I’ve been thinking about this for many months and I’ve finally worked it out. You may have read this somewhat alarming post, saying that if someone steals our property and…
What Libertarians Don’t Get
When people stumble upon libertarianism, they realize they’ve discovered a great truth about humanity and this great truth can bring about the best possible world if only enough people became…
Why Liberals vs Conservatives?
I’d guess that 99% plus a good percentage of the remaining one percent of people have a strong enough tribal survival instinct to be manipulated by the political elite with…
Two Competing Libertarian Views of Property?
I’m always trying to figure out how people think about things. Recently, while speaking to a respectable, knowledgeable libertarian friend about property philosophy, I realized that he comes to his…
The Black Hole of Modern Society
I use a small, handheld voice recorder called Pocket (https://heypocket.com) that lets me click a button and record a note and Pocket’s AI takes my rambling and organizes it into…
Tribalism and the Universality of Religion
I’ve written before about why religions exist. By no means an exhaustive essay, similar to this one. Religions are persistent and pervasive throughout human civilizations. It always seemed strange that…
Man’s Evolutionary Flaw
The ideas I write about here are constantly evolving in my head, but I may not update them in writing. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the story of our evolution…
Can We Recover Stolen Property?
EDIT: New insights on the relationship between property and value have been added at the end. Manual to Humanity either adjusted or revealed a few previously obscured or undiscovered aspects…
To Become A Scammer, Or Not To Become A Scammer…
I think the problem was the agricultural revolution. Mankind isn’t built for the permanent settlements created by farming. In purely nomadic, hunter-gatherer, tribal days, the political class could easily be…