Episode 038 is a discussion about evolutionary mismatch theory, and the various ways that our environments, lifestyles, and diets are mismatched to our evolution as a species, leading to negative consequences for our health and happiness. Listen to Episode 038 (1h14m, mp3, 128kbps)Show Notes Skyler’s Column, “Evolutionary Mismatch“Skyler’s Column, “The Primal Insight: A Question of…
Tag: consequences
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…
Morality and 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. Morality is an idea that can be confusing. To some, morality is whatever their god says it is. To others, morality…
Words Poorly Used #49 — Zeitgeist
There are many versions of “zeitgeist” in use in the world today, but I refer here to the difference between Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s use of the term as compared to Peter Joseph’s contemporary expropriation of the term. According to David Burrell, “Schools of thought influenced by Hegel tend [to] see history as progressive, but…
Gravity, Deregulation, Mark Twain Quote #1
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. It has…
On Protecting our Kids
The idea of protecting our kids from the harm of school certainly crossed our minds while deciding to help our daughter attend pre-school. Our son went to the same pre-school (in a government elementary school), and had a lot of fun and still chose to come home for Kindergarten, and continues to choose home. He’s…
How to Promote Liberty
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. We voluntaryists have a problem. We value liberty and hate the state. We want to see the former grow and the…
Two Realities
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Norman Imberman. Norman is a retired podiatrist who loves playing piano, writing music, lawn bowling, bridge, reading, classical music, going to movies, plays, concerts and traveling. He is not a member of any social network, nor does he…
The Great Salt Solution
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Norman Imberman. Norman is a retired podiatrist who loves playing piano, writing music, lawn bowling, bridge, reading, classical music, going to movies, plays, concerts and traveling. He is not a member of any social network, nor does he…
Evolutionary Mismatch
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. In “The Primal Insight: A Question of Needs“, I recommended looking at our evolution as a species in order to…