Losing Thoreau in Boston
Mises Institute, July 11, 2020
You Don’t Have to “Cultivate Poverty” to Pursue Truth, Contrary to Thoreau
by James Bovard
writing
“It is by no means the whole answer”
Sir Ken speaks to Natalie, a mother of four children of ranging ages, 21 (a college student), 16 (a high school student), 11 and 6, from Salt Lake, Utah, USA. She has a full-time job and is also studying part-time herself. Natalie’s early experience of learning from home was overwhelming, not least of all because she received over 70 school-related emails in one week alone; even her kindergartner has five different websites where her learning is taking place.
“They’re losing their fear to be wrong, and it’s so liberating”
There is no doubt that the current pandemic we are all facing has endless challenges, one of which is that many families around the world are now supporting or overseeing their children’s education from home.
PPR Bonus Podcast episode 33 How I write
This very late bonus podcast is all about my current writing process for my Epstein book. I also touch on the recent conspiracy catnip that has been in the media regarding Epstein. Download preview clip To listen to the full episode become a subscriber on Patreon today
The Writer's Life: Leaving a Permanent Trace of Who You Were
Matt Taibbi, Mark Ames and a sample eXile cover (source) by Gaius Publius Nothing catches the writer's life from the inside like this piece from Matt Taibbi.He wrote the following paragraphs as part of a long apology responding to criticisms of his life and writing as a youn
Trump in Gremlins 2 & Cool Runnings Jamaican Illuminati- Jay Dyer on Sample Hour Podcast
The popular educational and comedic podcast The Sample Hour invited me on to have a more free-flowing banter concerning my work, Hollywood scandals, my book, doing standup, and creating Hollywood Decoded.
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World Bank Economist Demoted for Demanding Clear Prose
Economist Paul Romer was replaced as head of the World Bank's research arm after he demanded that his colleagues write succinct, clear, direct emails, and presentations with an active voice.
Writing, Exploring, And My Pulling a Thoreau this August
One of my favorite quotes of Henry David Thoreau is this:
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”
That quote captures the spirit of “carpe diem”, seize the day - except the idea is to seize every day, every experience, every awakening, and every awareness. It’s following the human impulse to explore the unexplored, question what doesn’t ring true, dig beneath the surface of what you think you know to formulate your own reality, and embrace the inherent ‘now’ of life.