30 Minutes To Excellence
Paul RosenbergExcellence is attainable, and by every healthy person. I received this lesson from a man I never met, named Earl Nightingale. Today I'm passing it along to you.
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Current Columns and Articles
The Coup And The Silence
Paul RosenbergAs of this morning, July 21st, mainstream American news, as best I can tell, is almost stone-silent on the story (Barack Obama's treasonous acts)… and that troubles me.
A Saturday Night In Starbucks
Paul RosenbergSeveral years ago, an unusual set of events found me at Starbucks on a Saturday night. It had been a reasonably decent day, but somehow the pressures of the world – its parade of negativity - had had its effect on me. Sitting in the Starbucks cured
COVID Is A Frankenvirus, And It's Not Going Away
Paul RosenbergIf we stay plugged into the televised/social media Matrix, what happened following the Tuskegee experiment will happen here: Officialdom and the media universe will close ranks and protect their own.
Congress Will Be The Last To Reform
Paul RosenbergThings have changed in the US since the Covid disaster, chief among them the attitude of the populace. Productive people are now speaking openly about the corruption of American institutions and their desire to return to a more traditional American c
A Recipe For Heroes And Saints
Paul RosenbergRules and obedience have never elevated anyone to heroism and greatness, but I know what does, and I discovered it in the rubble of 9/11.
Fear, Shame And Intimidation Are Chemical Weapons
Paul RosenbergAnd that's something the manipulators of mankind have learned to use.
Why Can't We Imagine Goodness?
Paul RosenbergThe corporate bullhorns feed everyone they can a steady diet of the bad, the ugly, and if possible the bloody. Under their influence we would believe that all is darkness, that truth is illusion, that the human path is ever-downward, and that all pro
You've Been Robbed
Paul RosenbergYou work long, hard days, but you never have enough to be secure. Your husband or wife probably works too, and yet you still never get ahead. Now think about this: Your great-grandparents worked hard, and they did get ahead. You work just as hard, bu
Status, Evolution And Human Nature
Paul RosenbergStatus forces us to think in terms of position, hierarchy, and dominance, and can't possibly do otherwise; it is built solely upon our standing relative to others.
We Must Stop Apologizing
Paul RosenbergAs I look back on my early work, I see too many cases of trying to accommodate hostile opponents… too much effort spent on making my arguments unassailable. And I see that it was wasted effort.
When Was the Last Time You Held a Baby?
Paul RosenbergHave you ever noticed that pessimistic and depressed people avoid babies?
Why Kindness Doesn't Change The World
Paul RosenbergEverything we do changes the world, of course, and I remain a strong advocate for kindness. Nonetheless, we need to face the fact that the children's book version of "be kind and change the world" hasn't worked. Wars and crime proceed as they
The Corporatization Of Everything (Serfdom In Our Time)
Paul RosenbergIf you want millions of dollars thrown at you, find a way to suck a new part of people's lives from the world of atoms to the world of data. If you can do that, your odds are excellent.
Recent articles from Freeman's Perspective...
Paul RosenbergThe Prime Directive is Evil; We Already Have Clean Energy; Forgiving Ourselves; A Third of A Century Into Global Warming; Social Media Hijacks The Subconscious Mind
The Kinship of Producers
Paul RosenbergThere is a kinship between productive human beings; one that spreads all across this planet. It may be invisible to power and hierarchy, but we productive people recognize it.
Recent articles from Freeman's Perspective...
Paul RosenbergWhy Americans Shouldn't Respect Offices or Laws, We Must Stop Trying To Be Unassailable, Next Year Will Be The Last For Our Subscription Newsletter, What Geniuses Believe, 5 Reasons I'm Not Interested In Secret Bad Guys
Election Day Options
Paul RosenbergToday is election day in America, and this time I'll offer my opinions. I'm not endorsing anyone (the issues surrounding this year's election are far larger than that) but I will contribute a few ideas.
Without Apology
Paul RosenbergIt's up to us to improve the world. If obediently waiting for someone or something else could work, the dominating structures of the world would have improved long, long ago. But they haven't, leaving the job to us.
The Collapse of The Enlightenment
Paul RosenbergWe are watching the Enlightenment collapse before us in real time. I'll be as brief as I can in my explanation of why this is so and how it came about, but it strikes me as something we should understand.
How Political Parties Took Over The United States
Paul RosenbergMillions of decent and hard-working people are presently coming to grips what has been happening to them.
The Cryptography Revelation
Paul RosenbergCryptography has changed the world over the past few decades. Without it there would be no Internet commerce, no VPNs, or Tor, or Bitcoin, or Wikileaks, or the Snowden revelations, or BitTorrent.
Two new articles from Paul Rosenberg today: It's Heretics Who Save the World; Why We'll Win
Paul RosenbergIt's Heretics Who Save the World (The people who have kept the world from a slide into darkness and pulled it forward); Why We'll Win (A free, post-scarcity world will not be prevented by archaic systems scratching and clawing to retain their dom
How Science Became an Idol
Paul RosenbergI've been an advocate of science for a long time, but I also recognize that science proper has become ScienceTM… an idolized science that Francis Bacon would have condemned… did condemn. More than that, this science has become a tool for the ap
I Like Jordan Peterson, But He's Wrong
Paul RosenbergAnyone teaching young men to seek responsibility and meaning has a place near my heart, especially when he or she delivers their message in a humane way. And Professor Peterson has certainly done that, at great personal cost.
The Gospel of Radicalism
Paul RosenbergA few hundred years ago it was a standard medical practice to bleed sick people: to make cuts in various parts of their bodies and to drain blood from them. Most people submitted to this useless and frequently harmful treatment without question.
Six Reasons Centralization Is Bad
Paul RosenbergThe other day a friend contacted me, looking for an article that explained why centralization is bad. At first I was sure there had to be many, but I came up dry. Hence today's post.
We Are Great
Paul RosenbergA number of people seem to freak out when I write a piece like this, but it's a huge mistake to define ourselves by what we're against, and darkness is not all that exists in the world.
How To Judge Cultures
Paul RosenbergPerhaps the most vehement intellectual foolishness of our time is the demand that no culture may be judged. According to this dogma, all cultures are equally valid and very certainly none can be judged as inferior to another.
The Blow That Ended America 100 Years Ago
Paul RosenbergThe confusing thing about our current situation is that America - and by that I mean the noble America that so many of us grew up believing in - has long been poisoned. Its liver, kidneys, and spleen have stopped functioning. but it still stands
The Jesus Challenge
Paul RosenbergThere has been no more important teacher in human history than Jesus of Nazareth. Not only was Western civilization (the civilization that eliminated slavery, spawned science and unleashed production) based upon his teachings, but more than two billi
Our Natural Predators
Paul RosenbergNearly every creature upon this planet has one or more natural predators: creatures that prey upon them. Humans seem to be a striking exception; even though we're bereft of natural weapons - claws, ripping teeth and so on - we easily protect oursel
Moving Back To The Internet
Paul RosenbergYes, I know that it seems the Internet has swallowed the world, but that isn't quite true. What actually happened was the opposite: The world captured the Internet.
