Ed Thompson
Director of Outreach
     8001 Atlas Points
 | x 7 |
Author InfoView all articles by Ed Thompson
Number of Posts: 7191
View all posts by this user: here
Num Gallery items: 268
View all Galleries by this user: here
| Description I am a Nutrition Coach for a large health/fitness corporation. I am a student for life, and a student of life. *** I am absolutely overjoyed with the human capacity of discovery and the human potential that is thereby made possible. I see the world with the freshness and exuberance of a child (a world without limits - BECAUSE curious, joy-seeking humans inhabit it). *** I liken philosophy to learning a skill or trade; the most important skill or trade possible. I believe that discovering the proper use of a human mind is literal emancipation (the "bottle-neck"; beyond which "truth, goodness, beauty, virtue, wisdom, and love" begin to flow like Niagra Falls). *** I have a blog (collecting cyber-dust by now!) at: http://www.ed-ucator.blogspot.com |
Favorite Gallery items:
RoR Announcements:
Article:

Thursday September 22, 2005 |
Two Worldviews - The Trader and Taking Syndromes
by A. Robert Malcom
Jane Jacobs, in Systems of Survival, points out that there are only two methods of survival. In addition, she points out that humans are unique in possessing both -- all other animals have only one. These two methods of survival are, as Jacobs notes, fundamentally different outlooks on life. As such, they have profoundly different consequences. Originating in very different contexts, these outlooks each evolved into a set of syndromes that encompass a whole range of notions congruent with each particular view of the world. (Read more...)
Discuss this Article
(25 messages)
Videos:

The Philosophy of Liberty!
A good audio-visual defense of freedom. (See the video)
(Added by Ed Thompson on 10/07, 11:25am)
Discuss this YouTube Video
(0 messages)
Recent Gallery Items
RecentPosts
News Discussions - Obama scripts town-hall meeting on health care. What would B... - 0
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 10:14am -- This could be titled "Information Flow and Democracy -- Part 2", to go along wit...
Article Discussions - On Passing Judgment: Politics versus Etiquette - 0
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 3:50pm -- Ted,......I really like this piece. Bravo.......Ed...
News Discussions - My...Hero? - 0
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 3:41pm -- Don't get too comfortable with Obama as your hero, Ted. If tides somehow turned ...
Article Discussions - Who Needs Philosophy - 18
Monday, June 29, 2009 - 7:05am -- Further on this note: (1) Hardline rationalists (e.g. Plato) discount the...
Objectivism Q&A - Would the real capitalist please stand up? - 2
Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 10:52pm -- Jordan,......I've known people to personally boycott corporations based on polit...
Article Discussions - Who Needs Philosophy - 17
Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 7:57pm -- Stephen, One of the James quotations you offered in line with the common sayi...
General Forum - Is Taxation an Initiation of Force? - 43
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 10:19pm -- At the risk of being seen as "piling on" (praise):......Very well put, Bill........
Ayn Rand Sightings - Ayn Rand on Donahue 1979 - the full hour-long show - 2
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 10:14pm -- Good find, Ted. My hat's off to you.......I had searched for this before, but ha...
Blogs - Peace at Any Price - 73
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 1:36pm -- Ted,......Whether you mind me saying so or not, there's a subtle contradiction w...
General Forum - Is Taxation an Initiation of Force? - 34
Friday, June 26, 2009 - 1:30pm -- The problem is that taxes go into a big pool; an encompassing fund for all sorts...