From the Web The Two-Party Swindle – Are the interests of politicians and voters aligned? Eliezer doesn’t seem to think so, and as he argues in this post, the average right and left-wing politicians are more similar to each other than they are to voters from their own parties. CEO’s Read More Fiction – A […]
Quotes From Atlas Shrugged
Over the last two weeks I’ve been churning through Ayn Rand’s epic novel, Atlas Shrugged. The book is close to 1200 pages long and covers Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism. The story follows a man who said he would, “stop the motor of the world,” and did. Rand’s philosophy centers around the idea that it is […]
Is School Wasting Your Money?
Which is better: self-education or going to school? Are self-educators deluding themselves, believing they can teach themselves better than professors who have studied in their field for years? Are people who go to school just wasting their money on subjects that could be learned faster and more efficiently from a trip to the library? In […]
Posts in 08, New Holistic Learning Book and Other News
Post Suggestions for 2008? I’ve just got back from a week-long internet hiatus and I’m ready to start another year writing about self-improvement. I’ve received a few comments from readers who like the direction the blog has been taking, and others who feel I’ve emphasized some topics too much and other topics too little. Now […]
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