Jan Schneekloth
@janschneekloth.bsky.social
Music, heterodox economics, philosophy, sociology, cinema, tv
''In the beginning as you learn about any particular subject, you start to think you really know something. Until you peak Mt. Stupid, and then start to careen into the valley of despair. Over time, your wisdom actually does grow into an eventually sustainable level of competence to go along [...]''
The Incompetent Confidence Complex
An Epidemic of Unchecked Incompetence
investing101.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:34 PM
''In the beginning as you learn about any particular subject, you start to think you really know something. Until you peak Mt. Stupid, and then start to careen into the valley of despair. Over time, your wisdom actually does grow into an eventually sustainable level of competence to go along [...]''
''Last October, the organization reported that its monthly human page views had seen a roughly 8 percent decline compared to 2024 and attributed it to the uptick in people using generative AI — which, again, uses Wikipedia as a source and provides the info directly to users — and searching on[...]''
Wikipedia is having a renaissance in the age of AI
The internet’s favorite encyclopedia has never been more appreciated — or at risk.
www.vox.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 PM
''Last October, the organization reported that its monthly human page views had seen a roughly 8 percent decline compared to 2024 and attributed it to the uptick in people using generative AI — which, again, uses Wikipedia as a source and provides the info directly to users — and searching on[...]''
''El nuevo IPC mejoraba la medición por dos medios. Por un lado, actualizaba los bienes censados: dejaba de tomar la canasta de consumo de 2004, que incluía VHS, CDs, walkmans, etc., y la sustituía por los bienes y servicios de la encuesta de los hogares de 2017/2018. Por otro lado,el cambio [...]''
La inflación no es generada por su cálculo
La decisión del Gobierno de suspender la actualización del IPC del INDEC expone, según el autor, una estrategia orientada a sostener el relato de la desaceleración inflacionaria. En un contexto de sub...
www.ambito.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
''El nuevo IPC mejoraba la medición por dos medios. Por un lado, actualizaba los bienes censados: dejaba de tomar la canasta de consumo de 2004, que incluía VHS, CDs, walkmans, etc., y la sustituía por los bienes y servicios de la encuesta de los hogares de 2017/2018. Por otro lado,el cambio [...]''
''This is where the analogy to financial regulation becomes useful. Finance taught us that private actors can take risks that are rational for firms and damaging for everyone else. [...] routines, and resolution tools. The digital sphere now shows similar features of systemic risk production.''
Failed State, Failed Market: Europe’s Bid to Reprice Social Media Harms
Europe’s social media crackdown is less about “speech wars” than a long-overdue attempt to price the public damage created by large platforms.
www.ineteconomics.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
''This is where the analogy to financial regulation becomes useful. Finance taught us that private actors can take risks that are rational for firms and damaging for everyone else. [...] routines, and resolution tools. The digital sphere now shows similar features of systemic risk production.''
''“If you wanted to create a society and a culture that’s guaranteed to make people miserable,” Dreher told me, citing the psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist, “you couldn’t do better than what we’re living in now.” [...] Romans, who could not see that the [..]world they’d inherited was at an end[...]''
Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:10 PM
''“If you wanted to create a society and a culture that’s guaranteed to make people miserable,” Dreher told me, citing the psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist, “you couldn’t do better than what we’re living in now.” [...] Romans, who could not see that the [..]world they’d inherited was at an end[...]''
''Institutions, in this sense, are social technologies. A lever doesn’t create force from nothing – it amplifies the force you apply. [...] doesn’t abolish the cooperation problem; it redesigns it. In our model, the institution must generate strong-enough incentives to unlock cooperation [...]''
Institutions are how we scale up cooperation among millions | Aeon Essays
Good institutions are social technologies that scale trust from personal relations to entire nations. How do they work?
aeon.co
February 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
''Institutions, in this sense, are social technologies. A lever doesn’t create force from nothing – it amplifies the force you apply. [...] doesn’t abolish the cooperation problem; it redesigns it. In our model, the institution must generate strong-enough incentives to unlock cooperation [...]''