Transmitting Civilization Is Now Up To Us
Paul RosenbergWestern civilization - the most effective major civilization in human history – has lost its mechanisms of transmission. And that's a big problem. Civilizations are simply collections of humans who share certain ideas, and if those ideas are no l
Is The Social Contract Legit?
Paul RosenbergThe social contract is a description of "the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual." The social contract asserts that all of us have consented to surrender some of our rights to a ruling group, in
Recent articles from Paul Rosenberg, Freeman's Perspective...
Paul RosenbergThe West That Was, Part 5, What A Real Leader Would Say, The Word We Need To Make Sense of This Moment, I Want To Live In Ross Ulbricht's World, The Collapse of The Enlightenment, The West That Was, Part 4, Are We Still Allowed To Ask Questions?
The Wages of Perpetual Fear
Paul RosenbergI've gone on for a long time about fear making humans stupid, and even about it being a weapon and a brain poison. But I've also wondered at times whether people would hit fear-fatigue… that point where people have simply had enough and walk ou
The Crypto Apostles
Paul RosenbergAlmost no one in the broader world knows about the crypto apostles. (My term, not one they apply to themselves.) Even rather few in the larger crypto community know much about them. So I'm not talking about famous names, but quiet people. I've de
Geniuses on Education
Paul RosenbergThis is a set of passages from my files: The thoughts of notable geniuses on the subject of education. I hope that parents, especially, will find them informative
The Desperation of Anti-White Racism
Paul RosenbergAnti-white racism is the order of the day in officialdom. The anti-whiteness that long infected "educated" and elite classes has breached its previous limits and has been shoved into a billion faces at once.
Social Media Is A Polarization Machine
Paul RosenbergSure, we've all seen this in practice and people have developed catchy terms for it, like echo chamber, but the polarization effect of social media has been demonstrated scientifically. In fact, some of us were warning about it a long time ago. And
Be The Outsider
Paul RosenbergYears ago I engaged in a long usenet discussion with another gentleman on immigration, life in the third world, etc.
The World Is Wrong
Paul RosenbergHere is something that was thrown in my face at a relatively early age, as I began to think seriously and independently: So, the world is wrong and you're right!?
Fear, Shame And Intimidation Are Chemical Weapons
Paul RosenbergImagine that some combination of circumstances end with you walking into a so-so bar, then accidentally causing some gigantic brute to spill his drink. Imagine also that this brute just learned that his girlfriend moved out, taking his bank account w
We Have No Idea How Good We Can Get
Paul RosenbergI can still remember the first time someone told me that they believed in the Calvinist doctrine of "the depravity of man." It shocked me. To complain about human behavior I very well understood; there's plenty of bad behavior in the world. But
Science Has Won: Might Is Obsolete
Paul RosenbergSince the Bronze Age, human societies have been arranged around brute force. Even now, governments are monopolies of violence. The very structure of government serves one primary end: to deliver violence. All else is secondary.
Call Me Pisher
Paul Rosenberg"Call me pisher" is a Yiddish phrase from my youth, and it was used to instruct me in a very important lesson. (Though I hardly realized it at the time.) And since Yiddish speakers were often not delicate persons, I'll have to be a bit less tha
Why We'll Win
Paul RosenbergA free, post-scarcity world will not be prevented by archaic systems scratching and clawing to retain their domination. We will evolve freely, unburdened by an unfortunate past. This will happen, and today I'm going to tell you why.
The Cult of Rules
Paul RosenbergThe Cult… Is Us
Humanity Crucified on a Cross of Iron
Paul RosenbergA few people remember President Dwight Eisenhower's Farewell Address, where he warned Americans about the rise of a military-industrial complex… a warning that was stunningly accurate and almost fully ignored.
Why Does the Law Not Warn?
Paul RosenbergEveryone who has children, or even nieces and nephews, understands that you have to warn a child before punishing him or her. If not, you teach the child a rash of bad lessons
More Revolutionaries Are Coming
Paul RosenbergAssange, Ulbricht, Manning, Snowden… we've seen a slow stream of revolutionaries over the past decade or so, a few of whom became well-known. More will be coming.
ROSC 21: RollROSC 21: Roll It Up and Move Along It Up and Move Along
Paul RosenbergOnce you know a storm is coming, the only sensible actions are to either protect yourself or to get out of the way. And so it has become time to roll up the Jay's Bar show and move along. If we simply vanish from view now, there won't be much in
ROSC 19: Back to the Shadows
Paul RosenbergI got a strange phone call the other day. The person on the other end played like it was a wrong number, asking for Angie something, but they were listening to my voice way too closely. What they were doing, I was pretty certain, was to see if it was
ROSC 18: Not Parasites
Paul RosenbergThere's something about being young, especially if you can feel righteous at the same time. The combination is potent and intoxicating. It's a shame more people haven't experienced it.
I'll Need Reasons To Believe The Next Vote Count
Paul RosenbergI'm not a political guy. Fundamentally I'm a voluntaryist, which means that I want to leave political rule behind, en toto. But I also live among good people who still believe in political processes. So, as I run across contributions I may be abl
ROSC 16: Rebels with Full Bellies
Paul RosenbergThank God for experience. Last week we had another of our meetings at Jay's bar, and it almost turned into a disaster. Only long experience saved it.
ROSC 15: Building Ourselves a City
Paul RosenbergTheorizing is one thing; doing is quite another. No matter how good you think your theories are, applying them to the real world is always a revelation.
ROSC 14: The Bitcoin House
Paul RosenbergIt's been a strange but recurring theme in my life that when a cluster of bad things hit, something good follows close behind. Often, I learn later that the good thing was initiating just as the bad things struck.
Earned Knowledge, L10, P4
Paul RosenbergThe New Europe
Western Civilization, Seen from 2150 AD, Part 1 & 2
Paul RosenbergIn the late 20th century it began dawning on the heirs of Western civilization that the archaic forms of rulership they lived under (and which they had held as the ultimate form of human organization) were actually enormous parasites.
Earned Knowledge, L9, P1
Paul RosenbergA fundamental part of "how people lived" is the technology they created and used. We've been covering this in our previous lessons, but this lesson will go into it further.
ROSC 5: The Late, Great Chester Cruz
Paul RosenbergI found the Mueller Sanitarium for the Chronically Ill a few blocks from a place I worked back in the 1980s. It sits almost by itself, at least if you don't count parking lots, and only a block or so from a rapid transit train. It's tucked in bet
The Rise of the Superfluous Class, Part 1
Paul RosenbergJay's Bar, my hangout back in the 1990s - through the heady years of the early internet, the cypherpunks, and the all-out gas that was the digital gold economy - seems to be coming back to its glory.
