The Philosophy of Voluntaryism

Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. Philosophy is, etymologically, the “love of wisdom”. One of the best ways I’ve read to define wisdom is this saying, “Knowledge…

Spooner Quote #7, Logic Fallacy #14, The Most Important Issue

Send him mail. “Finding the Challenges” is an original column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Verbal Vol. Verbal is a software engineer, college professor, corporate information officer, life long student, farmer, libertarian, literarian, student of computer science and self-ordering phenomena. Archived columns can be found here. FTC-only RSS feed available here. This column…

The Bottleneck

Nobody asked but … The brain can process thoughts in a volume that is orders of magnitude beyond what we can process vocally. The spoken communication is the tip of the tip of the iceberg.  And, yes, freeing oneself from seeking to control what others process may be the greatest freedom. The brain can process…

Episode 026 – Parent Effectiveness Training, Part Two (1h19m)

Episode 026 is the second part of the sporadic Parent Effectiveness Training mini-series. This episode looks at communications roadblocks, and how to avoid them with “active listening”. Listen to Episode 026 (hm, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Thomas Gordon, Parent Effectiveness TrainingGordonTraining.com, “About Dr. Thomas Gordon, 1918-2002“Read Chapter 3, “Active Listening: The Language of Acceptance“ Contact Email…