Comments on: TechCentralStupid http://www.owen.org/blog/243 Thoughts from Owen in Africa Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Terry in Alaska http://www.owen.org/blog/243/comment-page-1#comment-1101 Terry in Alaska Fri, 30 Sep 2005 23:15:14 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/?p=243#comment-1101 I've been reading TCS for the last few days. I'd never heard of it before I saw it in a book I'm reading, "High Tide" by Mark Lynas. His report on the site wasn't good, which is why I went to read it. You see, I found much of what Mark Lynas wrote a bunch of romanticized nonsense. Not ALL of what he wrote but some. The same is true of TCS. Some of the articles beg to be tossed in the trash but some of them are right on. I guess this makes me a moderate? Hmmm .... I’ve been reading TCS for the last few days. I’d never heard of it before I saw it in a book I’m reading, “High Tide” by Mark Lynas. His report on the site wasn’t good, which is why I went to read it. You see, I found much of what Mark Lynas wrote a bunch of romanticized nonsense. Not ALL of what he wrote but some. The same is true of TCS. Some of the articles beg to be tossed in the trash but some of them are right on. I guess this makes me a moderate? Hmmm ….

]]> By: Timothy http://www.owen.org/blog/243/comment-page-1#comment-1100 Timothy Tue, 16 Aug 2005 02:16:27 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/?p=243#comment-1100 Granted. You yourself actually do engage the content of TCS articles. Thoughtful, substantive post often require a fair amount of time to research, compose, and write. De Long produces a prodigious amount posts on any given day. Readers like that. But the quality of his posts tends to suffer as a consequence. Keep your output low, Owen. ;^) Granted. You yourself actually do engage the content of TCS articles. Thoughtful, substantive post often require a fair amount of time to research, compose, and write. De Long produces a prodigious amount posts on any given day. Readers like that. But the quality of his posts tends to suffer as a consequence.

Keep your output low, Owen. ;^)

]]> By: Timothy http://www.owen.org/blog/243/comment-page-1#comment-1099 Timothy Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:37:47 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/?p=243#comment-1099 Sure, it is useful to know who pays the piper when evaluating the tune. But this does not address the substance of music (observe that De Long resorts to snearing at rather than responding to the articles he hand picks from TCS). <i><b>Owen replies:</b> You can't accuse me of merely sneering. I have addressed the substance of articles published by TCS in detail, for example blog entries like <a href="http://www.owen.org/blog/2005/08/10/development-and-the-supply-side/">this one</a> on the role of the supply side in development and <a href="http://www.owen.org/blog/2005/08/12/niger-markets-and-famine/">this one</a> on the role of markets in famine.</i> Sure, it is useful to know who pays the piper when evaluating the tune. But this does not address the substance of music (observe that De Long resorts to snearing at rather than responding to the articles he hand picks from TCS).

Owen replies: You can’t accuse me of merely sneering. I have addressed the substance of articles published by TCS in detail, for example blog entries like this one on the role of the supply side in development and this one on the role of markets in famine.

]]> By: Timothy http://www.owen.org/blog/243/comment-page-1#comment-1098 Timothy Mon, 15 Aug 2005 22:22:19 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/?p=243#comment-1098 TCS is backed by wealthy contributors and produces broad church libertarian opinion that is often anti-progressive. AA is backed by wealthy contributors and produces progressive opinion that is often anti-libertarian. The Daily Telegraph is corporate sponsored and produces right leaning news that is often anti-left. The Guardian is corporate sponsored and produces left leaning news that is often anti-right. The genetic fallacy is not a promising line of reasoning and, in this case, looks suspiciously like cartoon Marxism. <i><b>Owen replies:</b> Right. And do you have any objection to people pointing out who is funding a media outlet? I think it is relevant, when reading a newspaper, website, blog, etc, to know where the funding is coming from. In the case of TCS, we are told that their corporate sponsors have some impact on the editorial policy. That is their right. And it seems to me useful for people who read it to know about it. Do you have a problem with that? </i> TCS is backed by wealthy contributors and produces broad church libertarian opinion that is often anti-progressive.

AA is backed by wealthy contributors and produces progressive opinion that is often anti-libertarian.

The Daily Telegraph is corporate sponsored and produces right leaning news that is often anti-left.

The Guardian is corporate sponsored and produces left leaning news that is often anti-right.

The genetic fallacy is not a promising line of reasoning and, in this case, looks suspiciously like cartoon Marxism.

Owen replies: Right. And do you have any objection to people pointing out who is funding a media outlet? I think it is relevant, when reading a newspaper, website, blog, etc, to know where the funding is coming from. In the case of TCS, we are told that their corporate sponsors have some impact on the editorial policy. That is their right. And it seems to me useful for people who read it to know about it. Do you have a problem with that?

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