''Friday’s data showed that core inflation fell to 2.5 per cent,its lowest level since March 2021. That was in line with Wall Street expectations and down from 2.6 per cent in December.Housing-related costs—which make up about a third of the index and had helped keep overall inflation levels[...]''
US inflation falls more than expected to 2.4% in January
Data release comes after Fed held interest rates last month
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
''Friday’s data showed that core inflation fell to 2.5 per cent,its lowest level since March 2021. That was in line with Wall Street expectations and down from 2.6 per cent in December.Housing-related costs—which make up about a third of the index and had helped keep overall inflation levels[...]''
''Wenn die Produktivität so zunimmt, dass sie den Rückgang an Erwerbstätigen ausgleicht, passiert etwas, das der Intuition widerspricht:Die Einkommen aller–sowohl der Erwerbstätigen als auch der Rentner–steigen, wenn die Zahl der Rentner zunimmt und gleichzeitig die Zahl der Erwerbstätigen abnimmt''
Adam Riese und die Rente – MAKROSKOP
Das einzige Magazin für Wirtschaftspolitik aus einer keynesianischen Perspektive in Deutschland.
makroskop.eu
February 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
''Wenn die Produktivität so zunimmt, dass sie den Rückgang an Erwerbstätigen ausgleicht, passiert etwas, das der Intuition widerspricht:Die Einkommen aller–sowohl der Erwerbstätigen als auch der Rentner–steigen, wenn die Zahl der Rentner zunimmt und gleichzeitig die Zahl der Erwerbstätigen abnimmt''
''Epstein handelte als Freuds Urvater, er organisierte ein Netzwerk[.],in dem (sexuell,finanziell,politisch) gegen grundlegende Regeln verstoßen wurde und alles erlaubt war.[...]In dem politische und ideologische Barrieren aufgehoben sind. Solch ein Raum wird gemeinhin als „Deep State“ bezeichnet.''
Slavoj Žižek: Was der Fall Epstein und Chomsky über den „Deep State“ verrät
Wer das Geflecht von Sexualität und Macht im Fall Epstein verstehen möchte, muss Sigmund Freud hervorholen. Der slowenische Philosoph Slavoj Žižek macht das für uns. Und kommt zu einer gewagten These ...
www.freitag.de
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
''Epstein handelte als Freuds Urvater, er organisierte ein Netzwerk[.],in dem (sexuell,finanziell,politisch) gegen grundlegende Regeln verstoßen wurde und alles erlaubt war.[...]In dem politische und ideologische Barrieren aufgehoben sind. Solch ein Raum wird gemeinhin als „Deep State“ bezeichnet.''
Jana Hensel erklärt bei Lanz der ahnungslosen orthodoxen Ökonomin Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln die ökonomischen Realitäten Ostdeutschlands. Hauptsache, Frau Fuchs-Schündeln hat in Yale promoviert.🤦🏻 #NicolaFuchsSchündeln
#JanaHensel
#MarkusLanz
#Markus_Lanz
#Lanz
#KevinKühnert
#JanaHensel
#MarkusLanz
#Markus_Lanz
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#KevinKühnert
February 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Jana Hensel erklärt bei Lanz der ahnungslosen orthodoxen Ökonomin Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln die ökonomischen Realitäten Ostdeutschlands. Hauptsache, Frau Fuchs-Schündeln hat in Yale promoviert.🤦🏻 #NicolaFuchsSchündeln
#JanaHensel
#MarkusLanz
#Markus_Lanz
#Lanz
#KevinKühnert
#JanaHensel
#MarkusLanz
#Markus_Lanz
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#KevinKühnert
Kevin Kühnert in Höchstform bei Lanz gestern:
„Arbeit ist in Deutschland teuer, weil Reichsein in Deutschland billig ist!“
Lanz unterstellt dann, Kühnert hätte eine Chance gehabt, das zu ändern. Mit wem? Mit der FDP? 😂
