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Appreciate it! Yeah the white oak has been very popular here recently.

Thanks! Yeah it’s a relatively small condo by the beach, I imagine the couple who just bought the home will set up a couch and tv where the table and art piece are now.

A local realtor recently got a huge boost in property value after this kitchen makeover. It was a pleasure to help with the design and cabinetry.

Replying to Avatar Mike Brock

I don’t agree the axiom of action is self-evidently true, because it presupposes the existence of libertarian free will, which I also don’t think is self-evidently true. It’s certainly incompatible with any naturalist position. But we don’t need to go down a metaphysical rabbit-hole to find problems with the axiom.

While it’s true that the subjective theory of value and marginal utility come out of the Austrian School, it’s worth mentioning these things are accepted in mainstream economics today. A lot of Austrians seem to try and play a sleight-of-hand where they suggest that because these things are accepted, the full corpus of Austrian School thinking must also be true. This is obviously logically fallacious.

Furthermore, the axiom of human action implies what is known in philosophy as psychological realism, which casts aside problems of environmental factors, social contexts, cognitive biases, and any discussion of emergent social behaviors. In fact, to even bring up that last point will often get an Austrian screaming at you that you are introducing “collectivism” by even going down that route, which is apparently self-evidently evil. So you’re already into a realm where we’re not even talking about analytical economics anymore, we’re deep into political ethics before we even get off the ground.

This is why most Austrians are either libertarians or anarcho-capitalists. They believe there is an objective reality, founded in Austrian reasoning, that proves that these political philosophies are necessarily and obviously the most ethical systems. It goes without saying, I think this is absurd.

I disagree that most Austrians claim their conclusions about human action or economics as their reasoning for their positions on ethics. I can see how these might get conflated though since Austrian economics shows that the libertarian ethics of the NAP and property rights would also lead to higher standards of living.

I don’t think the action axiom is affected by environmental factors etc. it just says that humans take action in order to improve conditions. The conclusions that are drawn from that would be no different after introducing any of things you mentioned.

It’s a total straw man to say that Austrians suggest that the whole school of thought must be true because a few of its points are accepted. Although as an unimportant side note on this topic, there’s a difference between recognizing marginal utility and recognizing the ordinal nature of utility which I don’t think is so mainstream, although I could be wrong.

What’s an example of a conclusion that Austrians draw from the action axiom which you disagree with? Or is it just a disagreement with the methodology?

Humans take action in order to improve some condition - is not self-evidently true? For those who accept that it’s true, it explains why value subjective, and why utility is ordinal rather than cardinal. Seems more revelatory fact than circular reasoning to me.

Chris and his family moved into a new home with a closed off kitchen that was not a good use of space.

He explained his vision for the remodel, we drew up the plans, designed a custom white oak island, then went to work.

Now his family has a beautiful, spacious home.

Today I’m installing cabinets on a concrete wall for the first time. The elbow tendinitis is going to come back strong. I love it. 🤘

It’s the first Friday of Spring ‘23! Let’s get it!

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