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I am a Nutrition Coach for a large health/fitness corporation. I am a student for life, and a student of life. *** I am absolutely overjoyed with the human capacity of discovery and the human potential that is thereby made possible. I see the world with the freshness and exuberance of a child (a world without limits - BECAUSE curious, joy-seeking humans inhabit it). *** I liken philosophy to learning a skill or trade; the most important skill or trade possible. I believe that discovering the proper use of a human mind is literal emancipation (the "bottle-neck"; beyond which "truth, goodness, beauty, virtue, wisdom, and love" begin to flow like Niagra Falls). *** I have a blog (collecting cyber-dust by now!) at: http://www.ed-ucator.blogspot.com

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Executive Update for March, 2005
Posted by Joseph Rowlands on 3/31, 10:53pm

This month has seen progress on all fronts for SOLO. You can see some of the progress we've made in the numbers. Our membership is up by 114, we have 9 new authors, we've had 4600 posts on the forum, we've got 50 new articles, and we've got 4 new local clubs. We'll start this update with a salute to Luther Set... (Read more...)
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September 22, 2005
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Two Worldviews - The Trader and Taking Syndromes
by A. Robert Malcom
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Jane Jacobs, in Systems of Survival, points out that there are only two methods of survival. In addition, she points out that humans are unique in possessing both -- all other animals have only one. These two methods of survival are, as Jacobs notes, fundamentally different outlooks on life. As such, they have profoundly different consequences. Originating in very different contexts, these outlooks each evolved into a set of syndromes that encompass a whole range of notions congruent with each particular view of the world. (Read more...)
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The Austrian Business Cycle Theory Explained by Cartoon Characters
The Austrian Business Cycle Theory Explained by Cartoon Characters

This is a good explanation of the ABC. The only caveats I would make are the following: 1) The video says that the interest rate is the price of money. I understand the point, but to say that the interest rate is the price of money is either incorrect or too narrow a definition. Strictly speaking, the interest rate is not the price of m... (See the video)

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