Family is the fundamental unit of society, and family dynamics are a very useful lens for understanding cultures, nations, and political-ideological differences across the world. People’s expectations and preferences for ...| Living Voluntary
The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single (“haplous”: undivided, whole, clear, good), thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine ...| Living Voluntary
If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration. Nikola Tesla “Frequency and vibration” is another way of saying “waves”, but ...| Living Voluntary
(Author’s note: this post is meant to serve as an introduction and preface for future posts discussing specifics of physics and related concepts in more detail.) Reality Check: The Standard ...| Living Voluntary
The relationship between the teachings of Christ and many so-called Christian religions (historically and vaguely called “Christianity”) is similar to the relationship between the scientific method and science as a ...| Living Voluntary
History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance. ...| Living Voluntary
Record-Keeping Technology People have been making records as long as they have been writing. Money serves as a unit of account, which makes the consistent tracking of finances and business ...| Living Voluntary
All of the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arises, not from the defects of the Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from ...| Living Voluntary
Unsurprisingly, not all economists agree on how to approach what used to be called “political economy”. Adam Smith in 1776 defined it as “an inquiry into the nature and causes ...| Living Voluntary
Value hierarchies are inevitable. What value belongs at the top to make sure the others stay in their proper place? The ancient Greeks spoke of three perspectives: pathos, ethos, and ...| Living Voluntary
Why shouldn’t you be forced to marry and have children against your will? Why shouldn’t you be forced to join and support a religious organization? Why shouldn’t you be forced ...| Living Voluntary
What is Culture? As individuals, people experience consciousness (identity, intelligence, soul, conscience), develop character (will, agency, behavioral patterns, habits), and demonstrate preferences of style (taste). Biological traits and tendencies both ...| Living Voluntary
These words are commonly conflated and treated as synonyms. Do you know the difference between them? Nation: a group of people with common ancestry and language Country: a geographic region ...| Living Voluntary
People have been arguing about how to deal with ideas of right and wrong for a very long time. Even now, reasonable people sometimes disagree about where exactly to draw ...| Living Voluntary
What is your favorite tool? Is it so familiar or compelling that you are tempted to employ it in all contexts? The law of the instrument illustrates this tendency. Tools ...| Living Voluntary
Table of Contents Introduction – Principles of Justice Law and Order in a Free Society – Private Governance – Rules Without Rulers – Ex Ante Solutions – Ex Post Solutions ...| Living Voluntary
I know a lot of people shun gambling and card playing, but there are some valuable lessons that can be learned from poker. I find that playing a few rounds ...| Living Voluntary
Property and ownership imply the right to trade with others. Market is a word people use to describe the conditions of trade. Conditions under which people are allowed to trade ...| Living Voluntary
Politics is just an ongoing Rorschach test. Government rulers and media puppets paint pictures of the world, and the great majority of people respond with their own insecurities and fears ...| Living Voluntary
“If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization.” – Ludwig von Mises Who owns you? It may seem like a silly ...| Living Voluntary
You want the world to be a better place, and so do I. However, we probably don’t agree on exactly what “better” means or how it can be realized. Now ...| Living Voluntary
“If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their…| Living Voluntary
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable. Buckminster Fuller What we call matter is composed of conjugate gyroscopic toroidal standing waves and hyperboloid vortices of ether…| Living Voluntary
What, then, can light be, if not a transverse vibration? I consider this extremely important. Light cannot be anything but a longitudinal perturbation in the ether involving alternative compression…| Living Voluntary
“He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.” – Thomas Jefferson…| Living Voluntary