ENJOYING THE SPECTACLE OF NARRATIVE COLLAPSE

by Brett Stevens

Last night the riff on social media was that a white woman had shot up YouTube headquarters. Chuckling softly at Google staff inheriting the wind of the social chaos they are spreading, most of us turned the page, figuring that this one was going to be a mess. This morning brings no disappointment.

NOW ONLY WARFARE REMAINS

by Brett Stevens

There is no binary for intelligence, although there are different plateaus, which operate in a method similar to a binary when a specific task is considered. At 120 IQ points, there is a threshold which determines the ability of people to understand complex political issues, and another exists at 125 IQ points.

But to see these issues clearly also depends on having a certain spirit that is capable of leadership. That is a warlike spirit, a gut instinct of what is right, and an awareness that, without being forced to do otherwise, people inevitably drift back into the usual narcissistic oblivion that turns great civilizations into degenerative stupidity.