tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180353982024-03-10T22:55:10.940-10:00Stu-Topialike <i>no place</i> on the world wide webStuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comBlogger294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-76492379139862959502023-11-25T04:31:00.006-10:002023-11-25T07:04:08.732-10:00Eminent Domain Is InhumaneThe Honolulu Star-Advertiser Published My Letter to the Editor Stuart K. Hayashi
Back in the year 2006, Pablo Wegesend, Reid Ginoza, and I issued a warning to Hawaiʻi in the letters-to-the-editor sections of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser, before the latter newspaper purchased the former. The warning had to do with the construction of the Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-73061738791400335422023-10-04T01:50:00.003-10:002023-10-04T02:37:50.673-10:00The Artist Uprising ✊: The Small Copyright-Holders Strike BackStuart K. Hayashi
It seems that perpetually-online people, especially those who upload onto YouTube and TikTok, are finally beginning to understand the importance of intellectual property rights and of how they benefit the little guy. That is a tremendous sea change — very far off from where perpetually-online people were a decade or two before.
1999 was the year of the war over Napster.Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-53993476013981220962023-08-01T22:12:00.008-10:002023-08-07T20:18:23.413-10:00Your Ability to Imagine a Scenario Does Not Make It “Theoretically Possible”Stuart K. Hayashi
Introduction
In my home state of Hawai‘i, superstitions abound. Every New Year’s Eve, one does not merely practice certain rituals but also eats certain foods. I have been assured that this will please the spirits and they will reward us with luck throughout the year. When I ask different people if they truly believe all this, they usually give the same reply. They Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-5110412132854471362023-07-11T20:40:00.014-10:002024-02-09T20:41:27.548-10:00The Risks in Depriving Trans Kids of Gender-Affirming Care Stuart K. Hayashi
Over the past several years, the hottest topic of controversy has been the rights of transgender people, especially those among them who are still minors. Among opposition to trans rights, there are two basic kinds — explicit and implicit. The explicit sort is open hostility. It involves the outright proclamation that the idea that anyone can be transgender must always be Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-62811839740685959892023-05-15T23:04:00.003-10:002023-05-16T06:50:59.103-10:00Laws Are Ultimately Enforced at GunpointMy Letter to the Editor in the Honolulu Star-AdvertiserStuart K. Hayashi
My letter to the editor was published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser of Monday, May 15, 2023, page A10, year 142, no. 104. It is about how laws are ultimately underpinned by the threat of physical coercion — violence — from police. First I will provide the version I sent to the newspaper. Then I will show what the Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-35645650246267845002022-12-31T19:19:00.002-10:002022-12-31T19:31:23.235-10:00Hoping, Finally, That 2023 Will Be a Happy Stu YearStuart K. Hayashi
Since the start of 2020, I have a made a New Year’s tradition of putting up this image on social media. Yet in every case that I have done this, the year ended up being one of devastating loss for me.
Mere months after I first posted the image, COVID happened. I therefore I thought the image deserved another shot for 2021. Then on January 12, my mother died. Twelve days Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-12663426674583102532022-10-22T00:56:00.003-10:002022-10-22T21:49:47.698-10:00Enforcement of the USA’s Southern Border Leads to U.S. Intervention South of That Border Stuart K. Hayashi
Screen shot from the motion picture "Born in East L.A.,"
prod. Peter Macgregor-Scott, dir. Cheech Marin (Universal Pictures, 1987).
The following is adapted from my longer essay, “The War on Illegal Migrants: A Repeat of the War on Illegal Drugs.” The longest version of that essay is here. A shorter version of that essay can be read here.
Former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (RStuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-20597141663487491652022-10-20T23:32:00.262-10:002023-01-16T10:06:56.655-10:00The War on Illegal Migrants: A Repeat of the War on Illegal DrugsThe Shorter VersionStuart K. Hayashi
Screen shot from the motion picture "Born in East L.A.,"
prod. Peter Macgregor-Scott, dir. Cheech Marin (Universal Pictures, 1987).
A longer version of this essay, which gives more elaboration on the history of U.S. immigration law, can be read here.
