“Meet my friend/husband/sister/coworker. Can you tell them about how awesome X is?” I get this from time to time. I hate it.
Year: 2017
If We Can Handle You, You Can Handle Them
Some people don’t create because they know from looking in the mirror just how ugly the critics can be. And they don’t want to receive from others the same measure of vile they eagerly dished out when they played the role of dissatisfied consumer.
Three More Complaints Kicked Out
If the prosecution, which live by convictions, had the evidence to support their claim, they would present it. It would be an easy copy and paste on the way to a rubber-stamp conviction. Instead, they now fairly routinely withdraw their frivolous complaints.
Political Interests, National Security, & Moral Imperialism (24m) – Editor’s Break 038
Editor’s Break 038 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: political vs. public interest, forgiving others of the mistakes they make, Trump’s foolish approach to national security, trusting people to choose political leaders but not to take care of themselves and others, moral imperialism, and much more.
Statists vs. Imperialists
Statists often just want to live in a society that has certain values. They can often be fine with people living by other values. Imperialists are the ones who won’t and can’t tolerate your way of life.
Beware of Bitter and Envious People
The concept of “coveting”–not just wanting stuff, but feeling hatred and disdain for someone else for having what you want–is what drives a lot of state collectivism.
Skin vs. Talk
I just saw a Tweet by someone divesting themselves of all their crypto holdings in a particular coin because they were tired of being accused of conflict of interest and wanted to prove their unbiased commitment to the project.
The Way of Change
Voluntaryism, and other well-ordered philosophies, apply from the bottom-up, whereas interventionism intrudes from the top down. Interventionism razes the residual part of town, but voluntaryism causes natural change toward the optimum.
If You Don’t Trust People, Then You Shouldn’t Trust Politics
“Ordinary people can’t be trusted to make the right decisions about what’s best for themselves and others. That’s why we need government to decide for them.”
The Simplicity Cycle: Returning to Paring Down to Find Your True Needs
Simplifying your life isn’t a single project that you can finish and be done with — it’s actually a cycle. At least, that’s what I’ve found in my decade plus of simple living … I’ve downsized numerous times, in all areas of my life, and I keep finding myself coming back to the process of simplifying.