Comments on: Founding Thinkers http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/07/04/founding-thinkers/ A newswire of human stupidity Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:16:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: F. Paul Wilson http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/07/04/founding-thinkers/comment-page-1/#comment-641 F. Paul Wilson Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:36:28 +0000 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/?p=2274#comment-641 Dude - bravo. Metacognition...you've just added a wonderful word/concept to my vocabulary. Thank you. And thank too to the Founders: They hoped for the best, prepared for the worst. Dude – bravo.

Metacognition…you’ve just added a wonderful word/concept to my vocabulary.

Thank you.

And thank too to the Founders: They hoped for the best, prepared for the worst.

]]> By: Trading Eights » What to read for July 4th from 10:25 to 21:55 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/2009/07/04/founding-thinkers/comment-page-1/#comment-640 Trading Eights » What to read for July 4th from 10:25 to 21:55 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:23:04 +0000 http://trueslant.com/ryansager/?p=2274#comment-640 [...] Founding Thinkers — Ryan Sager – "…it takes a special kind of genius to turn a revolution into a republic." Very well said. The bottom line: "So, as you celebrate the Fourth, celebrate partisanship, celebrate gridlock, celebrate the slow pace of change in America. Because these are the things that keep us free…" Read this post to find out why. It reminds me of an economist friend who once said that our political system reduces the variance; if you have a bell curve, it lops off the extremes on both ends. Yes, it may frustrate us because it prevents really good change and extraordinary leaders, but the same mechanisms prevent really bad change and tyrants. (Of course, there are exceptions to both every once in awhile.) [...] [...] Founding Thinkers — Ryan Sager – "…it takes a special kind of genius to turn a revolution into a republic." Very well said. The bottom line: "So, as you celebrate the Fourth, celebrate partisanship, celebrate gridlock, celebrate the slow pace of change in America. Because these are the things that keep us free…" Read this post to find out why. It reminds me of an economist friend who once said that our political system reduces the variance; if you have a bell curve, it lops off the extremes on both ends. Yes, it may frustrate us because it prevents really good change and extraordinary leaders, but the same mechanisms prevent really bad change and tyrants. (Of course, there are exceptions to both every once in awhile.) [...]

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