So, You've Been Made Superfluous…
Paul RosenbergIn the US, something like 100 million people have "dropped out of the workforce," and the situation is often worse in Europe. The ruling systems of the West have made these people superfluous. If you're one of them, I'm sorry. It's a horrib
We Are Great
Paul RosenbergA number of people seem to freak out when I write a piece like this, but it's a huge mistake to define ourselves by what we're against, and darkness is not all that exists in the world.
"Law" as a Jedi Mind Trick
Paul RosenbergAbout half the time it is used, possibly more, the word "law" is nothing more than a Jedi mind trick. There is nothing noble, righteous, or even 'conservative' about it. It's a way for you to be abused via confusion and inertia.
Status, Evolution And Human Nature
Paul RosenbergStatus forces us to think in terms of position, hierarchy, and dominance, and can't possibly do otherwise; it is built solely upon our standing relative to others.
We Don't Really Know What's Happening
Paul RosenbergAnd, believe it or not, this is rather good news. I'll explain...
The Problem With Activism
Paul RosenbergThere are people called "activists" whom I respect and support, but I divide these people from the activism of my title, because these people act, encourage, and teach directly, not through third parties.
The Way of the 21st Century: Going Nowhere While Very, Very Frightened
Paul RosenbergNothing makes humans easier to manipulate than fear. Get a group of Homo sapiens afraid of something and most of them will run wherever you want them to. Unfortunately, all the manipulators of our time know this and are maximizing their use of it.
The Only Thing Necessary for Evil to Triumph Is…
Paul RosenbergI'm betting that most of my readers can complete this phrase. The problem is, it isn't quite true. Edmund Burke, its supposed source, was a good man, but that doesn't make the saying true.
The Passing of American Exceptionalism: How We Became Like All the Other Nations
Paul RosenbergOnce upon a time there really was an American exceptionalism and America was a light unto the world. That exceptionalism was a long way from perfect (looking for perfection in a mass of humans is silly), but it was legitimate.
The Corporate Cocoon
Paul RosenbergIn my town, the corporate throngs travel almost in unison every morning and every night, making their way from the manicured suburbs to the shiny central city and then back again.
Druglord, Genius, or Saint? What Kind of Man, Really, Is Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts?
Paul Rosenberg(Originally published November, 2014) As many of you must know, the US government has charged a young man named Ross Ulbricht with being "Dread Pirate Roberts" (DPR), the "drug kingpin" behind the Silk Road online bazaar.
In Praise of Traditional Family Values… Mostly
Paul RosenbergHumanity has a problem of clinging to extremes, as I'm quite sure you've noticed. They love the Reds and hate the Blues, or they love the Blues and hate the Reds. They believe deeply in God, or they consider belief to be insane.
We're Better Than We Think We Are
Paul RosenbergThe problem with most humans is not that they think too highly of themselves: it's that they think too little of themselves. They exhibit what G.K. Chesterton called a "weird and horrible humility." To put it bluntly, we've been trained to pe
A Report from Middle America
Paul Rosenberg(Originally published in 2014) I was recently involved in a day of meetings with small business owners in the American Midwest. It was both encouraging and sad at the same time.
The Forgotten Holocaust
Paul RosenbergThe Armenian Genocide was a systematic extermination that occurred during World War One, mostly in 1915. The killers were Ottoman Turks: agents and soldiers of that government, as well as eager civilians.
Are You a Gorilla or a God?
Paul RosenbergHumanity stands about halfway between gorillas and gods. The great question that looms over us, is this: "Which will we incorporate into our lives? Primate things or God things?"
Silk Road Died, Bitcoin Crashed. So why am I so happy?
Paul Rosenberg(Originally published October, 2013) You may have heard that Silk Road - the truly free online market - was taken down today, by the FBI. In response, the price of Bitcoin crashed 24%.
The Blow That Ended America 100 Years Ago
Paul Rosenberg(Originally published in 2013.) "There is a lot of ruin in a nation," wrote Adam Smith. His point was that it takes a long time for nations to fall, even when they're dead on their feet. And he was certainly right.
If The Founders of Democracy Could See This…
Paul RosenbergThe word democracy is held in awe these days. Mention it almost anywhere and you'll get instant nods of approval.
The Fascist's Guide to Business Success
Paul RosenbergI was downtown last Thursday and ended up with an hour to kill before my train home, so I went down the station's back stairs and around the corner to Jay's Bar. It was almost six o'clock, so the crowd was a mix of corporate suits buying expens
Thomas Jefferson: "We Failed"
Paul RosenbergThomas Jefferson - one of my long-time heroes - was convinced that he and his friends blew the chance they had to establish freedom in America. I know that a hundred thousand self-praising textbooks, speeches, pundits and songs claim that Jeffers
The 21st Century Addictions
Paul RosenbergIn any negotiation, the one with power is the one who can walk away. If you can't walk, you have no power and you won't get what you want.
The Jesus Challenge
Paul RosenbergThere has been no more important teacher in human history than Jesus of Nazareth. Not only was Western civilization (the civilization that eliminated slavery, spawned science and unleashed production) based upon his teachings, but more than two billi
The Wisdom of Thomas Jefferson
Paul RosenbergI've made no secret of my admiration of Thomas Jefferson, and today I'd like to show you at least part of why. And so I'll give you a collection of my favorite Jefferson passages. There was considerably more to the man than just his writings, b
A Deep State Primer
Paul RosenbergI recently had some discussions with a friend on the Deep State in America. And since this topic has been making the rounds, I think a primer may be helpful. I spent time, some years ago, among these people: commuting on their roads and trains, sleep
More Amazon Trouble
Paul RosenbergWe've had more trouble with Amazon.com, and so we'll take another step away from them. They seem to be handling our Kindle orders as usual, but have de-listed our paper titles. This has wildly distorted the prices of our books on their site. A co
Podcast: Post-Primate Society, Part 1
Paul RosenbergThis series of seven podcasts include the text (but not the notes) of my book, Post-Primate Society: A New Look At The Human Story. I think it's a very important book, but I also think it will take some time to be accepted.
When Was the Last Time You Held a Baby?
Paul RosenbergHave you ever noticed that pessimistic and depressed people avoid babies?
Suffering Is Required
Paul RosenbergMost Jews know how to suffer. Most Christians don't, although they once did. Bitcoiners and homeschoolers know how to suffer. "Vote harder" types seldom do.
Why You Shouldn't Believe In A Full-Spectrum Crash
Paul RosenbergThere are a large number of people waiting for a full-spectrum, apocalyptic crash of the Western system. What I maintain is that it won't happen. And I hope to convince you that I'm right.
