Scott Adams: In his own words
Topics: lease donate to support my Periscopes and Podcasts: I fund my Periscopes and podcasts via audience micro-donations on Patreon [no longer active]. I prefer this method over accepting advertisements or working for a “boss” somewhere because it keeps my voice independent. No one owns me, and that is rare. I’m…
Read MoreCongress just proved something that we all suspected: They are the wrong tool for fixing health care. The topic is too complicated, the politics are too corrosive, and the money interests are too strong. That’s why citizens will step in and fill the gap with their own proposals. I expect…
Read MoreOur system of government has been amazingly robust for hundreds of years, but it fails when you have these two conditions: 1. An issue is too complicated for the public to understand. 2. Big companies are willing to distort the system for profits. That situation describes the healthcare debate going…
Read MoreYears ago I coined the term Confusopoly [archive] to describe any industry that benefits by keeping consumers confused. For example, mobile phone carriers know their offerings are too confusing for consumers to compare one company to another on cost. That is clearly intentional. If consumers could compare offerings it would drive profit…
Read More[Update: fixed bad email address in step 3.] Most of the remaining problems in the world are information problems in disguise. For example, our politicians in the United States are trying to figure out how to provide health insurance to low-income people without breaking the budget. It looks impossible, at…
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