#KevinKühnert
#MarkusLanz
#Markus_Lanz
#Lanz
„Arbeit ist in Deutschland teuer, weil Reichsein in Deutschland billig ist!“
Lanz unterstellt dann, Kühnert hätte eine Chance gehabt, das zu ändern. Mit wem? Mit der FDP? 😂
#KevinKühnert
#MarkusLanz
#Markus_Lanz
#Lanz
February 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Kevin Kühnert in Höchstform bei Lanz gestern:
„Arbeit ist in Deutschland teuer, weil Reichsein in Deutschland billig ist!“
Lanz unterstellt dann, Kühnert hätte eine Chance gehabt, das zu ändern. Mit wem? Mit der FDP? 😂
#KevinKühnert
#MarkusLanz
#Markus_Lanz
#Lanz
„Arbeit ist in Deutschland teuer, weil Reichsein in Deutschland billig ist!“
Lanz unterstellt dann, Kühnert hätte eine Chance gehabt, das zu ändern. Mit wem? Mit der FDP? 😂
#KevinKühnert
#MarkusLanz
#Markus_Lanz
#Lanz
''Neural networks had been around for decades, but it had taken huge datasets and vast computing power for the method to repay the faith that a minority [..]had placed in them. Just as Kuhn had outlined, early adopters had persisted with neural networks, despite limited success in practice[...]''
Why the search for proof can’t be separated from faith | Psyche Ideas
Rather than being an enemy of empiricism, belief in what can’t be known is part of how we gain knowledge, even now
psyche.co
February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
''Neural networks had been around for decades, but it had taken huge datasets and vast computing power for the method to repay the faith that a minority [..]had placed in them. Just as Kuhn had outlined, early adopters had persisted with neural networks, despite limited success in practice[...]''
''Workers appeared quite content to devote their free time and money to the acquisition of commodities advertised through new media like television. “The discovery of the ‘affluent worker’ in the 1960s ... seemed to put a definitive end to any realistic hope for a workers’ uprising,”'' #WorkingClass
The Working Class Can’t Be Bought Off Quite So Easily
In one email to Jeffrey Epstein, former CEO of Barclays Jes Staley explains that the reason the masses aren’t in revolt against the rich is that they’re placated by consumerism and celebrity culture. ...
jacobin.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
''Workers appeared quite content to devote their free time and money to the acquisition of commodities advertised through new media like television. “The discovery of the ‘affluent worker’ in the 1960s ... seemed to put a definitive end to any realistic hope for a workers’ uprising,”'' #WorkingClass
''Auch jede andere Form der Kostensenkung, wie die „Reform des Sozialstaates“ hat die gleiche Wirkung. Die Kosten des einen sind immer die Einkommen eines anderen. Wenn dessen Einkommen sinken, sinkt auch seine Nachfrage und der Versuch der Unternehmen[...], die „Kosten“ zu senken, verpufft.''
Lohn- und Kostendeflation in Europa: Die europäischen und die deutschen Politiker begreifen nichts - Relevante Ökonomik
Ich habe es schon vor einigen Tagen gesagt: Die Lohnentwicklung in Europa ist gegenwärtig eines der größten Risiken für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Europa. Vieles spricht dafür, dass es nach de...
www.relevante-oekonomik.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
''Auch jede andere Form der Kostensenkung, wie die „Reform des Sozialstaates“ hat die gleiche Wirkung. Die Kosten des einen sind immer die Einkommen eines anderen. Wenn dessen Einkommen sinken, sinkt auch seine Nachfrage und der Versuch der Unternehmen[...], die „Kosten“ zu senken, verpufft.''