The Wisdom Of The Hippies
Paul RosenbergSadly, there are fairly few people left who understand what the Hippies were really about. Mostly people remember the Hollywood version: pot-smoking, political protesting and clumsy dancing. The actual Hippies, especially the early Hippies, were a mu
The Truth We Can't Accept
Paul RosenbergThere is a simple fact that people are unable to ingest. You can explain it carefully, with charts, graphs and solid documentation… and they may even like the sound of it… but after the explanation, it fades away and is forgotten.
6,000 Years On The Wheel
Paul RosenbergThe life that has been gifted to us is old… more than 6,000 years old. It began before recorded time, on the plains of Mesopotamia. There it was that the race of men was regimented; it was there that they learned to be ruled.
Earned Knowledge, L7, P2
Paul RosenbergSacrifices to the gods were basic parts of the ancient religions. We've mentioned them before, but from the records left by the Romans we get a very clear picture of how they operated.
The West's New Faith
Paul RosenbergChristianity, as people in their 60s and 70s have observed, was pushed off the public stages of the West over the past two generations. At this point, whoever speaks well of it in such places must be prepared to absorb blows.
Demolishing The Warren Report
Paul RosenbergOne of my entertainments, from time to time, has been the Kennedy assassination… John Kennedy's, that is. I'm not particularly a fan of mysteries, but once in a while one of them intrigues me, and this is a good one.
My Depression
Paul RosenbergDon't worry, it was a low-grade thing, not at all like the debilitating depression many people suffer through. So low-grade, in fact, that I didn't think of it as more than a bad mood.
Privacy-GPT
Paul RosenbergConsider this: We have multiple communication systems running all the time: Mail, email, other Internet methods, messengers (car and bike), text messages, several phone networks, ham radio, CB radio and pager networks. Long distance traders and sh
What Julian Assange Was Really Doing
Paul RosenbergWe must not forget about Julian. And so I am re-posting this article from some years ago, with just a bit of editing. It explains what Julian and his friends were really doing, which is probably not what you thought.
The Times They Are A-Changin'
Paul RosenbergRecently a friend sent me a snippet of a conversation he saw in an online community. It read, Public school attendance is indoctrination in obedience. That's a stark statement, but what struck me was not its bluntness, but that it has become common
Why Kindness Doesn't Change The World
Paul RosenbergEverything we do changes the world, of course, and I remain a strong advocate for kindness. Nonetheless, we need to face the fact that the children's book version of "be kind and change the world" hasn't worked. Wars and crime proceed as they
Build Yourself A City
Paul RosenbergWe all know that the system lies to us daily. We know they are proceeding, boldly, with bizarre and deeply damaging policies, like teaching our children it would probably be a good idea to "transition" from being a girl into a boy or vice versa.
Are We Ready For A Sovereign Debt Crisis?
Paul RosenbergI've been warning Bitcoiners that we needed to be the adults of finance for quite some years, and I'm pleased to say that we've come a long way in that direction. I still see more juvenille behavior than I'd like, but progress has clearly bee
RIP, Harry Schultz
Paul RosenbergMy friend, Harry D. Schultz, died February 22nd, at his home in Monaco. Harry had a long and productive life. Born in Milwaukee in 1923, he was shipped off to Shanghai toward the end of World War II, where (while still in the service) he learned t
Site Upgrade - Freeman's Perspective
Paul RosenbergAs of this morning, May 8th, our site is being updated, integrating both Bitcoin and Lightning into our subscription process. We're also offering a discount for Bitcoin subscriptions.
Debt And Compliance
Paul RosenbergI've advised people to get and stay out of debt for a long time, but even so, I didn't fully understand the affects of debt until the Covid time hit us. As the mayhem spread, I struggled to understand the level of compliance with what would have
A New Watchman Privacy Podcast
Paul RosenbergI recently did a wide-ranging podcast with Gabriel Custodiet of The Watchman Privacy Podcast. I thought we covered a lot of interesting subjects, including some that I seldom write upon.
Earned Knowledge, L4, P1
Paul RosenbergStarting Over - As we said in Lesson #3, in the years surrounding 1,200 BC, every major ruling group in the Near East was wiped out. Egypt was the only exception, and just barely at that.
A Crucial Message On CBDCs
Paul RosenbergAgain I am ringing my alarm bells. This message is for everyone, but especially for anyone involved with computer programming… at all. This Is Serious. Please pay attention. Pass this along.
Information Is Broken
Paul RosenbergHumanity is informed as never before; nothing in the historical record compares. This, unfortunately, is not a particularly good thing.
Bourgeois And Proud
Paul RosenbergEven if you're not exactly sure what bourgeois means, you've almost certainly noticed that it refers to something bad or embarrassing. In a moment I'll explain its actual meaning, but first I want to turn the tables on it: I will maintain that
Earned Knowledge, L3, P1
Paul RosenbergAs we mentioned in Lesson #2, once hard and aggressive people in other places knew that kingship worked so well in Mesopotamia, they began to copy it. And so the "kingship from Eridu" model began to spread all through the ancient Near East. But w
Demon of The Year: 2022
Paul RosenbergThe Demon of The Year award is given to, "that person or entity who has terrified more children, raised more blood pressure and/or been more reflexively hated than any other being on our planet over the past year."
The FTX Heist, In Brief
Paul RosenbergAs you'll see, I don't think the FTX crime, as vile as it is, is worth a great deal of our time: We are producers, and should devote our energy to production. For that reason I haven't written about it till now.
A New Year's Meditation
Paul RosenbergIf you could go back in time a thousand years, you'd find people who were shockingly similar to those you presently love. The same is true for people who will live a thousand years from now. Some of them will be nearly identical to the people you n
30 Minutes To Excellence
Paul RosenbergExcellence is attainable, and by every healthy person. I received this lesson from a man I never met, named Earl Nightingale. Today I'm passing it along to you.
Earned Knowledge: L1, P3
Paul RosenbergSo far we've mostly examined what these people left behind. But how did they live every day, and what did they think about? These are the more important questions.
Our Moral Obsession
Paul RosenbergHumans are moral obsessives. Anywhere you go, you'll find people speaking in moral terms: "He didn't treat me right," "She's arrogant," "That's a man you can respect," and so on. All of these are moral judgments. Even confirmed cr
Earned Knowledge: L1, P2
Paul RosenbergWhat's even more important about these people is that they brought farming all the way across Europe. People didn't grow a great deal of food prior to this group (as best we can tell), and they brought wheat, peas, lentils, barley, plums, hackber
Bitcoin Is Far More Than An Investment
Paul RosenbergOver the past few years, huge numbers of people have come to see Bitcoin as an investment… as a stock. That's because a significant percentage of the populace - certainly a good percentage of the investing class - knows someone, at least a fr
A Bitcoin OG Post
Paul RosenbergI was a radical before most of you Bitcoin users were born. That doesn't make me any better than you (hopefully I did a few things to make you better than myself), but it does give me a better perspective; time just works that way.
