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Marijuana Manifesto - A transcript of the Lew Rockwell Show episode 450 with Jesse Ventura
lewrockwell.com link posted by 181 days ago in cancer
Listen to the podcast ROCKWELL:  Good morning.  This is the Lew Rockwell Show.  And what an honor it is to have as our guest this morning, the great, Jesse Ventura.  What do we say about Jesse...
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Mind sex - intellectual foreplay, chemistry, and the lonely sapiosexual
editorial posted by 374 days ago in dating
I was having a discussion with a friend the other day about online dating. She agreed there are some silly rules people have when it comes to initial messages and laughed at how we both break them (e...
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Socialism: Force or Fantasy? Socialism Is an Endlessly Moving Target
fee.org link posted by 435 days ago in socialism
Have you ever tried to nail Jell-O to the wall? It’s easier than getting a socialist to stand pat on what socialism is, which makes socialism an endlessly moving target. Socialists are so intell...
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Lisp: Learning to Think about Thinking | Restless Device
restlessdevice.com link posted by 541 days ago in programming
Great podcast about the Lisp programming language and why it's special.
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The Inevitability of Eugenics: A Race of Self-Designing Tinker Toys
lewrockwell.com link posted by 582 days ago in science
Mention of eugenics inevitably results in whoops of horror, gnashing of hair, rending of teeth, and discussion of Hitler. Occasionally, however, matters of importance merit discussion even if they...
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Image of Captured, Cuffed, and Jailed: A Personal Story - Jeffrey Tucker
Captured, Cuffed, and Jailed: A Personal Story - Jeffrey Tucker
tucker.liberty.me link posted by 730 days ago in politics
By day’s end, it was over. Except not really. This one incident is over. But the reality that none of us really control our lives, that none of our property is really our own, that we all stand v...
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A Treatise on the Nonexistence of Art: Pretty Nearly, Anyway
fredoneverything.org link posted by 733 days ago in art
Art is mostly fraud perpetrated by narcissistic academic quacks on a public easily gulled. They should be prosecuted. This is as true of literature as of painting and sculpture. If modern sculpture...
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Put the “Ph” Back in PhD. We need big thinkers, but the current system teaches students to think small.
magazine.jhsph.edu link posted by 760 days ago in science
By re-embracing the relevant branches of philosophy—a central field of the humanities—scientists will see and think more broadly, perhaps rediscovering what drew them to the field in the first pla...
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Handcuffed and Helpless:There’s a naive idea floating around that an innocent person should never be afraid of cops
fee.org link posted by 760 days ago in politics Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
What you are about to read is not a philosophical argument. It’s a personal testimony. The aim of telling this story is neither to make a political statement, nor to score points for a particular i...
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Why You Should Never Say: ‘Beauty Lies in the Eye of the Beholder’
thebookoflife.org link posted by 763 days ago in art
A society that can’t talk sensibly, publicly and perhaps at length, about beauty inadvertently condemns itself to ugliness.
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When Prosecutors Lie and Judges Collude: Denise Lunsford, Cheryl V. Higgins, and the Wrongful Conviction of Mark Weiner
lewrockwell.com link posted by 765 days ago in politics
On Tuesday, July 14, Mark Weiner exited the regional jail in Charlottesville, Virginia, having been incarcerated there for a crime he never committed. He was facing nearly a decade in prison after be...
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An open letter to Steve Huffman, reddit's new CEO, with an offer to exchange values
editorial posted by 770 days ago in c_prompt
Steve, I'd post a comment welcoming you back to reddit if I was still a member. I'm not. My account was shadowbanned long ago (an account, by the way, which purchased $50 in ineffective reddit advert...
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Watch What Happens After A 13-Year-Old Boy Leaves “Public Education”
thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by 772 days ago in teens
When conformity and rigidity are replaced with free thinking and innovation, the results can be quite stunning. Such was the case with 13-year-old Logan LaPlante, who left the public education system...
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People are scared of guns because they only have 2 outcomes: death & freedom. And freedom scares them more than death.
bravetheworld.com link posted by 777 days ago in guns
I understand this quote is a bit of hubris, and I don't agree that these are the only two outcomes. I still like the quote and do agree that many people are terrified of freedom. People's fear of fr...