''[...]daily lives or improve their community–with small shares of adults saying the news helps them a lot in doing either of these things.At least a third of Americans say the news doesn’t help them at all in making daily decisions or improving their community.'' www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
February 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
''[...]daily lives or improve their community–with small shares of adults saying the news helps them a lot in doing either of these things.At least a third of Americans say the news doesn’t help them at all in making daily decisions or improving their community.'' www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
''[...]América Latina, la política de Trump reactiva un imaginario de excepcionalismo y «destino manifiesto». Esto remite al nacionalismo imperial de finales del siglo xix y a la Doctrina Monroe, a la que se añade un «corolario Trump» que[.] recurre a la fuerza militar y a instrumentos económicos.''
La Unión Europea y América Latina en tiempos de «vasallización» | Nueva Sociedad
El gobierno de Donald Trump está transformando las relaciones hemisféricas y transatlánticas. Las aspiraciones de autonomía y desarrollo compartido presentes en la asociación entre la Unión Europea y ...
nuso.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
''[...]América Latina, la política de Trump reactiva un imaginario de excepcionalismo y «destino manifiesto». Esto remite al nacionalismo imperial de finales del siglo xix y a la Doctrina Monroe, a la que se añade un «corolario Trump» que[.] recurre a la fuerza militar y a instrumentos económicos.''
''Americans’ expectations for unemployment are worse today [...]. Half of U.S. adults now expect unemployment to increase, up 12 points from January 2025. Another 32% think it will decline, [...]Democrats [..] are more likely to foresee worsening conditions.'' news.gallup.com/poll/702050/...
#USA
#USA
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
''Americans’ expectations for unemployment are worse today [...]. Half of U.S. adults now expect unemployment to increase, up 12 points from January 2025. Another 32% think it will decline, [...]Democrats [..] are more likely to foresee worsening conditions.'' news.gallup.com/poll/702050/...
#USA
#USA
''The GFC also exposed the contradictions of debt-based accumulation and speculative finance,[...]. [.]policy responses deepened inequality, precarity, and political polarization, [...] and populist leaders who, though still committed to neoliberal principles, rejected global governance itself.''
Non-Hegemony | Phenomenal World
The neoliberal world order is collapsing. In its wake, powerful states have abandoned multilaterialism in pursuit of national aims.
www.phenomenalworld.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
''The GFC also exposed the contradictions of debt-based accumulation and speculative finance,[...]. [.]policy responses deepened inequality, precarity, and political polarization, [...] and populist leaders who, though still committed to neoliberal principles, rejected global governance itself.''
''[...]develop a feel for phenomena that defy our ordinary understanding of the world raises a fundamental question about the flexibility of the human mind.How strange or seemingly illogical can things get before our intuitive houses of cards collapse and reality becomes completely unintelligible?''
Why Human Intuition Is Still Science’s Greatest Tool In The Age Of AI | NOEMA
Our sense for aesthetics, meaning and embodiment give us a vital advantage over our technological creations.
www.noemamag.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
''[...]develop a feel for phenomena that defy our ordinary understanding of the world raises a fundamental question about the flexibility of the human mind.How strange or seemingly illogical can things get before our intuitive houses of cards collapse and reality becomes completely unintelligible?''
''But it would convey a message. It is a tax against greed. It is a pedagogical tax. [...]
Pleonexia is a greed without any upper bound. It is not based on intrinsic pleasure provided by consumption of goods and services. Its utility comes from elsewhere. It is extrinsic: admiration of the others.''
Pleonexia is a greed without any upper bound. It is not based on intrinsic pleasure provided by consumption of goods and services. Its utility comes from elsewhere. It is extrinsic: admiration of the others.''
A pedagogical tax
Why the rich should be Uber-taxed
branko2f7.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
''But it would convey a message. It is a tax against greed. It is a pedagogical tax. [...]
Pleonexia is a greed without any upper bound. It is not based on intrinsic pleasure provided by consumption of goods and services. Its utility comes from elsewhere. It is extrinsic: admiration of the others.''
Pleonexia is a greed without any upper bound. It is not based on intrinsic pleasure provided by consumption of goods and services. Its utility comes from elsewhere. It is extrinsic: admiration of the others.''
