For some time I’ve been talking about upgrading human processes and behavior from a primate model – or, more properly from a hybrid model – to a post-primate model. I’m so deeply convinced of the importance of this that I’ve been devoting a good deal of time and effort to it. And recently I’ve found reasons to believe that a change from our hybrid primate model to a post-primate model would be in the range of a 2 sigma improvement… a very large improvement. #podcast #followforfollow #plebchain https://freemansperspective.com/podcast-the-2-sigma-improvement/

This line, which I’m swiping from Izzy Rabi’s mom, would be a good thing to write on billboards and bumper stickers, as persistent reminders that we should all ask something interesting every day. Notice that I’m not saying “Ask the hard questions,” or “ask a smart question,” only that we each ask an interesting question each day. If we did, I think we’d be much improved creatures after only a few years. And what do we stand to lose from doing this? #plebchain #followforfollow

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Have You Asked An Interesting Question Today? - Free-Man's Perspective

This line, which I’m swiping from Izzy Rabi’s mom, would be a good thing to write on billboards and bumper stickers, as persistent reminders th...

I’m quite serious about the serfdom part. Please read on. If you want millions of dollars thrown at your new company, the way to do it is in “tech,” which usually means a new Internet service. If you can find a way to suck a new part of people’s lives from the world of atoms to the world of data, your odds are good… far greater than trying to launch a construction company. For the construction company you’ll have to beg for loans. For a clever new Internet service, Venture Capitalists (VCs) with huge wallets will happily listen to your pitch. #plebchain #followforfollow

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The Corporatization Of Everything - Free-Man's Perspective

If you want millions of dollars thrown at you, find a way to suck a new part of people’s lives from the world of atoms to the world of data. If y...

Humans have long been, and remain, deeply attached to morality. Even confirmed criminals will routinely say things like “That ain’t right,” which is purely a moral judgment. #followforfollow #plebchain

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The Dispersion of Our Moral Energies - Free-Man's Perspective

Humans have long been, and remain, deeply attached to morality. Even confirmed criminals will say things like “That ain’t right,” which is pu...

Your responses to my request for family-friendly entertainment were overwhelming. Thank you all. #followforfollow #plebchain #family #entertainment

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A List of Family Entertainment - Free-Man's Perspective

Your responses to my request for family-friendly entertainment were overwhelming. Thank you all. At first I intended on vetting the list and commen...

Those of us who aren’t mainlining TV and Facebook have a fairly clear understanding that the rulership of the West is in trouble: their debts are far beyond payable, while the global East and South are starting to pull away. Having only two primary options – system collapse or reduced standards of living – many are opting for the second. #followforfollow #plebchain https://freemansperspective.com/green-means-poor/

Young men get a bad rap, both in modern narratives and in assumptions that portray them as the aberrant sex. Neither sex is normative, of course; humans come in two basic varieties, and both are equally necessary. #followforfollow #plebchain #philosophy

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A Defense of Young Men - Free-Man's Perspective

Young men get a bad rap, both in modern narratives and in assumptions that portray them as the aberrant sex. Neither sex is normative, of course; h...

I don’t want to recall their suffering but I also can’t pretend it never happened. They were tormented daily, over extended periods. I can only hope and pray that they recovered. They were children being abused… tortured if we’re to put it bluntly… by other children. And it’s still going on. #followforfollow #plebchain #PublicSchool #Education #Bullying #Abuse

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Institutionalized Torture - Free-Man's Perspective

I don’t want to recall their suffering but I also can’t pretend it never happened. They were tormented daily, over extended periods. I can only...

I’ve been a fan of Star Trek since the original series was in its first run. When The Next Generation came along years later (and these can be fighting words), I thought it was even better in some ways. But there were a few things about TNG that rubbed me the wrong way, and the biggest of those was the Prime Directive. I couldn’t define why it bothered me back in 1990, but there was something very wrong about it… something anti-human. Now, however, I understand, and perhaps you’d like to as well. #followforfollow #plebchain #startrek

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The Prime Directive is Evil - Free-Man's Perspective

I’ve been a fan of Star Trek since the original series was in its first run. When The Next Generation came along years later (and these can be fi...

