My Philosophy 101 prof was somewhat of a campus cult hero. He was a wizened Kris Kringle whom generations of students affectionately referred to as simply “Doc.” The master had suffered a stroke and was nearing the end of a long career, but was still helping young tyros like yours truly to dissect their own […]
Category: Moral Philosophy
I got laid off in Autumn 2019. Since then I have not had a full time job paying more than a small fraction of what I used to make. Here are some things for which I am truly thankful: –I haven’t had to pay huge taxes to corrupt local, state and federal governments which use […]
Work makes you free, if and only if:1. You are free to negotiate a price or walk away (which you can’t do when everyone is a slave of the state)2. Your work is compensated in real money on which thrift is rewarded rather than punished (which it can’t be if payment is in currency controlled […]
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Dirty Jobs
I have been a remote worker either part or full time since 2004. I realized then that it was more important for me to work on my own terms than to move up the corporate ladder. I was a bit ahead of the curve. Now I am trading my white collar shirt for a blue […]
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Summing Up
My urgent statement to anyone reading this, and especially to those who have read other posts here: I stand four square on heterodoxy. If you are a Jew, Muslim, Christian, Gnostic, Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, Shamanist or Zoroastrian — be a good one. If you are an atheist, grow up. I had to. It was hard […]
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