''Satan’s power over his fellows is totally rhetorical. Opinion is the source of his power, not Divine Right,though we’re told again and again that Satan was placed above the other angels before his fall. Milton is writing after the Restoration, and depicting the monarch as Satan,and monarchy[...]''
Feel the burn: how subversion works in literature | Aeon Essays
In their visions of the underworld Dante and Milton were truly subversive, incorporating predecessors into their own repudiation
aeon.co
February 12, 2026 at 8:44 PM
''Satan’s power over his fellows is totally rhetorical. Opinion is the source of his power, not Divine Right,though we’re told again and again that Satan was placed above the other angels before his fall. Milton is writing after the Restoration, and depicting the monarch as Satan,and monarchy[...]''
''To have an emotional musical experience,he proposed, you must have an interaction between the reward system and the auditory circuits.[...]in musical anhedonics,music produced below-average activation in reward areas, but gambling tasks did not. Musical anhedonics also had fewer connections[...]''
What a Rare Condition Can Teach Us About the Power of Music
The study of musical anhedonia—the inability to enjoy music—is revealing how music moves us.
www.newyorker.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
''To have an emotional musical experience,he proposed, you must have an interaction between the reward system and the auditory circuits.[...]in musical anhedonics,music produced below-average activation in reward areas, but gambling tasks did not. Musical anhedonics also had fewer connections[...]''
''Porque el general San Martín fue un luchador por la independencia frente al poder colonial o neocolonial de cualquier potencia extranjera, y el gobierno actual se define como un promotor de la dependencia política, económica e incluso cultural y militar de la metrópoli norteamericana.'' #SanMartín
La parábola del sable de San Martín
www.pagina12.com.ar
February 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
''Porque el general San Martín fue un luchador por la independencia frente al poder colonial o neocolonial de cualquier potencia extranjera, y el gobierno actual se define como un promotor de la dependencia política, económica e incluso cultural y militar de la metrópoli norteamericana.'' #SanMartín
''Auch für mich sind Narben Trophäen. Weil sie ja bedeuten: Ich habe überlebt. Das tut jedwede Form von Narben, nicht nur körperliche. Für Rose ist die Narbe auch ein Schutz. Dadurch wird sie zwar mehr angeschaut, aber eben auch anders angeschaut. Sie kann sich dahinter verstecken.'' #SandraHüller
Sandra Hüller und Caro Braun: "Ich fand immer frappierend, wie wenig man als Mann zeigen muss"
Im Film "Rose" spielt Sandra Hüller eine Frau, die sich als Mann ausgibt, und Caro Braun ihre Ehefrau. Ein Gespräch über Penisattrappen und nervige Geschlechterrollen
www.zeit.de
February 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
''Auch für mich sind Narben Trophäen. Weil sie ja bedeuten: Ich habe überlebt. Das tut jedwede Form von Narben, nicht nur körperliche. Für Rose ist die Narbe auch ein Schutz. Dadurch wird sie zwar mehr angeschaut, aber eben auch anders angeschaut. Sie kann sich dahinter verstecken.'' #SandraHüller
''So gehören Deutschland und Italien zu jenen Staaten, die ihren Dienstleistungssektor am meisten abschotten. Legendär ist, dass in der Geschichte [..] nur ein einziger französischer Bäcker seine Berufsqualifikation in Deutschland anerkannt bekam, wie es die Financial Times neulich beschrieb.''
EU-Gipfel: Merz, Macron und die ewige Suche nach dem Wachstum
Beim „Retreat“ in einem belgischen Schloss debattieren die EU-Führungsspitzen Wege aus der Wirtschaftskrise. Die sind aber mühsamer als erhofft.
www.sueddeutsche.de
February 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
''So gehören Deutschland und Italien zu jenen Staaten, die ihren Dienstleistungssektor am meisten abschotten. Legendär ist, dass in der Geschichte [..] nur ein einziger französischer Bäcker seine Berufsqualifikation in Deutschland anerkannt bekam, wie es die Financial Times neulich beschrieb.''