Well, well, well. After Gov. Karen Newsom (D-CA) told Elon Musk not to open his Tesla electric car factory in Fremont, CA, and after Alameda Country Interim Health Officer Karen Pan disallowed his plan to reopen, Elon Musk upped the challenge.
But I think that we should understand the bigger picture here. Musk is using the method of the great American philosopher, Jackie Gleason. He is saying "To the moon, Karen!"
Or maybe, in the case of Elon Musk, we are talking about "To Mars, Karen!"
The thing to understand, I think, is the fundamental difference in the way that men and women handle conflict and danger.
Women say: "Shelter in place." Men say: "March toward the sound of the guns."
Women run conflict in a static to and fro of each one takes a turn, as in:
This is confirmed by chaps like Sun Tzu, and lately by John Boyd's OODA loop. The whole idea of Observe, Orient, Decide, Act is to understand the process that an actor in a conflict goes through, and to train yourself in the process so it is second nature. Then, the idea is that when you are in a conflict you "get inside the opponent's OODA loop" by responding to events and acting faster that he can react and act. It´s a guy thing.
It is not a Karen thing. Because Karen is a girl.
But there is a bigger issue here. And it points up the difference between the educated Gentry and the Commoners.
The educated Gentry is the most highly educated part of the population, meaning that its members are more likely to have excelled at formal education in schools and universities. There is a tendency in such social structures to develop One True Way on everything: "settled science" as we know it. Also there is a tendency for such institutions to come under the influence of the ruling class and to convert them from education institutions into ruling-class seminaries.
The Democrats, as the party of the educated Gentry, are big-time into formal structures and settled science promulgated from on high, and you peasants better follow along.
The Republicans, as the party of Commoners, are much more into informal education, learning by doing: a million consumers and producers responding to the price signals of the market and learning as they go and correcting mistakes on the way.
The Helpless Victims, of course, just sit there waiting for someone to tell them what to do. But as I say in my Little Darlings concept, the problem with being a Little Darling is that you are completely at the mercy of the ruling class, who may or may not really care about people like you.
The current Wu Flu epidemic is showing us the problems in the One True Way approach of the educated Gentry. Their epidemic models don't work; their assumptions about social distancing don't work. Their from the top edicts, such as Gov. Karen Cuomo's order forcing nursing homes to accept Wu Flu patients from hospital or else, don't often work.
Of course they don't. That's because all human activity on this Earth is a cluster-f*ck.
Meanwhile ten thousand producers are adapting their operations to make masks and social distancing markers and restaurants are switching from eat-in to takeout.
The interesting point is that the top-down model beloved by the educated Gentry class with its hunger for "ambition, honor, and vanity" is anti-social. I mean that it is a command from on high, a pure hierarchy. It does not allow for flexibility and feedback and interaction.
The market, on the other hand is a truly social thing, with humans interacting and responding to each other in no particular hierarchy and doing things that benefit other people just because that is the way you get on.
Did I mention my Four Laws? That
Know what? None of this is rocket science. It really isn't.
But there is a cultural problem. If you are in the educated Gentry, your self-image depends on your superior wisdom to order the lesser breeds without the law around. You cannot believe that the Commoners should be allowed to live without proper supervision from their betters.
But #WeBelieve that "kindness is everything." Just like it says on the yard-sign out in front.
And went ahead and reopened his car plant. Hey, why not! He is saving the planet with his electric cars!Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2020
But I think that we should understand the bigger picture here. Musk is using the method of the great American philosopher, Jackie Gleason. He is saying "To the moon, Karen!"
Or maybe, in the case of Elon Musk, we are talking about "To Mars, Karen!"
The thing to understand, I think, is the fundamental difference in the way that men and women handle conflict and danger.
Women say: "Shelter in place." Men say: "March toward the sound of the guns."
Women run conflict in a static to and fro of each one takes a turn, as in:
Woman #1: [Yells at neighbor]
Woman #2: shares with her friends: "I can't believe she said that," then retaliates.
Etc., move by move.Men are different. Men run conflict as a war of movement, where you are always trying to stay one move ahead of the enemy.
