Tom Woods

Last week I heard an interesting interview [1] of Antony Sammeroff, author of a free e-book titled Procrastination Annihilation. [2] I hesitate to recommend to you yet another anti-procrastination technique. Most of them are probably gimmicks that wear off quickly, as you have testified. But this book sounds like good stuff to me. I know this guy a little, and I think he's really smart. [1] https://tomwoods.com/1090 [2] https://beyourselfandloveit.com/en/doit

Okay, we disagree. (*edit: we disagree about taxes being theft). But that is what I enjoy about communicating with other intelligent people, we can discuss ideas and not have to agree. I have been studying this in my free time for the last decade or so, and do not have a ready list of sources handy, but here are a few I gathered in the last 30 minutes, should you be curious as to why I think this way: https://mises.org/library/taxation-robbery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_as_theft A very short list of sites containing general backgrounders: https://mises.org/ http://www.ronpaulcurriculum.com/ http://tomwoods.com/ https://www.freemansperspective.com/ A short list of sources on this direction of thinking to start with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard Much of this is intertwined in Libertarianism, Austrian Economics, and even Minarchy/Anarchy. I obey the laws of the jurisdiction that I reside in, but that does not mean that I am not trying to actively change those laws for what I perceive as "the better"... I search for as close an approximation to "the best way" as I can, understanding that humans are fallible by nature. For entertainment, I am re-reading the book A Lodging of Wayfaring Men, a fictional book by Paul Rosenberg. While it is in severe need of editing (self-published?) I find it entertaining enough to re-read to get excited/stimulated about…

I've seen atheists who were logical and open-minded. Then there were others who completely mis-interpreted the concept of God as a bearded dictator. In atheism, you get all kinds of people. Just like in religion, business, politics, etc. I would say, a much bigger factor is economics. In the 1980s, the Soviet Union government could not make a TV better than the tiny island of Japan. (Akio Morita observed it in his auto-biography, Made in Japan.) You would have more competition in Japan than in the Soviet Union. So companies would have an incentive in advancing science through investment, regardless of faith. The payoff would be bigger and their would be more capital and investment. Religion, language, family, etc. all would be a minor factor in relative terms to economic environment. You can also see the difference between Malaysia and Indonesia. Located next to each other, various religions that overlap, yet different economic growth. Any science conference would have people of different faiths, including atheists. Many religions seem to even promote business and science. More examples: 1) The ancient Greeks would still visit oracles despite advancing mathematics. 2) The best observatories were once at monasteries. 3) Gregor Mendel was a Augustinian friar. 4) Bicameral Kingdoms (Incas, ancient Egyptians) had similar religions, but stayed stagnant for thousands of years compared to the Muslims and Christians: http://saturniancosmology.org/sun.php#a10 5) If you…

Tom Woods has a series of good critiques of Piketty. Here’s one: https://tomwoods.com/ep-318-piketty-taken-down-for-good/

In this podcast the host records a call with one of these IRS scams. http://tomwoods.com/ep-729-the-real-story-of-the-epipen-fiasco-plus-to… Starts at 11:58. It's quite entertaining.

For PC, Norm need to be changed often, it's like changing passwords often. http://tomwoods.com/podcast/ep-726-how-and-why-progressives-keep-chang…

> Alex Tabarrok discusses the case of India’s private city, and the challenges — and promise — of a private model of urbanization. http://tomwoods.com/podcast/ep-371-private-cities/

Yes, of course. Don't you see buildings in flames and people dying everywhere? You just don't have anything to compare. The fire department is just there and it is the nature of things. Since I'm not a fire specialist, let's look at the police department: you will agree with me that the police is corrupt and incapable of arresting anyone, they're just a bunch of lazy guys! Hear this podcast: http://tomwoods.com/podcast/ep-597-can-the-private-sector-protect-agai…

Tom Woods: Historian, Economist. http://tomwoods.com/podcasts/

Given Krugman's little rant on Sweden http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/sweden-sweden-as-conservat… which spawned responses like http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/sweden-no-longer-the-free-market-conversa… and his attitude towards Estonia and the US stimuli, I think there is some doubt as to his work.

Pvnick your opinion doesn't fall in line with evangelical progressivism, so downvoting rather than engaging you directly is in order. Don't you know that politicians always and everywhere make things better, and that billions of individual actors competing and testing various ideas simultaneously is doomed to fail. Also, make sure to ignore competing voices. Science isn't about skepticism, it's who has more people on their side. To quote Einstein upon finding out that there was a book titled 100 Authors against Einstein "If I were wrong, then one [author] would have been enough!". Clearly he was an idiot. Also, ignore those who disagree with our world view like the ones listed below. They're literally Hitler. > Tom Woods Interview with Patrick Moore: http://tomwoods.com/ep-559-greenpeace-co-founder-repudiates-organizati… > The 97% consensus: http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.ca/2014/02/a-climate-falsehood-you-can-… > The Non-Expert Problem and Climate Change Science http://blog.dilbert.com/post/154082416051/the-non-expert-problem-and-c…