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The lovely Corrine is now teaching prostitutes about Bitcoin - "Sexworkers guide to... Paying for advertising with bitcoin"
aboutcorrine.wordpress.com link posted by 783 days ago in bitcoin
Cook County (Illinois) Sheriff Tom Dart wrote in letters to Visa and MasterCard that it is “increasingly indefensible for any corporation to continue to willfully play a central role in an...
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Why is Modern Art so Bad?
youtube.com link posted by 784 days ago in art
For two millennia, great artists set the standard for beauty. Now those standards are gone. Modern Art is a competition between the ugly and the twisted; the...
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In defense of Google
editorial posted by 786 days ago in technology Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
Never did I expect to write a screed with that as the title. But principles must be defended even when the actors are evil. First things first: however reluctantly, I admit to using Google for som...
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From cries to contentedness
editorial posted by 788 days ago in c_prompt
As I’m walking on my treadmill while working to the sounds of life passing by my open window, I hear the distant cry in frustration of a neighbor’s daughter (as all parents learn to differenti...
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Rules of Success to Adopt by Age 13
garynorth.com link posted by 795 days ago in Note to Self
I don't agree with everything on his list, but included are many great principles. Here is why you should take me seriously. I was born in 1942. I have seen what works and what doesn't. I hav...
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Laura Schulz: The surprisingly logical minds of babies (TED Talk). Do I admit too much when I tell you I had tears in my eyes as she finished her presentation?
ted.com link posted by 803 days ago in science
How do babies learn so much from so little so quickly? In a fun, experiment-filled talk, cognitive scientist Laura Schulz shows how our young ones make decisions with a surprisingly strong sense of l...
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Elon Musk: The World's Raddest Man
waitbutwhy.com link posted by 835 days ago in technology
Chris Anderson, who runs TED Talks, calls Musk “the world’s most remarkable living entrepreneur.” Others know him as “the real life Iron Man,” and not for no reason—Jon Favreau actually...
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God Realizes He Forgot To Put Souls In Humans
theonion.com link posted by 836 days ago in funny
THE HEAVENS—While pacing across His Eternal Kingdom on Friday, the Lord God Almighty, He Who Commanded Light to Shine out of Darkness, suddenly realized He had forgotten to provide human beings with...
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How we end up marrying the wrong people
thephilosophersmail.com link posted by 850 days ago in relationships
tl/dr: Given that marrying the wrong person is about the single easiest and also costliest mistake any of us can make (and one which places an enormous burden on the state, employers and the nex...
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I Don’t Believe in Religious Freedom
lewrockwell.com link posted by 873 days ago in politics
I don’t believe in religious freedom. Freedom should have nothing to do with one’s religious beliefs or lack thereof. The reason we intuitively have a concept like freedom is because we...
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To Win Your World, Risk It All - Invest Everything in Your Vision and Be Willing to Lose It All
theundercurrent.org link posted by 876 days ago in business
A deeper look at what brought Tony Hsieh, CEO of the online shoe store Zappos.com, billion dollar success.
Image of "My dad's story": Dream for My Child. Life insurance company MetLife produced a touching video that illustrates the great sacrifices parents make to ensure their child's well-being. Yes, you will cry.
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TIL the correct (original) understanding of Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken. It was intended as a gentle mocking of indecision.
en.wikipedia.org link posted by 906 days ago in todayilearned
The final lines "I took the one less traveled by / And that has made all the difference" are often cited as emblematic of America's individualist spirit of adventure, in a reading that assumes the...
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Symphony of Science - Scientists become rock stars
symphonyofscience.com link posted by 906 days ago in science
From the About page: Symphony of Science is an online video series created by John D. Boswell, aka melodysheep, which aims to bring scientific knowledge and philosophy to the public, in a novel...
Image of Sex - A Lifetime of Jam Sessions. Sex as an improvisation like when musicians come together to play music that's not planned.
Image of Stephen Fry: What I Wish I'd Known When I Was 18. If work isn't more fun than fun, you're doing it wrong.
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Image of Jim Carrey on how his late father inspired him to follow his dreams... in 1 minute
Jim Carrey on how his late father inspired him to follow his dreams... in 1 minute
youtube.com link posted by 922 days ago in Note to Self
Funnyman, Jim Carrey, was on hand to give a moving commencement address to Maharishi University of Management's class of 2014 in which he revealed how his late father inspired him to follow his dream...
