I'm not quite that hopeless... as crazy as that sounds (I know it does...). I still hope.

Upvoted! I have introduced one new, healthy habit at a time, stopped focusing so much on what I DO NOT want but rather what I do, and it has slowly-but-surely transformed my life.

It is very obvious that you put a lot of time and heart into creating this post. Well done! I deeply appreciate the obvious caring intent behind it.

My son completed their course and has nothing but great things to say about the course and his experience with them.

Apparently not. Two more articles please! Your ideas are muddled and your opinion unclear :-P

How well I remember the first time I read "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" :-) The ideas were right! I went through a similar experience promoting Linux that I am now promoting voluntaryism: a

And that is exactly what I hope for as well, that the transformation of which I speak will happen even faster! These are exciting times, for sure.

I love it here! Let the statists leave and the state disintegrate; they do not get to steal it for themselves.

I think this same sentiment could be said for someone who criticizes another person's communication style: The complainer has complained, and in reality has whined about HIMSELF, and and who HE (or she)

I WON THE DEBATE!! I always win. John Taylor Gatto (one of my heroes) mentioned exactly that same habit he'd cultivated and nurtured over the course of his life, writing and writing and writing his thoughts

Meaning must come from rational free willing agents, doesn’t it? If not, please explain how a determined “just so” universe could possess meaning? From whence comes meaning? Does it inhere in the physical

Who said humans were not? "Influenced" and "determined" are not at all the same thing.

"What is my intention in engaging in this discussion/debate?" is something we ought always ask ourselves, I believe. If my intention is to look smart by embarrassing someone else, at least I

The burden is on determinists to show that this sense of free will we all intuitively have is false.

Not yet but thank you for that recommend; I'll check it out!

This is a familiar argument, and one with a long history. But is it a good argument? I don't think so. Why think that if it is within my power to perform an action, but also within my power to refrain

"I do believe that people will do all those things for free". Really? How could they? To put in the physical effort, the time and resources to do that would swiftly drive the person doing so

If being prosperous were as simple as printing pieces of paper we could all make ourselves rich in a few minutes. That is not how reality works, of course, so you gotta ask yourself why.

This article took a totally weird turn after saying there is heavy censorship and whales might be cops or CIA and ending with "I’m all in. I’m trying to power up everything I make because the experts