A Frank Letter to the Homeless Man Under the Bridge
Paul RosenbergI see you standing here, asking for help, about once a week. You are always polite, and I respect that. I'd like to do something for you… something that would matter long-term. Giving you a few notes or coins now and then may be fine, but I'd r
Moving Back To The Internet
Paul RosenbergYes, I know that it seems the Internet has swallowed the world, but that isn't quite true. What actually happened was more or less the opposite: The world has captured the Internet.
Child Abuse On A Civilizational Scale
Paul RosenbergThis is not something I ever wanted to write or even imagined writing. And yet, here we are. I've been receiving a stream of reports from wildly divergent sources, all saying the same things.
The Forbidden Thought
Paul RosenbergThe dominating systems of our world require us to feel weak, afraid, and insufficient. They couldn't continue if most of us didn't feel that way. And so the friends and operators of these systems must oppose the opposite assumption: That we are n
Transmitting Civilization Is Now Up To Us
Paul RosenbergWestern civilization - the most effective major civilization in human history - has lost its mechanisms of transmission. And that's a big problem. Civilizations are simply collections of humans who share certain ideas, and if those ideas are no
Follow-Up On The Social Contract
Paul RosenbergLast week we examined the "social contract" in some depth, to see if it passes as a legal concept. This week we'll examine two follow-up issues: one that I didn't mention and one that I mentioned, but didn't delve into.
Tickets Still Available!
Paul RosenbergThere are - and this is most unusual - tickets available for the annual hackers congress at Parallelní Polis in Prague. September 30th through October 2nd
Is The Social Contract Legit?
Paul RosenbergThe social contract is certainly enforced as if it were a legitimate contract, but enforcement doesn't legitimized anything; that's merely one half of a contract, executed unilaterally.
How Democracy Empowers Central Banking
Paul RosenbergIt has been dawning upon the people of the West that central banking cartels have been draining away their wealth. That's a significant movement forward, and not one I want to interrupt. And so I'll ask you to use this information sparingly (pres
Cultural Appropriation Is A Good And Necessary Thing
Paul RosenbergIf we seriously attempted to use only those things created by people who look like us, half of mankind would be dead within six months.
A Saturday Night In Starbucks
Paul RosenbergThese people - and there are untold millions of them - are productive and cooperative. Their problem is that they've been laying aside their virtues at the insistence of fear-peddlers.
The Return of The Adults
Paul RosenbergIt wasn't very hard to see, as the 1970s passed into the '80s and '90s, that adults were abandoning their roles in the world. They resigned, en masse, and were replaced with youth-friendly types. Youth culture had become a great sales tool, aft
Social Media Is An Addiction
Paul RosenbergIf you had to pick between a social media addiction and Covid, it would be better to pick Covid: it only debilitates you for a few days, then goes away. Social media debilitates you for years, perhaps decades, and perhaps for life. It is designed to
Jefferson's Warnings
Paul RosenbergPeople remember Thomas Jefferson mainly for the Declaration of Independence, which he wrote in 1776. Some remember that he served as president from 1801 to 1809, but aside from that, few know much more of his life and work. In fact, he lived until 18
The Feminine Principle
Paul RosenbergForm time immemorial, humanity has enjoyed the presence of what we might call feminine influences and masculine influences (which don't necessarily involve one or the other sex). These masculine and feminine principles have jointly molded humanity,
A List of Family Entertainment
Paul RosenbergYour responses to my request for family-friendly entertainment were overwhelming. Thank you all. At first I intended on vetting the list and commenting on the various titles, but there were far too many.
"Green" Means "Poor"
Paul Rosenberg"sustainable agriculture," no matter how reverently it's name is intoned, actually means "lower crop yields and fewer animals per acre." All the rest is misdirection… "Boob bait for the Bubbas," as an old senator used to say.
Assaulted With Hard Questions
Paul RosenbergTo be a parent is to be assaulted with hard questions. And what's especially hard is that these are fundamental questions, and most of us lack solid answers to them.
I Need A List of Family Entertainment
Paul RosenbergI'd like your help on something: I'm looking for television shows or movies that are suitable for children. In other words, I don't want war, death, trauma, or bloody heroes. Rather, I want images of loving families, habits of success, and grow
A Defense of Young Men
Paul RosenbergYoung men get a bad rap, not only in modern narratives, but in assumptions that portray them as the aberrant sex, rather than the normative one. Neither sex is normative, of course; humans come in two basic varieties, and both are equally necessary.
The Necessity of Family Rituals
Paul RosenbergThere is a gaping void in the modern West: A profound lack of moral education. This void was created when church attendance was ripped out of the culture and replaced with nothing at all. This is a dangerous void: a civilization cannot continue witho
What Would You Die For?
Paul RosenbergIt is by answering such a question that we define ourselves as more than "intelligent meat machines." Answering the question in any positive way defines us as deep beings… as transcendent beings.
Why The Prime Directive is Evil
Paul Rosenberg...there were a few things about TNG that rubbed me the wrong way, and the biggest of those was the Prime Directive. (It played a small role in the original series, but a large one in TNG.) I couldn't define why it bothered me back in 1990, but the
How To Love
Paul RosenbergOnce upon a time, most Westerners learned how to love by sitting in church and listening to stories from, and exposition upon, the Bible. Regardless of sometimes mixed messages, this had its effects, and people did learn how to love.
A Defense of 1950s Housewives
Paul RosenbergI believe that women are inherently as valuable as men and that impositions put upon them because of their sex are crimes. But I don't believe this because of politics, I believe it because of experience.
For Important Decisions, Turn Off The Story
Paul RosenbergWhen making a hard decision, make sure that there's not a story playing in the background and affecting your choice. Notice the story that's running and turn it off. Make the decision clearly. I'm convinced that this can save you piles of troub
How Conservatives Are Neutralized
Paul RosenbergConservatives tend to be decent human beings and good neighbors. There are exceptions, of course, but those cluster around people who use conservatism as a cover for their sins. I'll ignore those people for the rest of this post.
The News Is Designed To Break Your Will
Paul RosenbergMore or less every adult knows there are serious problems with "the news," by which I refer to the alphabet soup of news organizations plus fact-checked social media. Most of them, however, are smallish things; legitimately bad, but not the centr
The Beauty And Simplicity of Moral Clarity
Paul RosenbergSo, a constantly healthy body and an exceptional mind were tremendous gifts - for which I am deeply grateful - but they were second to the blessing of clarity.
Forgiving Ourselves
Paul RosenbergI think we've all heard people say that in order to repair a relationship, it's necessary to forgive the other person first… to accept that they, like you, have their flaws, and that you will no longer hold them to account for what they did.
