The trouble is that we have left the Industrial Era for the Imagination Age, but our mass education system remains fully entrenched in factory-style schooling. By many accounts, mass schooling has become even more restrictive than it was a century ago, consuming more of childhood and adolescence than at any time in our history.
Tag: society
Who Causes Most of Life’s Troubles?
It would be comforting to blame others for my troubles. It would be easy. And dishonest. Whose fault are my troubles? Mine. Without a doubt.
Make No Mistake…
Everyone who wants any anti-gun “law” is promoting mass murder. Any politician who proposes any anti-gun “law” is befriending mass murderers. Any cop who enforces any anti-gun “law” is collaborating with mass murderers.
Does Action on Behalf of Another Tend Toward Abuse?
When the goal is my own, internally motivated, I will behave according to my own values for respectful and peaceful cooperation. When the goal is not my own, externally motivated, I will at first behave according to my own values, but resistance may soon have me acting contrary to those values. Why is this?
The “Feeling People” Say It’s Time to Talk About Gun Laws
Every anti-gun “law” only affects the good people who don’t want to hurt innocent people; never the evil losers. It’s like giving them a hall pass to kill.
Cry Wolf
I, too, have great disdain for the MSM, but it is because of their incompetence, laziness, and disincentives toward accuracy, not that they are deliberate liars. POTUS’s drone about “fake news” sounds like the boy who cried “wolf,” with a twang of unfounded self-righteousness.
Why a Radical Libertarian Can Enjoy a Show About a British Monarch
Here I am, a radical libertarian, enjoying a show whose protagonist is the monarch of one of the world’s brutal and oppressive empires. How do I square that circle?
One Thing We Shouldn’t Import from China: Its Education System
We should be careful that America does not become a society of obedient “little soldiers,” abdicating our individual liberty to the powers of the state under the guise that it’s good for us. High test scores may be commendable, but not if they come at such a high price.
Let’s Outlaw Murder!
Why don’t we find something that is associated with heart disease and outlaw it. Obesity comes to mind. Why don’t we find something that is associated with unintentional injuries, like automobiles, and ban them. Let’s outlaw death, let’s outlaw guns!
Voluntary Law and Order
People are not all the same, and they make different choices because they have different values, circumstances, and levels of understanding. Sometimes those choices are peaceful and wise; sometimes they are not. So what are the best ways to promote good choices and cooperation while preventing and providing resolution for conflict?