“How do we make the world a better place?” Make yourself a better person.
Author: Isaac Morehouse
Isaac Morehouse is the founder and CEO of Praxis, an awesome startup apprenticeship program. He is dedicated to the relentless pursuit of freedom. He’s written some books, done some podcasting, and is always experimenting with self-directed living and learning. When he’s not with his wife and kids or building his company, he can be found smoking cigars, playing guitars, singing, reading, writing, getting angry watching sports teams from his home state of Michigan, or enjoying the beach.
Communication by Implication (or Why Does Everyone Sound Like a Cult Leader?)
More and more people sound like a Biblical prophets or religious cult leaders. Instead of a CEO tweeting out something like: “Hey we’re working on something really cool, can’t wait to launch it!” You get stuff like: “You shall soon see what the meaning of multivariance is when combined with human energy.” Jokes are cryptic… Continue reading Communication by Implication (or Why Does Everyone Sound Like a Cult Leader?)
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In Defense of Cynicism
Cynicism didn’t always have the connotation it does today. It was a school of philosophy concerned with accepting unchangeable elements of reality and rejecting attitudes and behaviors seen as superfluous, overly sentimental, or driven by passion instead of reason. It was similar to Stoicism.
In Defense of LARPing
Recently, I keep seeing advocates for human liberty calling others who want the same thing LARPers for owning guns, trying to be “ungovernable”, and other forms of embodying their ideas. The intent, I think, is to avoid naïveté, and to slap them with the cynical reality that their guns and rebellious T-shirts won’t stop a… Continue reading In Defense of LARPing
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Peace and Silence; War and Words
It is easy to be for peace when things are peaceful. But being for peace when you see people threatening, deceiving, and maligning is another matter. War rises up in the chest. The fiery, reactive energy of Mars quickens the pulse and short-circuits the deliberative mind.
It’s Weird to Not Want Anarchy
Anarchy is simply the absence of rulers. It is not chaos, or bomb throwing, or communism. The absence or rulers does not mean the absence of leaders or the absence of governance. It means the absence of a political ruler – a person or institution that claims the moral right to initiate violence.
Humor is a Sign of Life and Light
The more jokes are told in a culture, the healthier it is. And the more things allowed to be joked about.
When Definitions Change, Take Heed
I used to wonder why George Orwell was so obsessed with language. I would discuss this with a good friend who shared the concern for preserving the meaning of words. Definitions change, meanings change, and new words emerge to take the place of the old. So what? I think I get it now.
Mineral Rights to Your Own Data
“Acme Co. wants to see your anonymized browsing data for the past 30 days and will pay you $2 for it. Allow, deny, or counter offer?” I’m not scared of data being the new oil. But I’d love to see ways people can more easily capture the value of their own.
Humans in Crisis
Movies lie. In my nearly two-score years on this earth, every time I’ve witnessed a tornado, flood, hurricane, fire, or […]
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