Isadore Johnson’s Website

  • Dynamic Deductions: Why SALT kills good governance

    Surely you’ve heard that SALT is bad for you. Too much sodium, and you’ll get a heart attack and die. A very different kind of salt, aimed at tax policy is similarly toxic. SALT stands… Read more

  • Are we going to be honest about net neutrality?

    I remember the Internet shutting down over the idea that ISPs, or internet-service providers being able to charge differential rates was a travesty to justice, and that the internet would be irreparably broken. Despite net… Read more

  • Let’s Reform Healthcare: 6 ideas for cost-cutting without harming outcomes

    I don’t think anyone disagrees about whether the US healthcare system is a mess. But, many disagree about why. Some people think it’s the patchwork of insurance companies robbing the American consumer blind. Others think… Read more

  • Picking a fight with Hunter Walk on former-google-worker-supremacy

    This was written ten years ago, but republished today. It’s a little dated, so I’m not going to argue whether Google is especially transformative today. Instead, I want to challenge a bit of the argumentation… Read more

  • Is blogging just failing in public?

    Although I’ve had several false-starts when it came to blogging, I definitely feel that I’ve gotten into a good rhythm of it. I’ve been watching a lot of creator centered media, and something that I… Read more

  • In Defense of Walter Block

    I’ve been on the receiving end of a friend-group cancellation for an intolerable opinion before, and a desire not to shut up. In the choice between pretending my beliefs were repulsive, or leave and venture… Read more

  • Blessed are the IT Managers, for they shall inherit the earth

    When I was deciding on a career, I tried to understand where I’d be able to add the most value. I think increasingly being involved in IT is going to have increasing returns to scale,… Read more

  • Why not Linux?

    I recently turned on a gaming computer that I made several years ago, and was immediately greeted with a message that it could not update to Windows 11. It’s good to know that my hardware… Read more

  • Super Elite Animal Products

    Recently, I’ve been trying to figure out where on the margin I can reduce the amount of seed oils and ultraprocessed food I’m consuming without spending tons of time or money making stuff that I… Read more

  • About that exhilarating spring clean…

    There’s an asymmetry to cleaning which unfortunately infects the minds of the hoarding-inclined, and it goes something like: “I have what I need, so in case X happens, I’ll have Y and be able to… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

I’m Isadore. I love critical thinking, rationalism, contradiction, vitriol, ad-hominem, philosophy and all those other things that the kids are into nowadays. I hate sloppy thinking, those who love the Oxford Comma, and humorlessness

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If you want to hire me to help you implement a large scale IT transformation, help with a PR nightmare, or generally improve your public speaking skills, reach out to me directly at 1isadorejohnson4me@gmail.com.