Both Julian Assange and Ross Ulbricht have been condemned to frightening prisons: Assange for daring to expose the truth and Ulbricht for daring to build a free market. Legal vocabulary just clouds the issue; they’re in prison for truth and markets… and for acting on their own will. #WikiLeaks #RossUlbricht #FreeRoss #Plebchain https://freemansperspective.com/the-strange-drama-of-julian-assange-and-ross-ulbricht/

The phrase “clean energy” has emanated from official podiums, world over, in recent years. The implication, of course, is that the energy sources we’ve been using are filthy. That, however, is not the case. We already have and use clean energy. And it is far, far better than replacements the podiums expect us to suffer for. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #CleanEnergy #Controversial #NuclearPower

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We Already Have Clean Energy - Free-Man's Perspective

The phrase “clean energy” has emanated from official podiums, world over, in recent years. The implication, of course, is that the energy sourc...

Those of us who were able to follow that advice know that while it doesn’t solve everything, it is necessary. We’ve also learned that to honestly forgive does something to us; something deep and healthy. The point I want to make today is that we need to repair the relationships we hold with ourselves, and that a necessary part of that is forgiving ourselves. #followforfollow #empowerment #plebchain #blog

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Forgiving Ourselves - Free-Man's Perspective

I think we’ve all heard people say that in order to repair a relationship, it’s necessary to forgive the other person first… to accept that t...

Woke is most certainly a problem, especially because it has overtaken the institutions of the West. Fundamentally, however, Woke is a problem residing in individual humans. And because those humans are our children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and neighbors, fixing it falls to us. The people involved may disappoint us and even insult us, but we may not give up on them. And so I’d like to address the practical side of this problem. #plebchain #followforfollow #wokeculture https://freemansperspective.com/woke-is-our-problem-to-fix/

The problem for the catechists, however, is a large one: The much promised consequences simply aren’t happening. We were told, back in ‘88, that over the next century all sorts of very obvious things would happen: islands sinking below the ocean with all their inhabitants drowning, and so on. Hmmm. #plebchain #followforfollow #climatechange

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A Third of A Century Into Global Warming - Free-Man's Perspective

It was in 1988 that I first heard of global warming. Seeing that we had recently emerged from a cold spell, it came as something of a surprise. But...

Anything that affects the subconscious minds of billions of people, on a daily basis, is a very serious thing, and that is precisely what has happened over the past decade, as social media captured a large percentage of human cognition. #philosophy #socialmedia #followforfollow #plebchain

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Social Media Hijacks The Subconscious Mind - Free-Man's Perspective

Anything that affects the subconscious minds of billions of people, on a daily basis, is a very serious thing, and that is precisely what has happe...

We used to talk about things that “separated the men from the boys.” And however poorly the phrase may have been used, it had a legitimate point: It’s one thing to be male, it’s quite another to be a proper man. The same obviously applies to women: It’s one thing to be female and quite another to be a proper woman. But on whichever side of the biological divide you find yourself, it’s suffering for what you believe in that confirms you as legitimate, solid adult… as someone to be taken seriously. #followforfollow #plebchain #philosophy

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Suffering For Righteousness Marks You As Serious Person - Free-Man's Perspective

We used to talk about things that “separated the men from the boys.” And however poorly the phrase may have been used, it had a legitimate poin...

The West lost its backbone for a very simple reason: It lost its meta-narrative: its overarching story for what we believe and do. #plebchain #followforfollow #philosophy https://freemansperspective.com/why-the-west-has-no-backbone/

Humanity is afflicted with a desire for a magic fix to its problems. And that desire, if it’s allowed to fester, soon enough becomes a demand for a magic fix for their problems… and particularly to problems they fixate upon. That much was obvious in the rise of Hitler, in the sale of socialism to the oppressed people of Eastern Europe, and in other disasters. But it goes even further, afflicting nearly the whole of mankind on a continuing basis. #followforfollow #Plebchain #podcast https://freemansperspective.com/podcast-the-futility-and-disaster-of-the-magic-fix/

Back when Western civilization still had a foothold in the public square, people paid attention to the freedom of belief, the freedom to choose a career, and the freedom to speak one’s mind. All good and necessary things, of course, but there was one freedom that they dared not mention… dared not consider. And that’s the one I’ll cover today: Political freedom… the ability to choose how we will be governed, if we wish to be governed at all. #podcast #followforfollow https://freemansperspective.com/podcast-the-unmentionable-freedom/

There is a kinship between productive human beings; one that spreads all across this planet. It may be invisible to power and hierarchy, but we productive people recognize it. #plebchain #followforfollow #philosophy

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The Kinship of Producers - Free-Man's Perspective

There is a kinship between productive humans; one that spreads all across this planet. It may be invisible to power and hierarchy, but we productiv...