Nobody asked but … I am listening to the audiobook version of Zero History by William Gibson. The plot has not yet revealed itself to me but Gibson produces some of the most fascinating phrases, wherein he captures a cosmos of meaning in a very short expression. The case here is “emotional information.” Gibson writes…
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Episode 003 – Golden Rule Ethics (1h34m)
Episode 003 is a conversation on the Golden Rule, as found throughout history at many different times and places, as a system of ethics. Listen to Episode 003 (1h34m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Golden Rule Wikipedia EntryFDR “The Facts about Spanking“FDR “The Bomb in the Brain“Culture of Good Will (Social Capital)Culture of EmpathySkyler’s Column, “The Law…
The Objectivity of Language
Send him mail. “The Self Owner” is an original column appearing every Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Spencer W. Morgan. Spencer is a husband and father, and has studied History and Philosophy at the University of Utah. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. In this week’s brief column I want to…
Humpty Dumpty II
Nobody asked but … You may be assured that somewhere behind Humpty Dumpty, among the King’s men, there is an Iago. He has put Humpty Dumpty on that wall. In Kentucky, we talk about a turtle on a fence post — we don’t know how he got there, but we know he did not do…
The Invisible Wall
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…
Re: Honor and Snowden
Nobody asked but … Honor is a dangerous idea to me. To think for a moment that Edward Snowden might have entertained for a second the idea of behaving honorably due to a bogus contract with murderous bureaucrats makes my skin crawl. A contractor to the people has honor due only to the people, not…
My Journey to Voluntarism
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…
No, Virgina, There is no Santa Claus
Send him mail. “The Self Owner” is an original column appearing every Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Spencer W. Morgan. Spencer is a husband and father, and has studied History and Philosophy at the University of Utah. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. Every Holiday season, Francis Church’s famous editorial reply…
Talismans and Tiger Repellent, the Religion of the State
Send him mail. “The Self Owner” is an original column appearing every Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Spencer W. Morgan. Spencer is a husband and father, and has studied History and Philosophy at the University of Utah. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. As adult humans, we hold a lot of…
Top Winnie, Around Town, The Ring
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. In this…