Episode 073 welcomes Derek Porter to the podcast to talk about his journey to voluntaryism and peaceful parenting. Topics include how Derek and Skyler met online, Objectivism, Facebook groups, and Derek’s artistic endeavors leading to a career.
Month: May 2017
Protecting the Delusion of “Good Government”
I find it disgusting when someone is so dishonest they advocate “good government,” as if such a contradiction were even possible.
Words Poorly Used #87 — Open Borders
“Open borders” is a bit of an oxymoron. A border impairs or negatively influences passage, an opening enables or positively influences passage. Let there be natural borders and natural openings, without state interventions, without cultural definitions.
Make Your Ambition Meet Your Insight
Intelligence and creativity, without the ability to apply them in proportion to their stature, are tremendous burdens to carry. Their unfulfillment can lead to a hollow kind of psychosis that rots a talented mind from within. To be given ample faculties is a responsibility for which few young people prepare. Through chance, a seed of greatness appeared in you. Now the seed must grow.
Government School is Child Abuse, Chapter: Too Many to Count
The evidence is growing that school hurts kids. Homework is another issue that is only an issue because people don’t want to let go of an institution that they have been led to believe is “necessary,” “helpful,” and “useful.” Just like past forms of slavery. Let it go already.
Non-Aggression Parenting 002 – Deferral of Gratification Defines Human Beings (10m)
Non-Aggression Parenting 002 has Danilo Cuellar examining the importance of learning to defer gratification.
Words Poorly Used #86 — Anecdotal
Often people will say that an illustration is anecdotal, meaning that the example shown does not in itself constitute definitive evidence of the apparent result.
Justification for Taxation?
Is taxation somehow not theft because “the government owns the land”? Statists have made this assertion, but for me it only brings up more questions.
To Suppress Natural Curiosity–Or Not?
“My 5 year old son keeps asking to do more math, and I have to keep explaining to him that school is over, and it’s summer vacation now!” Sorry, but you’re doing home education wrong. Anytime anyone, of any age, expresses an interest in math, I’m happy to oblige.
You Are Equal Parts Dark and Light
A good man handcrafts his values, communing with others who share his goals. Self-sacrifice comes naturally for a hero because he knows he is not losing himself when he invests his life into something authentically greater. Men can only be truly good when they have struggled to find their principles and carry them out in the world.