The Futility of Reform
Don’t run for class president. Don’t go to HOA meetings. Don’t join a committee. Don’t get involved in political campaigns. All of these activities are about reform. Get into the institution, play...
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Help Me Publish A New Book!
Support the KickStarter campaign to get this book printed and claim your copy! I’m so excited about this book. The basic idea has been one that infected me about five years ago and I haven’t been...
View ArticleHow to Change the World: My Personal Journey
The Foundation for Economic Education published a video of one of the talks I gave at a seminar last summer. The post How to Change the World: My Personal Journey appeared first on Isaac Morehouse.
View ArticleWho’s Calling the Shots, Your Future or Your Past?
I heard an interesting talk from Dan Sullivan on why 10x growth (in business, life, whatever you choose) is actually easier than 2x growth…if you get your mindset right. He described 2x thinking as...
View ArticleAn Interview Question
A got an email survey recently asking what I thought it was an interesting question. “If you could ask one question in an interview, what would it be?” My response (maybe it would change if I thought...
View ArticleHappy Easter
Whether or not you follow any of the various religions that celebrate Easter, or other celebrations of rebirth and new life this time of year, there is beauty and power in the symbols that accompany...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Survival
People who live the fullest lives have a loose grip on everything. They don’t cling too tightly to relationships, possessions, health or life itself. They are free from mood-controlling fear and worry....
View ArticleWhat if ‘The Least of These’ are Criminals?
Nearly every religious and ethical system places a high value on helping those who need it most – those who can do little to help themselves, and who have fewest opportunities, and fewest advocates....
View ArticleThe Art of Science
A fascinating article in the Wall Street Journal this week claimed that great scientists needn’t be good at math. E.O. Wilson argued that big ideas, not number crunching, are the source of major...
View ArticleThe Neutrality of Everything
A hammer is neither good nor bad. It is a tool. It is useful. It can be useful in achieving good things, and equally useful in achieving bad things. It is valuable because it is useful, but the...
View ArticleA Few Quotes
On politics and government “Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters.” – C.S. Lewis “I am really...
View ArticleThe Timeless Way of Being
I am currently reading Christopher Alexander’s The Timeless Way of Building on the recommendation of a friend. It is one of those books that is so full of insight that it cannot be absorbed all at...
View ArticleInterview with a Rabble-Rouser: Leon Drolet
Some of the most fascinating people and ideas are in our immediate circle of acquaintances. I have enjoyed interviewing some of my friends for the blog, and I’ve learned interesting things by asking...
View ArticleThe Choir’s the Only Audience Worth Preaching To
All learning is self-motivated. No one has ever successfully crammed a belief down the throat of another. Enough brow-beating can coerce someone into changing their actions, but it cannot change...
View ArticleThe Renewing of the Mind
The transition from one deeply held belief to another is not a matter of intellectual argument. It’s not a matter of adapting a new set of ideas on an issue, it’s a matter of becoming a new person....
View ArticleRadically Practical
There’s an assumption that practical and radical are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Sometimes, the reverse is true. The most practical things can be the most radical. Radical means outside the...
View ArticleWe Already Have the Solution: It’s Called Freedom
Milton Friedman once said of the political system, “I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of...
View ArticleWhy I Love the “Like” Button
Facebook’s “Like” button is genius. It’s positive, affirmative, and gives an incredibly simple way to express support for content we enjoy. It requires no deep thought or time, yet sends a...
View ArticleA World of Kramers
Nobody knew what Kramer actually did. He was always doing something, but it remained a mystery how he obtained the resources to pull of his schemes, let alone pay for rent and food. Kramer had a...
View ArticleYou Were Born an Entrepreneur
Have you ever watched a baby with a goal? They know what they want, but they don’t know how to get there. They have limbs they can barely control and a variety of toys, tools, and furniture around...
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The Obedience-Entitlement Matrix and Generational Differences
I love a good two by two matrix. Trying on new lenses through which to interpret the world is a big part of intellectual exploration. Plus, it’s fun. I have been fascinated for some time with...
View ArticleThe Myth of Misanthropy
It’s normal to hate people. Everyone hates people. Fortunately, there is no such thing as people. There are only individual persons. There are no classes, groups, nations, or any other collective...
View ArticleThe Amazing World In Which We Live
Not long ago I decided to give away an idea. It was something I think is a truly awesome idea, with tremendous potential value. If I wasn’t fully devoted to building Praxis, I’d probably pursue it....
View ArticleThings I Care Deeply About That Cannot Be Changed Through Law
My heart breaks over the knowledge that more than a million abortions occur annually in the US alone. Yet I do not believe changes in the legality of the practice are the best way to improve the...
View ArticleThe Shortest Summary of How to Change the World
Help people imagine new things by introducing new ideas. Help people experience new things by creating new alternatives. These two things – ideas and experiences – change people’s beliefs about what’s...
View ArticleAgainst Life Plans
Life plans seem pretty daunting to me. I know people who feel stressed and depressed because they don’t have a clear one. There are incredibly rare people who know beyond the shadow of a doubt what...
View ArticleForget Long Term Strategic Planning
We serious adult types really value planning and prepping and researching and approaching problems in a well-considered manner. We also overestimate our own ability to plan and predict the future, and...
View ArticleDoes Future Orientation Mean Anything?
It’s not easy to stay out of the future. I live a lot of my life there. I don’t know that it’s bad, but there is this universal approval of ideas like, “be in the present moment”, and, “don’t put off...
View ArticleUnexpected Ways I’ve Changed in Recent Years
I now enjoy Twitter more than Facebook I used to be an extrovert, now I’m an introvert I now prefer cheap, lighter beers over fancy, heavier craft brews I used to only take coffee black, now I quite...
View ArticleFour Ideas I Don’t Think Are Crazy (but you probably do)
I think these ideas are so straightforward and unscary that the world wouldn’t even look that different tomorrow if we did this today. Shortly after tomorrow, the world would look significantly...
View ArticleWhy You Should Move Away From Your Home Town
“A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.” – Mark 6:4 You want to grow, progress, live an interesting and meaningful life. You want to do...
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