I remember walking into my boss’ office at my day job to turn in my resignation, almost exactly 10 years ago today. I was quitting the life of a regular paycheck, to become a full-time blogger and writer. I was filled with an overwhelming sensation of fear, and an overwhelming sensation of joy.
Tag: trust
Nope, I Am Not a Doctor… And That’s Kind of the Point.
There is nothing that brings me more fulfillment and joy than the idea of coming back to our truest, cellular, DNA-imprinted nature in a world where so many of the odds are stacked up against that very reality.
Unschooling Dads with Skyler Collins, an Interview
“Skyler is an unschooling dad of three children and is the editor of the book Unschooling Dads: Twenty-two Testimonials on Their Unconventional Approach to Education. It’s not often that we get to hear about unschooling from the dad’s perspective and I really love that you took the time and effort to pull this book together. I really enjoyed reading their perspectives.”
Bitcoin Will Stop the Motor of the World
Revolutions do not typically happen overnight, especially one so bold as to question the necessity of a motor as powerful as centralized banking coupled with seemingly limitless government power.
The Sweet, Animating Contest of Freedom
Where you live in large part determines the type of people with whom you associate, you raise your family, and you interact through mutually beneficial work, trade, business and consumption. What a very important aspect of your life! Shouldn’t this be something we choose instead of ignorantly accepting the conditioning of the state?
Why You Need a New Year’s Resolution, Even If You’re Going to Fail
The 365 days in a year go by fast. Don’t let another New Year’s Eve party come without creating hope for the future and earning something to celebrate.
Stock Exchange
Congress blamed insider market abuses and inadequate disclosure of financial data for the Great Depression, and reacted by creating the SEC. In truth, the Great Depression had more to do with tariffs and poor Federal Reserve policies. I feel like I’ve heard this story before: the government causes a problem, and uses the problem as a reason to take more power.
Country Living, Pelatarchy, Privatization, & Policing (22m) – Editor’s Break 042
Editor’s Break 042 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: submitting questions or comments for the podcast at the top of Everything-Voluntary.com, country living vs. city living, a new word coined by Skyler: pelatarchy, hyperbolic criticisms of privatizing government services, trusting people with power vs. trusting people with freedom, and why policing is an insult to justice.
A Matter of Scale
At what scale do you suddenly think that human interaction and peaceful coexistence requires, or is even helped by, giving some people permission to forcibly rule everyone else?
Discussion with a Cop Supporter
Here is a discussion I had with a supporter of cops a while back. It may be educational to see the lengths people will go to when they are desperate to excuse the inexcusable and justify that which can’t be justified.