I have two daughters and there is a good chance I will have more. I imagined what I would tell them about it if they were 8-14ish. I realized that my reaction would be different and I would desire to relay different information than most people. So I thought I might share some of what I might say.
Tag: behavior
My One Unchanging Rule
Wherever I go, wherever I am, there is one rule I live by that doesn’t change: Don’t archate. I hold myself to it, even though I don’t consider it a “thou shalt not” to be imposed on you.
Econ as Anatomy
We shouldn’t let the genuine triumphs of the experimental method overshadow the rest of the field. And we should staunchly resist anyone who uses methodological dogmas to veto well-established truths – or selectively pretend they don’t exist.
Hybrid Voluntaryism
Public schools and publicly-permitted private schools have a hybrid voluntaryist segment of behavior within their boundaries. Many extracurricular programs fit within this model.
If Someone Chooses to Archate
One of the most common objections to a free society is that some won’t go along with the principles. Some people will choose to be bad guys. When this objection is brought up, the objector seems to believe no one has ever pointed this out before, and that this is the final nail in the coffin. That’s dumb.
When, Deep Down, You Know You’re Wrong
It seems almost nothing gets statists as stirred up these days as declining to participate in their religious rituals. Isn’t that just the silliest thing?!
Growth Over Glory
When giving a lecture before an audience of ethnobotany/entheogen enthusiasts, Terence Mckenna offered the following advice to those who dared to venture along the psychedelic path: “refuse to be paralyzed by astonishment.”
WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird, by Peter Leeson
As far as content, the book combines eight real world behaviors that make you say “WTF?!”, derived from Leeson’s research and published papers. Everything from shaking a poisoned chicken to settle a slight, to convicting insects and rodents of crimes in a court of law are examined, revealing sensible, even brilliant logic.
The World Doesn’t Pay You Enough to be Nasty
There’s a reason why we like to get nasty. It’s a lot easier to start a fight than it is to take charge of your life when things seem out of control. Our desire to manipulate others often stems from the need to compensate for our own inability to feel a sense of agency in relation to our goals. We enjoy pulling other people’s strings because those are usually the only strings we know how to pull.
Refusing to Recognize This Dangerous Fallacy
This right of exclusion may be exercised at any time for any reason (or no reason), but it does not follow that the property owner has any authority over people simply because they are on his land.