Introduction
Many people who call themselves “libertarians” or “free-market capitalists,” such as Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-24992549888398492612022-10-19T22:50:01.225-10:002023-01-16T10:08:58.176-10:00The War on Illegal Migrants: A Repeat of the War on Illegal DrugsThe Longer VersionStuart K. Hayashi
Screen shot from the motion picture "Born in East L.A.,"
prod. Peter Macgregor-Scott, dir. Cheech Marin (Universal Pictures, 1987).
A shorter version of this essay can be read here.
Introduction
Many people who call themselves “libertarians” or “free-market capitalists,” such as economist Thomas Sowell and the writers at the Ludwig von Mises Institute Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-39915128636996271892022-09-06T00:26:00.002-10:002022-10-22T00:03:32.407-10:00Reverentia Dignitatis Cuiusque — Reverence for the Dignity of EachStuart K. Hayashi
The writer Hannah Eason asked me if I knew if there already existed a special term for a particular philosophic idea. There is a role, she thinks, for reverence for some very important values and institutions, a reverence that is comparable to what is found in religious worship. Instead of being for some supernatural being, though, that reverence would be for the Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-84349961818691228772022-09-05T22:40:00.007-10:002022-09-05T22:42:05.544-10:00My Words at Dad’s FuneralStuart K. Hayashi
These are the words I spoke at Dad’s funeral today.
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There are many unforgettable things about our dad. One of them was that he was a real original, and walked his own path. He was left-handed but he played the guitar right-handed. He wrote with his right hand and drew with his left. He had a keen eye for rare plants and Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-42826649900870960052022-07-12T21:19:00.001-10:002022-07-12T21:19:39.346-10:00My Last Night With DadStuart K. Hayashi
The photo above is of my last interaction with Dad before the intense coughing and wheezing that caused his final trip to the hospital. On Monday, June 13, 2022, the 6:00 p.m. news reported on the strawberry moon — the moon being especially large and bright — and that it would be most prominent on Tuesday, June 14, at 2 a.m. Dad said, “Remember that.” I thought, “Uh-oh.” I knew Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-42836325300848596082022-07-10T20:05:00.007-10:002022-07-11T17:50:05.713-10:00Lamont the Lonely Monster and His Mysterious Likeness on a Beach TowelStuart K. HayashiThere is much that I have been contemplating with the recent death of my father. Both my parents have died within the past year and a half. My mind goes to my childhood. Then it goes to a mystery that has vexed me since that time. I suspect I already know the answer, and it is not one that pleases me. I have fond memories of my mother reading to me Lamont, The Lonely MonsterStuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-59942132458652377652022-04-20T21:53:00.004-10:002022-12-31T22:21:45.798-10:00How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives – Including YoursThe Shortest VersionStuart K. Hayashi
America’s billionaires are rich in their finances and poor in reputation. They have not been getting good press lately.
For much of the past few decades, the common attitude in America was that it is morally permissible to become a billionaire as long as one “gives back” in the form of philanthropy. But over the past several years, the debate has Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-72031928343767785982022-03-28T18:54:00.003-10:002022-04-19T21:57:52.866-10:00How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives - Including YoursThe Two-Blog-Post Version: Blog Post 2 of 2Stuart K. Hayashi
Return to Blog Post 1 of 2.
