by Scott Howard Swain | May 9, 2026 | All Articles, Corruption, Creativity, Culture, EQ, Liberty, Life, Parenting, Politics, Relationships |
Over the past century, the level of violence, surveillance, and control exerted by criminal organizations calling themselves “governments” has increased to levels never before imagined. From the birth of fiat debt-based usury “currencies” by a...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 9, 2026 | All Articles, Corruption, Creativity, Culture, EQ, Liberty, Life, Parenting, Politics, Relationships |
We spend 12 to 16+ years in indoctrination boxes. They reduce our ability to think outside the box, the glowing ball of our acceptance, purpose, autonomy, empathy, and creativity are separated and alienated. WE are separated and alienated. Our connections are...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 3, 2026 | AI, All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Life, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics, Relationships, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
“Big bad company fired employees! There should be a law against that!” Do you understand what “free market” means and why it matters? Laws and regulation to “fix” this by forcing companies to explain decisions, hire, or keep...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 16, 2026 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Let’s talk about AI trainers “stealing” people’s data or creations. Every human artist spends their entire life training on the world around them – the songs they heard, the books they read, the paintings they stood in front of, the faces...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 4, 2026 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Let’s talk about AI trainers “stealing” people’s data or creations. “I thought something, so I own it. I capitalized on it by spreading it for money, fame, or ego. How dare you copy it, modify it, use it for your purposes!? Waaaaa!”...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 7, 2025 | AGI, AI, All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, LLM, Machine Learning, ML, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Let’s talk about AI trainers “stealing” people’s data or creations. If your child sits in front of YouTube learning how to pair photons using Swain’s Wobulation Theorem, invents wormholes, and goes on to get mega rich by commercializing...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 5, 2025 | All Articles, Liberty, Life, Privacy, Voluntaryism |
Originally written 2016. Updated often. “I want to have snoop-free online communication. Should I go with Telegram or Signal?” Before you go any further: There is no app you can use on your phone or computer that will give you 100% privacy. Much evidence...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 24, 2025 | All Articles, Culture, Liberty, Politics, Practical Empathy Book, Socialism, Voluntaryism, War |
Originally written 2016. Updated. We have all heard American Republicans and Democrats speak of each other with rancor. It is especially tragic when we realize both “sides” want the same things; fairness, peace, health, prosperity, a strong WiFi signal,...
by Scott Howard Swain | Mar 9, 2025 | All Articles, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written 2024-03. *”Anarchy” has many flavors. I’m talking about the flavors that respect property & body rights, such as “Voluntaryism,” “Anarcho-Capitalism,” and “Agorism.” ONE. We...
by Scott Howard Swain | Nov 10, 2024 | All Articles, Business, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Life, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
I bet most of us agree that there is usually a net overall loss when one person forces another person to do a thing. Sometimes, though, people “expand” the definition of force to include not doing a thing. What?! Example A person in need came to you asking...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 25, 2024 | All Articles, Creativity, Culture, Economics, Feminism, Liberty, Life, Marxism, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Originally written in 2020. Updated often. Over the past twelve+ years there has been a steep acceleration in what some call “cultural Marxism”, “identity politics”, tokenism, or “wokeness”. One form this has taken has been in...
by Scott Howard Swain | Sep 10, 2024 | All Articles, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2015. “But… I thought we need a government to incentivize, force, and punish some behaviors so the weak and poor are not trampled under the boots of those with more power?” It is a legitimate concern to worry about...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 9, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Life, Parenting, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2020. It seems that Socialism is on the rise right now; at least amongst those who have not come to the USA looking for the opposite of what socialism did to their Country. Why? Let’s speculate. I see it as a combination of...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jun 4, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Updated. Originally written in 2020. Voluntaryist Empathizing with and Addressing the American Democratic Socialist Perspective No matter what your philosophical / political beliefs, odds are: you have a desire to increase joy, prosperity, health, and security for as...
by Scott Howard Swain | Apr 28, 2024 | All Articles, Culture, Liberty, Life, Voluntaryism |
The List of Festivals Gratitude to Kenny P for putting this list together and maintaining it! Feel free to copy and repost! I appreciate hearing of new events or...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jan 22, 2024 | AI, All Articles, Culture, Economics, Liberty, Life, Machine Learning, Marxism, ML, Politics, Privacy, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Congratulations, Citizen 08675309! Your life of ease and connection begins now! I’m your new humble, hyper-intelligent interpreting and filtering implant. You will expend less energy making boring, repetitive, or difficult daily decisions. You can call me your...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jan 1, 2024 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
On the surface a person might believe, “If we didn’t have intellectual property laws, it would open the floodgates for copycats everywhere, reducing incentive for people to create. We would have Chinese phones that look like iPhones and poor Apple!...
by Scott Howard Swain | Jul 6, 2023 | All Articles, Business, Liberty, Machine Learning, Politics, Privacy |
There are several realistic dangers associated with a careless attitude toward digital privacy: Rampant Identity Theft: Identity thieves empowered by casually shared personal information can strip away our security, freedom, and prosperity. These manipulative digital...
by Scott Howard Swain | May 5, 2023 | AGI, AI, All Articles, ASI, Corruption, Culture, Liberty, Life, LLM, Machine Learning, Marxism, ML, Politics, Socialism, Voluntaryism |
Me:”Hello, please summarize the book ‘Democracy, the God That Failed’ by Hans-Herman Hoppe. Describe up to 10 of the key ideas in the book, and for each key idea, give up to 3 arguments or pieces of evidence from the book that support the...
by Scott Howard Swain | Dec 23, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Politics, Voluntaryism |
On the surface a person might believe, “If we didn’t have intellectual property laws, it would open the floodgates for copycats everywhere, reducing incentive for people to create. We would have Chinese phones that look like iPhones and poor Apple!...
by Scott Howard Swain | Oct 5, 2022 | All Articles, Business, Economics, Liberty, Life, Money, Prepping |
First, the obvious Keep some emergency cash in it. Buy some gold and/or silver rounds to keep in there for when the economy collapses. A safe helps you keep what you have, in case of burglary or even dishonest people attending events in your home. Now for the less...
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