What we are seeing today is the normalization of a disturbing trend which has been slowly growing over the last couple of decades: The wholesale destruction of lives and careers through rumors, speculation, and salacious gossip spread by a partisan, agenda-driven media machine.
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The Key Mental Habit of Simplicity
I’ve written a lot about simplifying your life, from the philosophy behind it to the tactical steps to getting to simplicity. But the true key isn’t in the steps, it’s in our mental habits.
Unforeseen Consequences
There is a word for people who do not read: Illiterate. There is a word for people who are challenged by quantitative concepts: Innumerate. What would be the word for those swoggled by unforeseen consequences? Inconsequential?
Censorship by Social Sanction is Douchey
We lovers of liberty overwhelmingly give an emphatic NO to the idea of political, ie. violent, reaction to speech. Political censorship is a grave injustice, in every case, no exceptions, in my opinion. But what about this other kind of censorship, by social sanction?
Lessons of the South Asian Swastika
When he was living in Burma, graphic novelist Guy Delisle noticed quite a few swastikas. Indeed, much of south Asia is full of swastikas. It’s not because they’re Nazi sympathizers. The swastika was a south Asian symbol until the Nazis ripped them off. Now imagine you’re visiting south Asia and see a group of natives strolling around in swastikas. How should you react – and what should you do? There are two main routes.
Lysander Spooner Quote #21
By my reading, Spooner is opposed to “quanto-cracy” in any form. There are no mathematical paths to freedom, except those dealing with the individual’s voluntary relationship with each other individual, directly, in their scope of action.
Are You Ready for The Battle That Comes With Your Dream?
You want to write comments on the things that other people build, but you don’t want to build. It’s an ugly game out there for those who think they have the right to build things. When you step up to the plate and create, you become a target.
How Public Shaming Makes Real Change Harder
As long as we jump straight to public shaming and enemy-labelling, most people won’t have the internal fortitude to take the necessary steps to change. Public shaming should be a last resort when all hope of change is lost.
Like Clockwork, Striking Invisible Branches
Devin Kelley murdered 26 innocent people yesterday (November 5th) as they sat in church peacefully worshipping their god. Like clockwork, gun control advocates are out in full force. But gun culture in America is not an issue. What is the issue? Both the current mass murder and previous assaults were committed by a very broken person.
Who’s Responsible?
If you sell a car and some time later the guy you sold it to (or someone he sold it to) uses that car to plow into a group of kindergarteners, injuring hundreds and killing a bunch of them, should you or your insurance cover the medical and funeral expenses?