Woke Is Our Problem To Fix
Paul RosenbergWoke is most certainly a problem, especially because it has overtaken the institutions of the West. Fundamentally, however, Woke is a problem residing in individual humans. And because those humans are our children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and
Children Must Be Made To Work
Paul RosenbergChildren are ignorant, but not stupid; small, but not insignificant. And while the role they are able to play in the world is necessarily limited, it need not and should not be zero.
A Third of A Century Into Global Warming
Paul RosenbergIt was in 1988 that I first heard of global warming. Seeing that we had recently emerged from a decade-long cold spell, it came as something of a surprise. But I didn't think much of it one way or another, as I had, by that time, learned to ignore
Return Engagements: Book Three (Part Two)
Paul RosenbergAt 4:21 AM I was dressed in two pairs of socks, work boots, an old-style war surplus coat, gloves and a hat. I also found a fairly large duffel bag and filled it with my money satchel, two small, dirty blankets, and my little friend, who, upon furthe
Manners: Why?
Paul RosenbergManners begin with an acknowledgement that we live in a tough world, and sometimes a tragic world. We teach and display manners to help each other through it. There have been many mis-uses of manners, and we'll deal with those in a moment, but this
A Twitter Mob Is A Religious Experience
Paul RosenbergI'll be brief, but I want to explain how social media mobs provide people with a religious experience. Without this bit of understanding, I don't think we can make proper sense of the new phenomenon.
At The Edge of The Abyss, Again
Paul RosenbergHere we stand at the edge of an abyss, gazing down at world war. Again. And almost no one grasps the reality of it: it's all images flying across screens and propagandists seizing emotions. Thinking, world wide, has constricted to the application o
Fuel For Healthy Souls
Paul RosenbergWe all need certain inputs if we're to be deeply healthy… if we're to have healthy souls. But for children this is even more important. If they get the right fuel for their souls, they'll build not just better hearts and minds, but better exp
Social Media Hijacks The Subconscious Mind
Paul RosenbergAnything that affects the subconscious minds of billions of people, on a daily basis, is a very serious thing, and that is precisely what has happened over the past decade, as social media captured a large percentage of human cognition
The Habit of Excellence
Paul RosenbergAll healthy humans are capable of enjoying excellence. More than that, they can enjoy sustained and repeated excellence. And it does feel good to excel… to know that you worked hard and accomplished something. It proves to us that we can improve, t
I Stand With The Russian People (And The Ukranian People)… And Against Mania
Paul RosenbergAs I write this, the West has fallen into another spiral: where millions of people plug in to a harmonized set of sources, and where the whole complex feeds back upon itself, generating devil figures and blind, collective disgust.
The Theology of Jesus
Paul RosenbergWhen the subject of Christian theology comes up, nearly everyone, nearly all the time, goes directly to theologies about Jesus. What is flatly bypassed is the theology that Jesus held personally, before anyone formulated a theology about him.
Covid Science
Paul RosenbergWe all know what Covid science is: It's the science of the Presidential podium. It's the science of the impressively televised. It's the science of social enforcement, the science of status, and the science of the censor.
Breaking The Cycle of Dominance
Paul Rosenberg...we all know that the dominance hierarchies of the world are sources of pain and frustration, even of destruction, yet we don't look for alternatives. Clearly there is something wrong here.
Names And Things, Understanding And Remembering
Paul RosenbergHumans, if they are to function as intelligent beings, must trust their abilities to comprehend and judge. And their ability to do that rests upon their cognition – their reasoning – operating in ways that don't overburden and misdirect them. W
Pre-Wired For Justice = Pre-Wired For Tyranny
Paul RosenbergI'm borrowing just a bit from our March newsletter, but I think this point should be made now.
Habits Are A Superpower
Paul RosenbergHabits can help us immensely or hurt us immensely, and if we don't pay attention to them, they will be formed in us by accidental processes. And over time they make such a tremendous difference in our happiness and effectiveness that they really ar
Rooting In Reality
Paul RosenbergOne of the greatest gifts we can give our children is to root them in reality. That's an odd statement, I know, and I'll explain it momentarily, but after many years spent trying to figure out what makes a positive difference in a life… and esp
Teaching Children How To Love
Paul RosenbergTo my surprise and disappointment, I recently realized that I've never seen anything written on teaching children how to love. Showing by example, yes. Telling them they should, yes. But the direct, nuts and bolts of how to love, no.
Teaching Children About Vulnerabilities
Paul RosenbergHumans have weaknesses and vulnerabilities. That's unfortunate, of course, but by itself it's not deeply problematic. What's problematic is failing to identify and address them.
A Crucial Note To Everyone In IT
Paul RosenbergCentral Bank Digital Currencies are the most direct threat to human liberty - and to the human mind - that has ever come along. Consider, please, that they directly correspond to the "mark of the beast" in the Bible.
Science: What it Is, What It Isn't
Paul RosenbergScience, since it was monopolized by institutions and especially over the past two years, has become something quite other than what it was found to be during the early Enlightenment. That is, what is called science by the mouthpieces of the status q
Science: What it Is, What It Isn't
Paul RosenbergScience, since it was monopolized by institutions and especially over the past two years, has become something quite other than what it was found to be during the early Enlightenment. That is, what is called science by the mouthpieces of the status q
Why The West Has No Backbone
Paul RosenbergThe West lost its backbone for a very simple reason: It lost its meta-narrative: its overarching story for what we believe and do.
Dealing With Violence
Paul RosenbergI advocate keeping children as far as possible from violence… even from the concept of violence… and for as long as possible; it's simply not good for them. Unfortunately, our world, while it certainly has beautiful parts, also contains violenc
How To Build Confidence And Courage
Paul RosenbergConfidence and courage are not magic. They are built, just as other aspects of human character are built. If we want them (and I think we should) we'll have to develop them the old-fashioned way: with work.
A New Year's Meditation (2022)
Paul RosenbergIf you could go back in time a thousand years, you'd find people who were shockingly similar to those you presently love. The same is true for people who will live a thousand years from now.
Podcast: The Futility And Disaster of The Magic Fix
Paul RosenbergHumanity is afflicted with a desire for a magic fix to its problems. And that desire, if it's allowed to fester, soon enough becomes a demand for a magic fix for their problems… and particularly to problems they fixate upon.
Fixed Traits And Fate
Paul RosenbergWinning Is A Fun Thing, But It Isn't A Big Thing
Children Must Be Told: This Is Not Normal
Paul RosenbergThe moral education of children revolves mainly around timeless concepts. But in certain situations (like now), they must be taught contemporary lessons. Recently I've found it necessary to tell 8-10 year-olds that the things they see around them a
Teaching Jesus
Paul RosenbergWhat I recommend, then, is to teach what Jesus actually taught, rather than what other people said about him
7 Simple Things You Can Do, To Cut Through The Fear
Paul RosenbergThe well-meaning women and men of the West have been slapped with fear, almost daily, and for almost two years running. They know things have gone too far, but they don't know how to get back to where they were.