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25 Life Changing Lessons to Learn from Rumi
purposefairy.com link posted by 922 days ago in Note to Self
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Rumi, he was a Persian poet who lived more than 800 years ago and who wrote some of the most beautiful and most profound words that were ever written. There...
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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else (J.M. Barrie)
ccad.edu link posted by 922 days ago in Note to Self
They’ve been popping up on campus all semester: intricately worked chalkboard messages with one signature, #dangerdust. Dangerdust has captured the attention of students and taken social m...
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Climate And Truth: A Tale Of Immorality?
wattsupwiththat.com link posted by 961 days ago in environment
The most recent aberration of climate science is the apparent cherry picking of ocean temperature data by government scientists, Richard Feely and Christopher Sabine. The objective is not to determ...
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11 amazing quotes from theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
mentalfloss.com link posted by 993 days ago in Note to Self
1. On His Schooling: "At school, I was never more than about halfway up the class. It was a very bright class. My classwork was very untidy, and my handwriting was the despair of my teacher...
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Thoughts From Within - a poem by Woody Harrelson (with video)
youtube.com link posted by 1004 days ago in anarcho-capitalism
I sometimes feel like an alien creature, for which there is no earthly explanation. Sure I have human form, walking erect with opposing digits, but my mind is upside down. I...
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What is love's purpose?
editorial posted by 1009 days ago in relationships Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
Being young, I don't have as much experience with love as others, yet the ideas around it keep me up at night. Often, I've thought it might be productive to write some of them down. Roma...
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How a nerdy kid from nowhere self-published a best-seller and got noticed by Google CEO Larry Page and The Wall Street Journal
federicopistono.org link posted by 1013 days ago in teens
Last week Larry Page, the CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world, and possibly one of the most powerful people on the planet, released an interview with the Financial Times endorsing m...
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Diane Ackerman on What Working at a Suicide Prevention Hotline Taught Her about the Human Spirit
brainpickings.org link posted by 1014 days ago in psychology
Choice is a signature of our species. We choose to live, sometimes we choose our own death, but most of the time we make choices just to prove choice is possible. Above all else, we value the right...
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A Fan Asks Mike Rowe For Career Advice...He Didn't Expect This Response, But It's Brilliant.
news.distractify.com link posted by 1073 days ago in jobs
After comparing him to a 42-year old woman who can't find the "right man... a soul-mate from her zip code," actor and comedian Mike Rowe (best known as the host of Discovery Channel'...
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Are Passions Serendipitously Discovered or Painstakingly Constructed?
calnewport.com link posted by 1073 days ago in jobs
What is Passion Common to most peoples’ thoughts about passion are the following three foundational beliefs: To feel passionate about something is to be engaged and fulfilled by work...
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Beyond Passion: The Science of Loving What You Do
calnewport.com link posted by 1073 days ago in jobs
At a high level, SDT [Self-Determination Theory] makes a simple claim: To be happy, your work must fulfill three universal psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. In m...
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Ignorance and Myopia
jasonstotts.com link posted by 1073 days ago in sex
I think the ignorance that surrounds sex is absolutely astounding. People tend to think that the way we think about and view sex here in our culture and time is the way it’s always been and...
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On Polysexuality (Revised)
jasonstotts.com link posted by 1121 days ago in sex
by Jason Stotts Summary: Our language related to sex must be expanded to capture all of the variations that we see in real life. And we need to understand this because sex is good and a valua...
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Why Art Became Ugly
atlassociety.org link posted by 1124 days ago in art
Why has the art world of the twentieth-century adopted the ugly and the offensive? When has art in the twentieth century said anything encouraging about human relations, about mankind's potential...
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The Ethics of Entrepreneurship and Profit
lewrockwell.com link posted by 1157 days ago in anarcho-capitalism
By Hans-Hermann Hoppe June 23, 2014 In the most fundamental sense we are all, with each of our actions, always and invariably profit-seeking entrepreneurs. Whenever we act, we employ some...
