The Trouble With Freedom

The trouble with freedom is that it allows people to make mistakes and forces people to take responsibility for the consequences of their behaviors. With a little luck, it also allows you to enjoy the fruits of your wisdom and hard work. In today's world filled with uncertainty and fear, there is a great number of people who think we would all be better off if enlightened leaders made all of our decisions for us. I'm wary of any egoist who wants to claim the mantle of enlightened leader.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Thoughts on America's Energy Future

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Rolling blackouts, $5+ a gallon gasoline, and increasing dependence on foreign countries for our energy needs is the inevitable result of cu...
Monday, August 9, 2010

China- The Land of Opportunity?

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This unfortunately is ringing true to way too many people in this country: http://www.infowars.com/steve-wynn-takes-on-washington/

Why I'm Not a Liberal

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"There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as car...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Smart People, Good Intentions, Unstainable Plans, Collapse

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Smart people with good intentions, start with some promising ideas and initial good returns...after selling the ideas to the public and/or i...

On the Brink

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I've been reading Hank Paulson's book, On The Brink and I now know why the Wall Street bailout happened.  Hank was a Wall Street g...
Sunday, February 14, 2010

Recent Reads

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I read Paul Krugman's The Return of Depression Economics .  To summarize my thoughts, in order of recording them: I liked his use of ...
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Random Thoughts

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I have had some wonderfully thoughtful debates on Facebook in recent days.  I have had a number of thoughts that I wanted to capture.  I don...
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Christopher Roberts
I'm an MIT trained engineer whose profession of business & technology consulting has allowed me to travel around the world. I am a Highland, UT native who has also lived and worked in Boston, Taiwan, Seattle, New York, Chicago, Japan, Silicon Valley, Denver, Orange County, Abu Dhabi, UAE and most recently Gillette, Wyoming. I was the 157th person to successfully swim the Catalina Channel and I am currently assessing future challenges. I am a strong believer in the power of human ingenuity and freedom.
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