Tag Archives: Luck

Roll the Dice

Posted on November 5, 2024 by N.S. Palmer

Common wisdom gives us a lot of contradictory advice. There’s: “Fortune favors the brave.” “Discretion is the better part of valor.” And there’s: “Look before you leap.” “He who hesitates is lost.” But I think the best advice comes from … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Life, Philosophy, Psychology | Tagged Chance, Courage, Determination, Luck, Rudyard Kipling, Strength, Wisdom | Leave a comment

Trust Not in Ideologies

Posted on February 9, 2019 by N.S. Palmer

“Put not your trust in princes,” advises the Bible. I would add “put not your trust in ideologies.” Ideologies don’t make decisions. People make decisions, for good or for ill. Every way to organize society has advantages and disadvantages. If … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Life, Political Science, Society | Tagged Anarcho-Capitalism, Capitalism, Common ownership, Economics, Georgism, Henry George, Ideologies, Ideology, Libertarianism, Luck, Social organization, Socialism, Socialist Calculation Problem | 1 Comment

Why My Father Was Never Sick

Posted on December 14, 2018 by N.S. Palmer

In “Unbreakable” (2000), Bruce Willis played a middle-aged man who discovered that he was an invulnerable superhero. Obviously, superhero movies require our suspension of disbelief. In “Unbreakable,” the hardest thing to believe was not that Willis’s character was invulnerable, or … Continue reading →