• ionescur (61)in #politics • 7 years ago

  Theory on debate and source of political views: left, right, libertarian

  People have been debating politics and philosophy for what is, for practical purposes, forever. And they are now not an inch closer to anything resembling consensus than they…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  Sunday musings: Sunday morning beer and judgmental thoughts

  There is a strange way how people hold others to different standards than themselves. Sort of like this old book said "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's…

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• ionescur (61)in #politics • 7 years ago

  Let’s talk Trump: lessons learned

  I want to talk about Trump a bit. Well like is not the right word, in a better world I would not utter a word about the guy. Alas, here we all are. So I will talk Trump because…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  Sunday musings: the beauty of a proper breakfast and the joy of morning beer

  When asked what is your favourite meal of the day, most days I would say I don’t have one. Food is mostly fuel during the work days. Quick breakfast, quick lunch, snack before…

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• ionescur (61)in #justice • 7 years ago

  Is corrupt justice better than no justice?

  Welcome to the blog that asks the tough questions. And the not so tough ones, on occasion. In Romania we lack many things. Corruption and theft is not one of them . In fact…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  Intertesting question: How did you earn your fist money

  The first time you earn money on your own can be special for someone. By this I don't mean getting an allowance for chores from parents, but somehow making some cash independent…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  Measuring Advice: 12 Rules for life – useful or not?

  I wrote before about Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson. He is doing the interview circuit as we speak because he is slinging his new book, 12 Rules for Life. It is sort of a…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  Good advice vs. useless advice

  The self-help genus is one of the more popular one when it comes to book sales and is, in my view, mostly nonsense. Not all, mind you, but much. And so is advice. Most advice is…

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• ionescur (61)in #politics • 7 years ago

  Cultural Marxism: threat to Civilization or Conspiracy Theory?

  The title phrase Cultural Marxism is... controversial to say the least and what one thinks of it may be simply a mirror of ones ideology. It can be rather en vogue among…

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• ionescur (61)in #opinion • 7 years ago

  Arguing with the left: case study Jordan Peterson

  I assume everyone who is interested in this sort of things has seen the Channel 4 interview of Jordan Peterson by Cathy Newman. It went rather viral in certain corners of the…

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• ionescur (61)in #libertarianism • 7 years ago

  Wonders of Big Government: Today, The Peoples House, Bucharest

  Among the landmarks of the city of Bucharest, The Peoples House stands out. Really, it does. It is huge. And a bit of an eye sore. One of those things that the locals say when…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  On the Benefits of Horse Medicine for Gym Injuries

  Weird title huh? Let me explain. A couple of months ago I injured my shoulder at the gym. It is, I assume, superfluous to say shoulder injuries suck. You you your shoulder for a…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  Bold predictions for 2018

  Hello random peoples of steemit. It is I, random steemit contributor. How have thou'st been this past year? A new year is upon... well the people of the world who randomly…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  Humans have limited capacity to give a damn

  In this exciting age of social media, everyone tends to think that what they have to say is important. It usually is not. But one of the things which are getting more prominent…

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• ionescur (61)in #politics • 7 years ago

  Poisoned Pills of Socialism: Of Watermelons and the Environment

  Diseases of Socialism: Of Watermelons and the Environment There was an old adage, which like most such things is not necessarily 100% accurate, which said an organisation that…

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• ionescur (61)in #politics • 7 years ago

  On the prevalence of Not Real Socialism

  As a reasonable person living in the 21st century, and scion of a former communist country, I am still baffled about how many people still support Socialism as a viable political…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  Discipline or motivation: what gets things done?

  A lot of people, including yours truly , often have problems of motivation in life. You often feel you are in a rut, that things are not going in the right direction, and that…

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• ionescur (61)in #life • 7 years ago

  Corporate work and the big picture

  As someone whose day job is in a random large multinational corporation, seeing something among colleagues got me thinking. So this post will mostly be random musings. Among the…

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• ionescur (61)in #economics • 7 years ago

  What you can learn about human nature and economics on an escort forum

  This year not me , it goes without saying , but a friend of mine , payed a few visits to an online escort forum, for research purposes into what you can learn about…

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• ionescur (61)in #philosophy • 8 years ago

  Libertarianism, liberty and the blockchain

  Is there a blockchain for liberty? Or is the whole ecosystem conducive to it? Who the hell knows really? It seems so but the results are far from being conclusive. Ethereum or…

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