannot conserve your way to an abundance of anything, water is no different.

As per the previous writings (Roadblocks to Abundance, Preserving Market Forces in an Abundant Future, Foundations of Abundance): to have an abundant economy emerge requires: A very Capitalistic economy Lots of natural resources A system for citizens to p…

Abundance will emerge, because abundance is on a spectrum (A0 through A3).

Insurance prices negative externalities better than governments ever do.

Abundance is closer than it appears, but it will not emerge without cultivation.

Corporations are sociopaths, they are ruthlessly selfish and will do anything they can in order to increase profit.

The Economy is this weird word that seems to be about as versatile as the word “fuck”: “The Economy is shit lately" “We need to stimulate The Economy” or the classic “Buying an [car, house, vacation]?

The measure of a civilization is the flourishing of its citizens: their health, happiness, and ability to live a full life.

Traditions are either about power, health, or love.