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You Get Used to the Scars
The scars are just part of me now, like the length of my fingers or the color of my eyes. They are so "normal", so much a part of me, that I no longer think about them as having much meaning. That's not true, of course. The scars - now largely forgotten - created the man I am...
A Libertarian Critiques Libertarianism
Wouldn't it be awesome to have a President who cared about freedom as much as we Libertarians do? Nope. It would not. Let me explain why. Jonathan Haidt has done some great work in the field of social virtues. I won't repeat his research here. But it will help you to understand...
Your Life is Too Small
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
On the Tyranny of Malignant Ideas
Some ideas are benign, some are malignant. 3 malignant ideas currently infecting the public square are “toxic masculinity”, “words are violence” and “victim-hood is power.” You cannot escape the tyranny of these ideas if you are possessed by any of them.
Jordan Peterson’s Idea of Consciousness
"Reality is not objective, nor are the elements of reality protons, neutrons and electrons. Rather, reality is subjective. And the elements of reality are chaos, order and consciousness."TL;DR: I used to believe that reality was objective and was made of protons, electrons and...
A New Beginning for an Old Brand?
America hammers every emotional note: Love, Marriage, Grief, Adventure, Duty, Family, Tribalism, Suffering, Death, Hope, Parenthood.
That’s a helluva lot of emotion to pack into 90 seconds with almost zero dialogue. But VW manages it.