Now Available: How To Think Clearly
Paul RosenbergThe series on critical thinking that we ran from 2020 to 2021 is now available in book form. It's called How To Think Clearly and comes with a complete lesson plan as well as teaching notes.
The Lovely And The Unlovely
Paul RosenbergIf we wish to have a strong, healthy, happy race of men, we should lay a good foundation in the education of early childhood. We should avoid all means of brutal, slavish training which cripple man's individuality, freedom, and happiness. We should
Justice & Protection in Limon
Paul RosenbergNearly twenty years ago I was asked to help create an independent justice system for a province of Costa Rica that hoped to become autonomous. And so I put together a plan, working at least a little with the modern pioneers in this field, Bruce Benso
A Fearstorm Is Upon Us
Paul RosenbergI just sat down at my computer and saw that a new fearstorm is upon us. I saw signs of it earlier in the week, and now it has arrived. And so, briefly, I'd like everyone to understand how these things operate.
The Illusion of Democracy
Paul RosenbergThe events of the past two years have come in so fast and hot that I think most people haven't yet digested them
The Omega Ambulance Service, Part 4
Paul Rosenberg"The Feds have a giant outrage machine, but an army of loudmouths isn't a direct threat. A frightened cop carrying a mountain of debt is a threat."
The Omega Ambulance Service, Part 2
Paul RosenbergAs I mentioned last time, my second meeting was with the kids of the older men… their sons, actually. And I found them an odd mix of styles.
The Art of Telling Bedtime Stories, Part 3
Paul RosenbergIn my youth, we had a weekly television show called Family Classics. It showed films suitable for the whole family, even editing out scenes that might not be. And I've found this model to be useful for bedtime stories.
The Kinship of Producers
Paul RosenbergThere is a kinship between productive human beings; one that spreads all across this planet. It may be invisible to power and hierarchy, but we productive people recognize it.
Podcast: The Unmentionable Freedom
Paul RosenbergBack when Western civilization still had a foothold in the public square, people paid attention to the freedom of belief, the freedom to choose a career, and the freedom to speak one's mind.
The Art of Telling Bedtime Stories, Part 2
Paul RosenbergWhen telling bedtime stories, it's crucial to tune in to the desires of the child, in addition to the lessons you feel he or she needs. That is, you want to give the child what they want too. Story time needs to be fun, if it's to be effective.
You Are A Demi-God
Paul RosenbergYes, you. All reasonably healthy humans are demi-gods.
If You Don't Stand Up For The Unvaxxed Now, You Wouldn't Have Stood Up For The Jews Then
Paul RosenbergI'm not telling you whether I've had the jab or not, because it doesn't matter. What I am telling you is that a woman in Denver is about to die because the medical establishment won't let her have a surgery, simply and only because she hasn
Rules Versus Righteousness
Paul RosenbergToday my point is that rules by themselves - rules by their essence - are the opponents of righteousness. I know this strikes most people as impossible, but I'm convinced that it's correct and important.
Kittener And The Cat
Paul RosenbergIt's hard to argue with success, and this story gets rapt attention, and productive attention, from children in the five year-old range.
Podcast: The Neutering of Our Passions And The Reclaiming of Our Passions
Paul RosenbergPassion, in our time, is badly misunderstood. And so I suppose I should start by saying that I'm not talking about the human sex drive, though the truth is that as you choke passion proper, sexual passion tends to be choked along with it. We expres
The Watchman Privacy Podcast
Paul RosenbergThis is an interview on privacy I did recently with Gabriel of the Watchman Privacy Podcast. I thought it turned out very well.
Dreaming of Ruby Tuesday, Part 2
Paul RosenbergOne day, soon after her first dream, she was talking to her dad at bedtime, and got sad.
Dreaming of Ruby Tuesday, Part 1
Paul RosenbergAria was girl of eight years, and she had a dog that she loved, named Ruby. For some reason her dad called the dog Ruby Tuesday, but that wasn't her real name, which was just Ruby.
The Valley, Part 5
Paul RosenbergThe next day, the boy went back to his usual problems and activities, but soon he noticed that things had changed. PeopleContinued from Part 4 were looking at him oddly: some with respect, and some, quite surprisingly, with hate in their eyes. He sto
The Weaponization of Medicine
Paul RosenbergAll science is, really, is a process of testing ideas; it is not an organization, it is not based upon authority (it's inherently anti-authority), and it is very certainly not allied with power. All that matters in science are verifiable results.
The Valley, Part 4
Paul RosenbergIt wasn't long before the boy snuck out to the place where his magic box was buried. He went in the middle of a dark, cold, rainy night, so that no one would see what he was doing.
The Valley, Part 3
Paul RosenbergOver time, the boy grew and became busy with a great many problems and activities, as boys tend to do. He had forgotten about his magic box, until one evening, when he walked past the house of a boy he had known all his life.
Why I No Longer Invest In Stocks And Bonds
Paul RosenbergI've touched upon this subject in my subscription newsletter, but I had no plans to write anything more until I got a note from a friend, mentioning a particular investment analyst and his views on investing over the next few years.
The Mania of 2021
Paul RosenbergThere are times that not only try men's souls, but warp them.
The Valley, Part 1
Paul RosenbergThis is another of those pieces that "wanted to be written," rather than me planning it… but this one some years ago. I've been meaning to make it a stand-alone children's book, but I'll also include it in this collection of lessons in mo
Lesson 3: Was There Really A Creator?
Paul RosenbergIn Lesson 2 we examined the problem with the word "God." This time we'll look at the reasons for believing in a creator… simple and compelling reasons. This story is probably a bit complex for very young children, but for the older children i
Lesson 2: Who Is God?
Paul RosenbergVery few words in the English language, and probably none, have more interpretations than God. This is a large impediment to not only theology, but to human communication in general. After all, nearly all of us, even atheists, use "God" as an ult
Lesson 1: Creation
Paul RosenbergIt would be hard to start a series like this (eventually it will be a book) with anything less than the creation. Passing it by would leave a gap that we'd be dancing around for the remainder of the study.
A Primer On Moral Education
Paul Rosenbergis moral education. Like critical thinking, this important field of study has been removed from Western education over the past century, and its restoration is, in my opinion, sorely needed. I aim to fill the gap.
What Are The Judeo-Christian Principles?
Paul RosenbergIt has become common to speak of Judeo-Christian principles, but that also begs the question of precisely what those principles are. And so, not long ago, I searched for a clear set of them and came up dry.
Conclusion: Two Underlying Fundamentals
Paul RosenbergTo close this study, I want to explain two things that lie beneath everything we've covered thus far. These, really, are the foundation upon which everything else stands. And so I think that our coverage would be incomplete without describing them.
