Jeff Till’s Five Hundred Years

New podcast: Doublespeak jointasode with Isaac Moorehouse

Praxis CEO, public free thinker and BFF Isaac Morehouse joins me to expand on a Facebook post he wrote on “doublespeak” or “doublethink” where a policy idea is mistaken (or purposefully replaced) a more genuine objective or desire. Here we talk myths about school, the law, the military, welfare, and regulation. Enjoy! Just about every argument for school is actually an argument for the value of education that proves nothing about the value.. Read More

Podcast: Is government cooperation? Ice cream, ants, bears, sharks and the meaning of human existence

Today I explore the idea of whether government is cooperation or collaboration, whether anarchy is like the existence of bears or sharks based on an email and conversation from my friend Chris, local government, the nature of ants and bees, a book report on Edward O. Wilson’s “The meaning of human existence”, the nature of democracy, collaboration in the free market, pervasive collaboration that is voluntary and positive, I read a Jeffrey Tucker.. Read More

Podcast 22: The F-Word in America: Militarism

I discuss the third component that would suggest a country is fascist which is militarism (combined with corporatist economics and nationalism). Do we need our leaders to dress up in general’s uniforms to be militaristic, or is it our ethics and investments that indicate militarism? Discussed is the history of the military and US wars, a look at the numbers of people working in the military, the glorification of the soldier, budgets and.. Read More

Podcast – The Curse of the Busybody Conformist Consumers

In this episode, I discuss how being constantly ‘busy’ is probably a bad thing and that most people don’t properly balance their time with their consumption and life changes. I try to make the case that being “acceptably busy” is a conformist notion that has spread to every aspect of people’s lives. I steal a clip of Tim Ferriss. I also bizarrely get into the documentary “Lost Boys” about relocated Africans. As always,.. Read More