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Dearest Daughter: My Graduation Card to You
editorial posted by 1177 days ago in c_prompt
My daughter is graduating from eighth grade today. I bought her a card and gift, both which reflect a few of my fundamental wishes for her. Despite spending $6.00 for the card (why are cards so ex...
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Teaching Kids the Value of Money
drhurd.com link posted by 1179 days ago in parenting
The best way to raise financially responsible children is to teach them cause and effect. The idea is simple: Give kids logical consequences and explanations for your decisions. When possible, include...
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Why You're My Friend
editorial posted by 1212 days ago in relationships Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
I enjoy writing. It helps me think and organize my thoughts. It prompts me to constantly ask why. The other day, I discussed with someone the difficulty I was having selecting a topic to write abou...
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Freewill: You Never Forget Your First Love
editorial posted by 1219 days ago in objectivism
Her name was Nicky Romashko. Though I'm having a hard time remembering our ages (probably about 10), it was sometime during grade school that I experienced my first love. If you'll allow me...
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I lack imagination
editorial posted by 1241 days ago in gaming Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
So much brouhaha over Facebook acquiring a game manufacturer. It's a great reminder of where the revenues from your ad clicks and no-longer-private data are being spent. More fun and games. Mor...
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Life is not read-only
lifesnotreadonly.net link posted by 1245 days ago in politics
They say it is piracy. Downright stealing from other people, that’s what downloading is. You’re taking something for sale and not paying for it. Do you shoplift, or break into houses?...
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Integrity and Art
editorial posted by 1261 days ago in art Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
I assume we have all wondered about the meaning of integrity at one point or another in our lives. This idea has always been in my mind, and that's why I've decided to write a little essay...
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Self Reflections in Art
editorial posted by 1261 days ago in Clarisse88 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
Art is a reflection of what we are. It is the essence of our own existence, the key that leads us to the world outside, and it returns to us a door leading inside ourselves. Creating art is to inve...
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Let's teach kids philosophy. You really can't start too soon, I've found.
thetyee.ca link posted by 1262 days ago in teens
Suppose I said "Love is the answer to the question. Now, what is the question?" To consider this requires you to think abstractly. You likely wouldn't ask this question to a child, but why not? Pe...
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What's scientific about political science? Nothing.
lewrockwell.com link posted by 1268 days ago in politics
They call it political science. They study things such as the origins of the state, history, political ideologies, law, war, taxes, regulation, international relations, and free trade. They claim t...
Image of [NSFW] Sex in The Fountainhead - The Rape of Ayn Rand
[NSFW] Sex in The Fountainhead - The Rape of Ayn Rand
editorial posted by 1268 days ago in sex
Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. One of the greatest books of all time. Though Atlas Shrugged is, by far, the better book (considered the second-most influential book after the Bible), it's all...
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TIL that TIL is only allowed in TIL
editorial posted by 1276 days ago in todayilearned
I enjoyed writing The Cost to Connect - Internet Prices Around the World. (Doing the research? Not so much.) I posted it to /r/technology on reddit with the title "TIL the best Internet va...
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Intellectual Independence
editorial posted by 1294 days ago in philosophy
Throughout history, humans have repeatedly attempted to understand the nature of their existence. For some, it is a personal quest to understand the roots of human behavior. For others, the motivat...
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My favorite quotes
editorial posted by 1296 days ago in b_independent Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
I love quotes. The ones to which I most relate become a part of me. They inspire me. They guide me. They strengthen my resolve. They reinforce my values. They comfort me. These are mine (without a...
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The mainstream of human progress: individual freedom and the principles of cooperation
editorial posted by 1296 days ago in politics Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
Throughout most of human civilization, centuries of men have starved, died from the elements (for lack of proper housing), suffered terrible health, and barely lived. Even today, starvation kills m...
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On the First Day
editorial posted by 1297 days ago in politics
There are those who cannot think of a world without some form of government. I can. I do not expect to ever see such a paradise in my lifetime. But one can dream... What if, with your magic wand...
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The Morality of Bitcoin (Or Why One Libertarian Has It All Wrong)
editorial posted by 1307 days ago in bitcoin
Introduction I've a bone to pick with a libertarian. Possibly more than one, but not everyone. At the moment, my focus is this one (who also penned this and this and this). Surely, Gary Nort...