Other Pieces
Paul RosenbergBy now we've gone through 17 major fallacies of logic or groups of fallacies, a significant number of lesser fallacies and additional word-borne attacks. But I still have a few topics remaining… topics that I feel are crucial to clear thinking. A
Academia And The Tragedy of The Smart Kids
Paul RosenbergThere are a lot of very bright people ensconced in academia, and that's a tragic thing, for them and for us all. Academia, you see, abuses and limits their talents.
My Adventures At Climate Change Central
Paul RosenbergI haven't written about this in seven years, and so I think it's time to re-post about two significant experiences I had. With long-range weather forecasts being used to terrify people, I think these stories have some value.
Fallacies In Brief, Part 1
Paul RosenbergToday we'll start covering fallacies in brief. I think we've covered all the crucial ones at this point, but fallacies tend to come and go over time, and so even those which aren't often used now may come back in a decade or two.
Fallacy #17: False Equivalence
Paul RosenbergThe fallacy of false equivalence (also referred to as a fallacy of inconsistency) is an equivalence drawn between two subjects, using flawed or false reasoning. The user of this fallacy makes two things sound alike – usually like they're both the
The Antidote To Tyranny
Paul RosenbergWhat I'll give you in this post is a solution to the present tyranny. This solution involves no violence, costs nothing, and is available to all of us. It's even simple. But it does have one drawback: It requires you to make decisions and to act
The West That Was, Part 5
Paul RosenbergWhen law was sovereign
Other Attacks, Part 4
Paul RosenbergNow we can turn to more overt tricks. It's odd that I remember encountering these during my youth and very little during mature adulthood. (Save for the last of them.) And I think that's because abusers have far better success when using them on
As The Oligarchy Creates A New Group of Revolutionaries
Paul RosenbergAs I write this, the Wall Street complex is creating a new group of radicals… a potent new group of radicals. By now, you probably know the outline of the story
The West That Was, Part 4
Paul RosenbergBut more important than the words of the most eloquent Americans were the words and deeds of working people.
The West That Was, Part 3
Paul RosenbergIf we wish to grasp American life in the 19th century, it's probably best to start by understanding that when America was young, it had no myth. Once we really understand that, the rest falls into place fairly easily.
Cryptocurrency & Cybersecurity Webinar - January 12, 2021 at 5:00PM ET/Zoom Webinar
Paul RosenbergThe key points will be: What is cryptocurrency & why cybersecurity is critically important; How to make secure investments with your crypto & what to look out for from hackers; wnership & investment opportunities available now with cryptocurrency.
Fallacy #11: Gaslighting
Paul RosenbergGaslighting may or may not be a proper fallacy of logic, depending upon how you look at it, but it is clearly a tool used to win arguments. And among the fallacies we've covered, this is clearly the worst psychological trick. It is, in fact, a very
The West That Was, Part 2
Paul RosenbergAmerica, 1910 - 1910 was well before my own time, of course, but I knew at least ten people who lived through it as adults, and discussed the era at some length with one of them, my great uncle Dave. And so this is an era I feel I can still reach out
The West That Was, Part 1
Paul RosenbergAmerica, 1960 -- A great tragedy of our era is that young people have no feeling of what Western civilization was like. In the government owned and operated schools where they sat for years, they were presented with a litany of the West's failures,
Reclaiming Our Western Civilization
Paul RosenbergThe dismantling of Western civilization ran from the middle of the Enlightenment to about 1967. Since then, it has been aggressively uprooted and burnt. (See FMP #90 and here for details.) Western civilization still continues in the hearts and minds
Fallacy #4: Appeal To Authority
Paul RosenbergThe appeal to authority fallacy (also called argument from authority) is a very simple one, but it can be tricky to deal with. This fallacy says that we should not believe things just because people with authority say they're right.
The War Against Will
Paul RosenbergThe modern world will allow you to join any of a thousand collectives, but it will punish you for standing on your own, as a self-willed entity. People who commit this crime understand that they are outlaws in the present world. And if at first they
The PW24 Asset Protection Conference In Las Vegas
Paul Rosenberg...there's an actual, real-life conference you can attend, featuring even more of the original team. It will be held in Las Vegas, from November 14th to November 18th.
Why Ross Ulbricht Must Be Pardoned
Paul RosenbergI haven't written about Ross Ulbricht for a few years, and so I'd like to remind as many people as possible of this horrible miscarriage of justice.
Fallacy #1: Either-Or
Paul RosenbergBefore we begin covering fallacies, we should be clear on what the word means. A fallacy is a deceptive statement. It is something that is false, but is made to appear true. In other words, it is a trick of words and emotions, used to make people bel
Why Americans Shouldn't Respect Offices or Laws
Paul RosenbergIt has become a common belief among Americans that they should "respect the office" of an official, even if they don't respect the person holding that office. The same, of course, goes for "the law." And while I understand that people sayin
Introduction To Critical Thinking
Paul RosenbergCritical thinking is an essential human skill, but it is little-taught. Once upon a time critical thinking courses were held to be essential, but they have since vanished from schoolrooms, either rolled into optional Logic courses (which are deathly
We Must Stop Trying To Be Unassailable
Paul RosenbergGuilt, as I've noted before, is the great vulnerability of the Western world. I'll pass up an explanation of why for today, but the validity of this statement is made ever so clear by the fact that political types rise to power by championing one
What Geniuses Believe
Paul RosenbergIt struck me some time ago that the people we think of as "geniuses" tend to arrive, over time, at surprisingly similar sets of conclusions. It further strikes me that a simple list of such thoughts might be of value.
2020: The Year The System Showed Its Real Face
Paul RosenbergThe Blues or the Greens or the Red are the problem; it could not, must not, be that the system itself is the problem.
The Conversation We're Not Having
Paul RosenbergGiven the danger, fear and barbarism that are presently engulfing the West, I find it necessary to point out that we've lost something very important: We're no longer having serious public conversations.
Why Idealism Leads to Death
Paul RosenbergWith violent idealists roaming streets, burning things, enjoying the fact that they can scare people and so on, I think a brief explanation of how idealism leads to death (and frequently to mass death) is in order.
Why Homeschooling Is Easier Than You Think
Paul RosenbergI homeschooled several children all the way into college, back when people thought you were seriously crazy for doing it. So, I have some background for what I'm writing today. And I want to get this out now, because millions of parents are present
"You Guys Are Gonna Win"
Paul RosenbergI got back from my bathroom-and-bar escape, determined to move the conversation in a less unpleasant direction. And I had noted that Alex wasn't wearing a mask, even though the bar - at the governor's demand - had a sign up. "You're not w
The New Age of Intelligence
Paul RosenbergBeing involved in online privacy on a daily basis at cryptohippie.com, we saw where things were headed and decided that we had to warn people. Still, I had hopes that the progress of evil would be somehow derailed, at least partially. Sadly, that has
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