Table of Contents
PART TWO: HOW, CUMULATIVELY, BILLIONAIRES SAVE BILLIONS OF LIVES
* Value Added to Natural Resources
* Natural Fact One (of Two): Resource Substitution
* Natural Fact Two (of Two): Greater Utility From Fewer and Smaller Inputs
* The Carrying Capacity of Land
* Improved Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-19924402962793704132022-03-28T18:24:00.006-10:002022-03-28T20:50:24.850-10:00How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives - Including YoursThe Two-Blog-Post Version: Blog Post 1 of 2Stuart K. Hayashi
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INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: PROFILES OF LIFESAVING FOR-PROFIT ENTERPRISES
* Creativity in the Age of COVID – Makers of the COVID Vaccine
* Patrick and Paclitaxel – Patrick Soon-Shiong and His Cancer Drug
* The Creation of CRISPR – Jennifer Doudna, George Yancopoulos, and Gene Editing
* Capitalism Does HaveStuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-89875073877398960422022-03-27T23:07:00.002-10:002022-03-28T20:43:59.474-10:00What Capitalism Can Do for the ClimateStuart K. Hayashi
The following is a section of the longer essay, “How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives — Including Yours.” The single-post, shortest version of the essay essay includes an index listing various case studies of a for-profit initiative saving lives. The blog post below is a sidebar on what free-market economics can do to mitigate industrial contributions to Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-59007974452505215672022-03-27T23:01:00.003-10:002022-03-28T03:14:42.379-10:00Gordon Gould and the LaserStuart K. Hayashi
The following is a section of the longer essay, “How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives — Including Yours.” That essay includes an index listing various case studies of a for-profit initiative saving lives. The blog post below is of at least one such case study. You can return to that index here.
Yet another invention that saves lives in a manner far Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-72240214753736529072022-03-27T22:57:00.001-10:002022-03-27T22:57:09.442-10:00Thomas Midgley and Safer Air -Conditioners and Refrigerators Stuart K. Hayashi
Just as George Westinghouse availed to people a safer way to protect themselves from the cold, Thomas Midgley availed to them a safer way to protect themselves from the heat. He did this through his improvements to air conditioning and refrigeration.
Attempts to control the temperature and air quality had been attempted before. In Florida in 1851, a medical doctor namedStuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-26603289538969121122022-03-27T22:53:00.001-10:002022-03-27T22:53:29.984-10:00Gail Borden and Condensed MilkStuart K. Hayashi
Pasteurization had yet to become widely adopted. In the 1850s, Americans could consume milk only as it was raw. A devoutly religious entrepreneur named Gail Borden saw the disastrous consequences of this failure in sanitation up close during his efforts to market a different product, a dried meat biscuit he promoted at the 1851 London World’s Fair. On the ship voyage home Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-18199570715323541352022-03-27T22:51:00.006-10:002022-03-28T03:12:25.212-10:00Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, the Air Brake, and Electric HeatingStuart K. Hayashi
The following is a section of the longer essay, “How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives — Including Yours.” That essay includes an index listing various case studies of a for-profit initiative saving lives. The blog post below is of at least one such case study. You can return to that index here.
Even when the technology is not made for an explicit Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-75666242997770131902022-03-27T22:49:00.002-10:002022-04-15T23:58:44.380-10:00Duane Pearsall and the Smoke DetectorStuart K. Hayashi
The following is a section of the longer essay, “How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives — Including Yours.” That essay includes an index listing various case studies of a for-profit initiative saving lives. The blog post below is of at least one such case study. You can return to that index here.
Percy Julian’s activism is an inspiration, but the shinyStuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-34147369541639852342022-03-27T22:47:00.002-10:002022-03-28T03:07:29.521-10:00Percy Julian, Sr., and New Foam for Fire ExtinguishersStuart K. Hayashi
The following is a section of the longer essay, “How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives — Including Yours.” That essay includes an index listing various case studies of a for-profit initiative saving lives. The blog post below is of at least one such case study. You can return to that index here.
Some innovators invent both pharmaceuticals and safety Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-77004154316058554832022-03-27T22:45:00.001-10:002022-03-28T03:06:01.658-10:00Leo Baekeland and Plastics in HospitalsStuart K. Hayashi
The following is a section of the longer essay, “How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives — Including Yours.” That essay includes an index listing various case studies of a for-profit initiative saving lives. The blog post below is of at least one such case study. You can return to that index here.
Something else which saves lives, but which is given Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18035398.post-82660303450392230812022-03-27T22:43:00.002-10:002022-03-28T03:04:24.858-10:00Raymond Damadian and MRIStuart K. Hayashi
The following is a section of the longer essay, “How Billionaires and Capitalism Save Billions of Lives — Including Yours.” That essay includes an index listing various case studies of a for-profit initiative saving lives. The blog post below is of at least one such case study. You can return to that index here.
Another medical technology not to be overlooked is Stuart K. Hayashihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815289533238616185noreply@blogger.com