Ben Wright McGee @bwmcgee

Space geophysicist, nuclear responder, hoopy frood. Digs asteroids, atomic rockets, space archaeology & jazz/blues. Explorers Club Fellow. Opinions mine. benwmcgee.com Washington, DC Joined November 2009

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F. A. Hayek Quotes @FAHayekSays

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Students For Liberty @sfliberty

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"Laissez faire, laissez passer does not mean: let the evils last. On the contrary, it means: do not interfere with the operation of the market because such interference must necessarily restrict output and make people poorer. It means furthermore: do not abolish or cripple the capitalist system which, in spite of all obstacles put in its way by governments and politicians, has raised the standard of living of the masses in an unprecedented way." — Ludwig von Mises

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Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell

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Elon Musk: "If you want to create something valuable financially, you don't pursue that. It's best to pursue providing useful products and services. If you do that, then money will come as a natural consequence, as opposed to pursuing money directly."

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Cato Institute @CatoInstitute

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The federal government has always had a leaky spending bucket. But it's getting worse. Federal spending has grown from 4% of GDP in 1930 to 23% today, bringing higher taxes, more mismanagement, and more programs with low benefits compared to the costs. Cato's @MrRBourne and @CatoEdwards explain: ow.ly/q0H950Zhhft

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Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg

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Every year, Europe lets 10,000s of its citizens die from heat because of its ideological rejection of the century-old technology of air conditioning With US-level air conditioning, Europe could prevent about 26,000 deaths in a year like 2022 rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/europes-dead…

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Human Progress @HumanProgress

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History's most successful civilizations, from Song China to the Dutch Republic, rose by embracing trade, tolerance, and intellectual freedom—and fell when they abandoned these commitments. humanprogress.org/the-real-threa…

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Milton Friedman Quotes @MiltonFriedmanW

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Milton Friedman on Bill Clinton: “Oh, he’s a socialist—somebody who believes that the way to achieve good things is to have government do it.”

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Thomas Sowell Daily @DailySowell

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Milton Friedman Quotes @MiltonFriedmanW

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Milton Friedman on who actually pays taxes imposed on businesses: “The elementary fact is that ‘business’ does not and cannot pay taxes. Only people can pay taxes. Corporate officials may sign the check, but the money that they forward to Internal Revenue comes from the corporation’s employees, customers, or stockholders.”

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Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg

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20 years ago, An Inconvenient Truth put climate change at the center of global debate, shaping politics, influencing leaders, and inspiring a generation of activists. Two decades later, we can assess not just its impact, but its accuracy. Many of the film’s most alarming predictions did not materialize, while many of the policies it inspired have proven costly and ineffective. The lesson? Panic is a poor guide for public policy. Focusing on innovation, adaptation, and economic development can do far more to help both people and the climate—at a fraction of the cost. t.co/EIJyuNeFU1 x.com/BjornLomborg/s…

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Margaret Thatcher @realmrsthatcher

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We will not take money in taxes from those who work hard and pay it out to those who don't. We are trying to roll back the tide of socialism. We must get 'stuck in' and sort out our problems in our traditional British way instead of asking the government to intervene every time.

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Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg

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EU declares a climate emergency — until voters get angry about high energy bills After years of high CO₂ taxes (ETS) driving up prices, EU now weakens its carbon market to lower costs Translation: Climate action is important… until it costs votes reuters.com/business/envir… x.com/BjornLomborg/s…

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Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar

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Western civilization, it seems to me, stands by two great heritages. One is the scientific spirit of adventure — the adventure into the unknown, an unknown which must be recognized as being unknown in order to be explored; the demand that the unanswerable mysteries of the universe remain unanswered; the attitude that all is uncertain; to summarize it — the humility of the intellect. The other great heritage is Christian ethics — the basis of action on love, the brotherhood of all men, the value of the individual — the humility of the spirit. These two heritages are logically, thoroughly consistent. But logic is not all; one needs one's heart to follow an idea. How can we draw inspiration to support these two pillars of western civilization so that they may stand together in full vigor, mutually unafraid? Is this not the central problem of our time? —Professor Richard Feynman

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The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole

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Cato Institute @CatoInstitute

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Energy isn't a fixed stockpile we're draining. For 120 years, experts predicted we'd run out of oil. They've been wrong every time. Speaking at Cato, Energy Secretary Chris Wright explained why: human ingenuity keeps redefining what's recoverable.

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Libertarian Party @LPNational

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Today, we celebrate the birthday of Auberon Herbert, the English writer, theorist, philosopher, and 19th-century individualist. Auberon Herbert promoted a classical liberal philosophy and advocated for a voluntary-funded government that uses force only in defense of individual liberty and private property. He is known as the originator of voluntaryism.

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Peter H. Diamandis, MD @PeterDiamandis

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We built an entire education system to prepare kids for a world that no longer exists. We test memory in a world with infinite memory. We punish collaboration and call it cheating. This needs to end.

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Michael Shermer @michaelshermer

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Dear @SenWarren This is post-hoc survivorship bias thinking. You are targeting the entrepreneurial winners & ignoring the vast majority (~90%) who go out of business or never have an IPO. Do you think tax payers should cover the losses of all the would-be ultra-millionaires? You are targeting @elonmusk @JeffBezos et al. AFTER their success. Where were you when Tesla & SpaceX were about to fold? Where were you all those years that Amazon ran at a deficit? We should reward the successful high risk takers because most fail. You want to punish people for success. That is not how you build a prosperous society.

Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren

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If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire wealth tax, we could pay for child care for all three and four year olds in America.

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Eric Berger @SciGuySpace

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Relativity Space is back! Cool to see this from NASA and @ericschmidt who cares a lot about space science. nasa.gov/news-release/n…

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Sowell Economics @sowelleconomics

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Thomas Sowell: "Intellectuals tend to avoid testing their ideas against reality, for fear that they might be wrong. They have a huge ego stake in a given set of conclusions."