Peaceful Anarchism 015, “Spend your precious time with only those who inspire, motivate, and uplift you. In helping each other we become stronger. The rising tide raises all boats.”
Tag: humanity
Fiction vs. Reality: A Proton Torpedo Won’t Save You
The system of tyranny and oppression which has allowed a minuscule percentage of the world’s individuals, who style themselves as rulers and elitists, to rule over others has been so successful precisely because there is no single person, place, or group which underpins the system.
Influences II
With every week that passes, I think of new names to add to my list of influences. But the thinkers shown in today’s effort are those with the names that I carry around in my head — writing them down as a reminder is not needed. Today, I will write about Dr. Robert Higgs, Henry Louis Mencken, and Mark Twain, whom I have mentioned, probably, in reverse order of each’s world renown.
Peaceful Anarchism 013 – Revere Ideas, Not People (10m)
Peaceful Anarchism 013, “One of the greatest dangers of any thinking person is to supplant one’s deductive reasoning capabilities for the judgment of one in a position of authority.”
Be Careful What You Aim For
One way or another, everyone alive today navigates in a world that grows denser with competing ideologies. The level of devotion solidifies to match the breadth of possible alignments. There are now more people who are more sure of the rightness of their increasingly opposing values. Conflict is inevitable. Clarity is essential.
Ayn Rand Revisited
I suppose I regard the message of “Fountainhead” to be more elemental than that of “Atlas.” I think, I hope, that we are nearing the end of the short run in which statism will have run its course.
Non-Aggression Parenting 002 – Deferral of Gratification Defines Human Beings (10m)
Non-Aggression Parenting 002 has Danilo Cuellar examining the importance of learning to defer gratification.
We Need More People Like David Friedman
So many people who proclaim to love humanity hate people. They love their romanticized ideal of what humanity is. However, they have disdain for regular people.
I Like People
Even those people whom I don’t like because they are hurting others would be redeemable if they’d stop molesting people. I can forgive when someone changes.
Philosophy of Voluntaryism 003 – The Unintended Consequences of Taxation (60m)
Philosophy of Voluntaryism 003 is a look at taxation, by Danilo Cuellar and Jim Limber Davis. “The unintended consequences of taxation are nearly infinite. What doesn’t have to be is our nescience about them. By understanding wealth, how it is created, and what its purpose is we can break down the idea of taxation and show the world what it really is: a practice befitting a less civilized, intelligent, and courageous period of humanity’s history.”