This is confirmed by chaps like Sun Tzu, and lately by John Boyd's OODA loop. The whole idea of Observe, Orient, Decide, Act is to understand the process that an actor in a conflict goes through, and to train yourself in the process so it is second nature. Then, the idea is that when you are in a conflict you "get inside the opponent's OODA loop" by responding to events and acting faster that he can react and act. It´s a guy thing.
It is not a Karen thing. Because Karen is a girl.
But there is a bigger issue here. And it points up the difference between the educated Gentry and the Commoners.
The educated Gentry is the most highly educated part of the population, meaning that its members are more likely to have excelled at formal education in schools and universities. There is a tendency in such social structures to develop One True Way on everything: "settled science" as we know it. Also there is a tendency for such institutions to come under the influence of the ruling class and to convert them from education institutions into ruling-class seminaries.
The Democrats, as the party of the educated Gentry, are big-time into formal structures and settled science promulgated from on high, and you peasants better follow along.
The Republicans, as the party of Commoners, are much more into informal education, learning by doing: a million consumers and producers responding to the price signals of the market and learning as they go and correcting mistakes on the way.
The Helpless Victims, of course, just sit there waiting for someone to tell them what to do. But as I say in my Little Darlings concept, the problem with being a Little Darling is that you are completely at the mercy of the ruling class, who may or may not really care about people like you.
The current Wu Flu epidemic is showing us the problems in the One True Way approach of the educated Gentry. Their epidemic models don't work; their assumptions about social distancing don't work. Their from the top edicts, such as Gov. Karen Cuomo's order forcing nursing homes to accept Wu Flu patients from hospital or else, don't often work.
Of course they don't. That's because all human activity on this Earth is a cluster-f*ck.
Meanwhile ten thousand producers are adapting their operations to make masks and social distancing markers and restaurants are switching from eat-in to takeout.
The interesting point is that the top-down model beloved by the educated Gentry class with its hunger for "ambition, honor, and vanity" is anti-social. I mean that it is a command from on high, a pure hierarchy. It does not allow for flexibility and feedback and interaction.
The market, on the other hand is a truly social thing, with humans interacting and responding to each other in no particular hierarchy and doing things that benefit other people just because that is the way you get on.
Did I mention my Four Laws? That
Socialism doesn't work because it can't compute prices.
Administration doesn't work because it doesn't have the bandwidth.
Regulation doesn't work because "regulatory capture."
Government programs don't work because you can never reform them.If you want the economy to produce masks and gloves, let the price system go to work. If you want to restart the economy then let the business owners go to work. If you want to come up with a vaccine, then stop the FDA and let the drug companies go to work. If you want everyone to get back to work then don't pass a Karen Pelosi (D-CA) $3 trillion lefty make-work bill that will make things worse.
Know what? None of this is rocket science. It really isn't.
But there is a cultural problem. If you are in the educated Gentry, your self-image depends on your superior wisdom to order the lesser breeds without the law around. You cannot believe that the Commoners should be allowed to live without proper supervision from their betters.
But #WeBelieve that "kindness is everything." Just like it says on the yard-sign out in front.
I want to thank Dr Emu a very powerful spell caster who help me to bring my husband back to me, few month ago i have a serious problem with my husband, to the extend that he left the house, and he started dating another woman and he stayed with the woman, i tried all i can to bring him back, but all my effort was useless until the day my friend came to my house and i told her every thing that had happened between me and my husband, then she told me of a powerful spell caster who help her when she was in the same problem I then contact Dr Emu and told him every thing and he told me not to worry my self again that my husband will come back to me after he has cast a spell on him, i thought it was a joke, after he had finish casting the spell, he told me that he had just finish casting the spell, to my greatest surprise within 48 hours, my husband really came back begging me to forgive him, if you need his help you can contact him with via email: Emutemple@gmail.com or add him up on his whatsapp +2347012841542 is willing to help any body that need his help.
ReplyDeleteFor more details about Dr Emu visit his Website: http://emutemple.website2.me/