I’ve gotten a fair number of questions from friends and strangers like you about how to explore, understand, and use bitcoin properly. Rather than send you the same email and retread old ground, I’ve decided to make my recommendations available publicly here. I hope this helps you in your search!
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Editor’s Break 030 – What’s Up with Cryptocurrencies? (20m)
Editor’s Break 030 looks at the current state of cryptocurrencies, and whether or not they are a fad, or here to stay.
Charlottesville Haters: Test Case for the Internet as Public Square
John Gilmore famously noted that “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” Libertarians like me view the market in much the same way. This situation is a practical, nuts and bolts test of those views. There’s a great deal riding on the outcome.
Crops, Currency, and Crypto
Peoples in places with a single staple grain, harvested at the same time once each year, were easy for states to subjugate and coerce. Partly for this reason, most humans resisted extensive grain farming, even several thousand years after it had been invented, and opted instead for what Scott calls a complex ‘web’ of nutrients.
Cryptocurrencies and Governance, These Things are Happening
Over $93 billion dollars, and counting, have poured into the cryptocurrency market since Bitcoin was released in 2009. Millions of individuals have come together without central direction to build this worldwide phenomenon. Changes are happening every day that have global ramifications, all of which are happening without permission by governments, and often in spite of governments’ supposed authority to control other people.
Mere Anarchy: The Center Cannot Hold
The political class and its cronies have effectively lost the war to save the centralized “intellectual property” monopolies, and are now losing their grip on money as cryptocurrencies begin to limit their ability to regulate and tax commerce.
Epochs, Evolution, Nationalism, and Synthesis: What Gives Anarchists The Best Chance At Reaching AnCapistan?
Anarchy doesn’t need to be redefined. The pillars are stable. What it needs is a new foundation, those very foundations that allowed the philosophy of Anarchy and Liberty to appear on the world stage in the first place. The Pillars are strong. The Foundation is crumbling.
Embody Peaceful Anarchism
It is never too late to attempt to live as an Anarchist or Voluntaryist. One need not wait until a truly voluntary society is realized. One can embody Peaceful Anarchism right now. Do not acknowledge the State, to the best of your ability. Live your life with gentleness, kindness, compassion, and love. Live your life according to your principles.
Episode 062 – Parent Effectiveness Training, Part Four (1h10m)
Episode 062 is the fourth part of the sporadic Parent Effectiveness Training mini-series. This episode is the recording of a recent workshop conducted by Phil on “active listening.” Listen to Episode 062 (1h10m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Facebook.com Profile, “Phillip Eger“Thomas Gordon, Parent Effectiveness TrainingGordonTraining.com, “About Dr. Thomas Gordon, 1918-2002“Read Chapter 3, “Active Listening: The Language…
Episode 061 – Austin’s Journey (0h40m)
Episode 061 is an interview of Austin Gee about his journey toward voluntaryism. He talks about listening to Hazlitt and reading Tom Woods early while growing up as a Utah Republican, eventually making the leap to libertarian, anarcho-capitalist, and then finally to voluntaryist. And he’s got peaceful plans for his future family. Listen to Episode…