Episode 304 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the binarism of so-called privilege fought against by social justice warrior types; the evils of euphemistic language; why “Statesmen” are not respectable; biological knowledge, cultural knowledge, and evolutionary mismatch; and more.
Category: Everything Voluntary
Economics 101: Elasticity of Demand & Wizard’s Seventh Rule: Life is The Future (34m) – Episode 303
Episode 303 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: continuation of the Economics 101 mini-series on the elasticity of demand; continuation of the Wizard’s Rules mini-series, Wizard’s Seventh Rule: “Life is the future, not the past.”; postmodernism; and more.
Todd Winn’s “Defense of Human Rights” Review (16m) – Episode 302
Episode 302 has Skyler reading and adding commentary on “In Defense of Human Rights: An Open Letter”, written by Marine Veteran Todd Winn in June 2020.
Disrespecting Teenagers & Fatherhood (26m) – Episode 301
Episode 301 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: walking in on a teenager in her own bedroom; an older teenager acting disrespectful toward their parent; knowing when you’re ready for fatherhood; the role of fathers in their children’s lives; and more.
Wages, Business, Good Government, & Airplane Seats (24m) – Episode 300
Episode 300 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: wages and why they aren’t predatory, particularly in the gig economy; businesses and why they aren’t predatory either; the beginning and the end of good government; his controversial position on airplane reclining seats; and more.
Rowdy Kids, Historical Moral Judgments, & Legacy Media Sensationalism (26m) – Episode 299
Episode 299 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following entries to r/unpopularopinions: Larrysbirds writes, “If you can’t control your kid at a public place, then go home”; SatoshiSounds writes, “Criticising historical figures by today’s moral standards is like criticising 70s computers for being slow”; and pathemar writes, “US mass media should carry some of the blame for contributing to this culture of fear.”
Hate Speech, Property Destruction, Demonization, & Natural Rights (27m) – Episode 298
Episode 298 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following entries to r/shitstatistssay: zarthrag writes, “Hate, and any of its manifestations is against the NAP. Hate speech isn’t just speech, it’s a form of aggression”; ShambhalaOrangeJuice writes, “People have a right to destroy chain buildings… because that is a part of the establishment which has oppressed them without respite”; CTR555 writes, “As far as I’m concerned, there are two types of people in America: people who vote for the Democratic nominee, and bad people”; and JimJam28 writes, “I don’t believe there is a ‘creator’ who endowed us with rights. There are no rights in nature. We decide as a society what rights should exist and how to properly protect those rights.”
“Manifesto” on Radical Unschooling Review (33m) – Episode 297
Episode 297 has Skyler reading and adding commentary on a Manifesto on Radical Unschooling, written by Teresa at the Sparkle and Zest blog in May 2019.
Consumer Liberty & Accomplices to Aggression (14m) – Episode 296
Episode 296 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in September 2010 titled, “Free to Choose an Unlicensed Practitioner” and an article he wrote in July 2018 titled, “Libertarians Shouldn’t Be Accomplices of Aggression”.
Contra The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism: Ideology (45m) – Episode 295
Episode 295 has Skyler giving his commentary on the subtopic “Ideology” from Mike Huban’s “The Short, Simple Dismissal of Libertarianism”. He writes, “99% of libertarianism is obviously untrue or unacceptable for one or more of these reasons… How can we know that so easily? Here are some simple principles that make it obvious.”