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Free trade is the unrestricted exchange of goods and services across borders, driven by comparative advantage and mutual benefit. Its intellectual roots stretch back to Adam Smith, the father of modern economics. In The Wealth of Nations (1776), Smith argued that trade barriers

David Ricardo built on this with his theory of comparative advantage in On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1817). Even if one country is more efficient at producng everything, trade still benefits both parties by focusing on relative strengths. This isn’t just

Modern thinker Russ Roberts, an economist wnd professor of Shalem College in Jerusalem, and host of EconTalk, champions free trade as a mechanism for peace and prosperity. In his book The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism, he illustrates how trade creates value by

Globalism extends free trade into a broader philosophy of interconnectedness. open borders, cultural exchange, and global cooperation. Thinkers like the intellectual giant Friedrich Hayek, in The Road to Serfdom (1944), saw global markets as a bulwark against centralized control.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, known for The Black Swan and Antifragile, offers a nuanced take. He’s skeptical of naive globalism. overly centralized systems can be fragile to rare, catastrophic events (like pandemics or financial crises, and the wrote this before the pandemic of 2020).

Naval Ravikant, entrepreneur, investor and Internet and X philosopher (and that's a good thing!), sees globalism as a natural extension of technology and human ambition. On podcasts and X posts, he’s argued that borders are arbitrary lines dissolving under the internet’s

Libertarianism ties these together with a focus on individual liberty and minimal government. John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government (1689) laid the groundwork, asserting that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property. governmnts exist only to protect these,

Ludwig von Mises, in Human Action (1949), took this further, arguing that markets are the ultimate expression of human freedom. Coercive intervention, like Mr Trump's tariffs or Mr Musk's subsidies, distorts the price signals that guide efficient resource use. I t is bad for

Russ Roberts blends libertarianism with humility about what we can control. He’s wary of government overreach, often citing Hayek’s “knowledge problem”, no central planner can know enough to outsmart the market. The world is a messy place, and freedom lets us figure it out

Naval’s libertarianism is pragmatic and tech-driven. He’s called government “a local monopoly on violence”. advocating for systems where individuals opt into rules via technology. think blockchain or decentralized platforms over state coercion. He i s looking for

Trade ties reduce conflict, nations that trade don’t often fight. This was also the Paneuropa idea presented by by Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi that lead to the EU. Taleb’s antifragility and Naval’s tech optimism show how global, free systems adapt and invent. However, as proven by

Freedom in trade and borders unleashes human potential. Critics might point to inequality or cultural erosion, but these are growing pains of a system that, over time, lifts all boats. And that is why I still believe in free trade, globalism and libertarianism. Mikael Pawlo

In 2017, CIRCUITBEARD bought one of those plastic driving toys, and in a spark of genius converted it into a fully fledged Outrun machine. Probably the coolest mod ever made. (Via Nostalgic Gamer)

Slow day today. Flipping through Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb ...again! What I find brilliant in Antifragile is Taleb’s observation that some systems not only withstand volatility but actually *require* it to improve. He pushes us to rethink stability, not as the absence of disorder,

I don’t think chess gets more emotional than this.

”Life is not a portfolio: not for a startup founder, and not for any individual. An entrepreneur cannot “diversify” herself: you cannot run dozens of companies at the same time and then hope that one of them works out well. Less obvious but just as important, an individual cannot

Mary Meeker's 350 slides on AI: bondcap.com/report/tai - don't you dare ask ChatGPT to TL:DR... :P

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