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The Domestic Product
http://benjaminrosshoffman.com/the-domestic-product/
Published: April 11, 2025 17:13
A myth pervades modern economic thinking: that prosperity naturally leads people to have fewer children. The measured fact to be explained is that fertility rates tend to drop below replacement in countries with a high measured economic output per person.…
PTSD vs Moral Injury
http://benjaminrosshoffman.com/ptsd-vs-moral-injury/
Published: April 9, 2025 14:33
Consider these scenarios: These are fundamentally different experiences, yet our therapeutic culture increasingly groups them all under "trauma." Taxonomy of Trauma: A Shell Game Cluster 1: Problems of socio-emotional development This is what developmental…
DOGE in context
http://benjaminrosshoffman.com/doge-in-context/
Published: March 17, 2025 15:25
When Trump appointed Elon Musk to head the Department of Government Efficiency, both supporters and critics immediately began telling stories that seemed obviously false. The administration claimed DOGE would save trillions (impossible given its limited…
The Administrative Procedures Act Reconstituted the US Government
http://benjaminrosshoffman.com/the-administrative-procedures-act-reconstituted-the-us-government/
Published: February 12, 2025 13:01
A federal judge has ruled that the President of the United States cannot give his own appointees access to Treasury Department information systems, even though Trump has publicly maintained that during his first term he was denied access to information he…
Si No Se Puede
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Published: February 2, 2025 13:09
An acquaintance asked for an explanation of the sudden emergence of anti-Zionism as a left-wing litmus test in the aftermath of the October 7th attack in late 2023. In an unrelated conversation, a friend asked me what recourse ordinary people are likely to…
The Premise of Mister Rogers
http://benjaminrosshoffman.com/the-visitation/
Published: January 31, 2025 15:35
You, the viewer, are the secret illegitimate child of a Presbyterian minister, who, being otherwise conscientious and aspiring to a high standard of decency and kindness, takes time out of his day, every weekday, to spend with you. He uses that time to…
Predation as Payment for Criticism
http://benjaminrosshoffman.com/predation-as-payment-for-criticism/
Published: January 29, 2025 15:38
A predator's success depends on exploiting specific flaws in prey - poor awareness, slow reactions, weak social coordination. Unlike resource competition or disease, which select based on physiological robustness, predation creates focused pressure on…
Ethical Veganism is Wrong
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Published: January 28, 2025 15:07
The main points for ethical veganism as I understand it are: 1. Killing other animals is unjust aggression; you wouldn't like to be killed and eaten, so don't kill and eat them. 2. Factory farming causes animals to have bad lives. My answer to these…
Can Techno-Saints help us cooperate with Cathars?
http://benjaminrosshoffman.com/can-techno-saints-help-us-cooperate-with-cathars/
Published: January 16, 2025 23:14
I hit a communication wall with a crypto-Cathar. The encounter exposed how an ancient heresy's worldview still blocks trust and cooperation. Here's lemonade. While Calvinism proposed a mechanism by which agency could be recovered from corruption through…