[via Reciprocity Failure] Do you agree with the idea this man’s sign – on the scene at an Occupy San Francisco protest – represents? Why or why not?

Nobody in power appears to know how the Customer-Friendly system really works. – The Customer-Friendly System [comments] Nonsense. I’m keeping tabs on everything as we speak. (Proactively, I might add)

Turn it up! It’s obviously working! [T]he demonstrators clash with police, literally instigating fights with riot police sometimes, thinking it will further their cause. But the police don’t represent the interests behind any political agenda any more than the demonstrators do. They are there simply to maintain order while the protesters exercise their rights. The [...]

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via Mises Economic Blog (Comments) What is the value of public education? It’s self-evident that while there is likely not a far-reaching conspiracy to actively disseminate disinformation and reduce the majority of human beings to compliant slaves serving the interests of a ruling elite, basic human fallibility (and contributing influences which worm their way out [...]

Do not take the concept of interchangeable parts for granted. 1793 – One essential value of this organization is the idea of interchangeability. In 1793, Eli Whitney’s mass production of muskets, based on the principle of interchangeable parts, announced the dawn of the industrial age. – Google Timeline: interchangeable parts eli whitneyretrieved 2009-10-02 The paradigm [...]