The Isaac Morehouse Podcast

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88 - FwTK: Are Words Colonizing the World? Aug 05, 2016

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Today we dive deep into the ideas behind a single chapter of a (weird but fascinating) book TK recommended called, "Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves". It's about language, and to what extent our vocabulary actually alters our reality, not merely our attempts to give expression to it. Discussed in the episode: Marc Andreesson, George Lakoff, Ben Horowitz, Wayne Dyer, Seth Godin, Terrence McKenna, Clifford Pickover, Robert Anton Wilson, general semantics theory. Recommendations: Lexicon, and, The Tyranny of Words Also, sign up to get mid-week quick-hits every Wednesday at isaacmorehouse.com. This and all episodes are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, and Stitcher.

87 - Aaron Watson talks Productivity, Frisbee, and Snapchat Aug 01, 2016

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Aaron Watson is a two-time national ultimate frisbee champion and the host of Going Deep with Aaron. On “Going Deep” Aaron has interviewed Wired Magazine founder Kevin Kelly, Chris Guillebeau, Taylor Pearson and over 100 other entrepreneurs, authors, and interesting human beings. This episode is a wide-ranging conversation with Aaron covering: - The benefits of starting a podcast - Life lessons from sports - Goals vs. processes - How to prepare for podcast interviews - Beginners Guide to Snapchat - The creator vs. consumer experiences on Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat - The relationship between work and happiness - And more If you are a fan of the show, make sure to leave a review on iTunes. Show notes, including links mentioned in this episode, are available at isaacmorehouse.com This and all episodes are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, and Stitcher

86 - FwTK: Don't Ask Ideology to Be Your Identity Jul 29, 2016

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Today we take a few Ask Isaac questions and dive into the problem of asking your ideology to be an all-consuming identity. Political philosophy needn't be life philosophy, religious beliefs needn't be aesthetic preferences, networks built around one thing needn't serve every other thing. You'll probably end up a perpetually frustrated crusader if you don't realize this. Thanks to David Richelson and Leonard Marino for great listener questions! -How to tell the different between stuff you hate and stuff that challenges you in a good way? -Better to have a too long or too short bucket list? Mentioned in this episode: H.L. Mencken, Man's Search for Meaning, The Twighlight Zone, the good life, bucket lists, hard work vs. hated work. Recommendations from this episode: How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World, How to Win Friends and Influence People. This and all episodes are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play, YouTube, and Stitcher.

84 - You Can't Teach Entrepreneurship (but You Can Squash it), from RP Radio Jul 16, 2016

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Kevin Geary (previous guest of this podcast) brings me on his Revolutionary Parent Radio to discuss raising kids who have entrepreneurial know-how. You can't teach entrepreneurship. Attempts to do so are silly. But, you can provide an environment that allows the entrepreneurial spark we all have to grow. School and authoritarian structures do just the opposite. The best thing is to first do no harm. Get out of the way. Remove the things that artificially increase the cost of failure, dampen curiosity and experimentation, and provide too-quick answers from experts to be memorized and regurgitated. Even if your kid will never start a business, the traits being crushed through the conveyor belt mindset are the very traits needed to succeed at any form of employment in the near future. Check out Kevin's stuff at revolutionaryparent.com.

83 - FwTK: Live In The Hive With a 20 Minute Run Down and What Grinds Our Gears Jul 14, 2016

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TK and I only had twenty minutes today so we ran down a few things that grind our gears, discussed the good side of being bad, why trying to be what you're not is the greatest evil, why the NBA's Eastern Conference is a big joke, why Thomas Hobbes is the root of all bad social theory, and more. Recommended in the episode: Anarchy Unbound, Sex, Drugs, Einstein, and Elves. Rate and review if you like the podcast!

82 - Passion Driven Education, with Connor Boyack Jul 11, 2016

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Would you put yourself into an environment where learning becomes an activity that you hate and for which you hope that it will last as short as possible? Connor Boyack told himself that if he would not do that to himself, than he shouldn’t do it to his children. Education should be based on letting children discover new passions through creativity and an incentivized environment - same things that are chronically absent from mainstream education which deals with aggregates and not with individuals. Connor does great work writing books for children that are based on stories about liberty, including ‘translating’ ideas from ‘I, Pencil’ and ‘The Law. Check out his work at connorboyack.com and passiondriveneducation.com

81 - FwTK: Sweatshops, Parents, Podcasts, Biz Ideas, and Live Q&A Jul 07, 2016

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Today is another FwTK/Ask Isaac combo where we take questions submitted via the website and live questions from Facebook. Covered in the episode: TK admits, "I'm angry at everybody", we answer a few tough questions about choosing alternatives to college and dealing with skeptical parents, as well as how to build a network outside of school. Plus an assortment of other great questions, including: What ideas are we wrestling with? What can a 12 year old do to earn money? Should sweatshops be banned? One-on-one basketball matchup predictions? Should people who love liberty be more vocal about racial issues? What podcasts do we listen to? The WNBA? Thanks to Vake, Tim, Morgan, Cameron (and Derek), Edward, Billy, Walter, Danny, Simon, and Don for questions. Recommendations: The Most Dangerous Superstition, by Larken Rose, The State is Out of Date, by Gregory Sams, the brand spanking new discoverpraxis.com and the video there!

80 - On Public Schooling Jul 04, 2016

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Famous philosophers advocated separation of church and state on the basis that such a connection would corrupt both institutions. I oppose state established education on the same grounds - it undermines diversity, eliminates competition between beliefs and ideas, creating the illusion of schooling being equal to education.

79 - FwTK: Why Haven't You Auditioned For American Idol Jun 30, 2016

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This Friday TK and I are taking a break from live discussion...but you still get to hear his ideas! This episode is a chapter from the audiobook version of Why Haven't You Read This Book? The episode includes the book's introduction as well as a chapter, read by Mitchell Earl, that tells TK's story of throwing caution to the wind and traveling cross country to audition for American Idol. Next week we'll be back taking listener questions, so send them our way via isaacmorehouse.com, email, or social! Enjoy, and download a free chapter of the audiobook at whyrtb.com. This and all episodes are available on SoundCloud, iTunes, YouTube, and Stitcher.

78 - Doublethink Jointasode with Jeff Till Jun 28, 2016

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Entrepreneur, podcaster, free thinker and BFF Jeff Till joins me to expand on a Facebook post about “doublespeak” or “doublethink” where a policy idea is mistaken for (or purposefully replaced by) a more genuine objective or desire. Here we talk myths about school, the law, the military, welfare, and regulation. Enjoy! The post the episode is based on: Just about every argument for school is actually an argument for the value of education that proves nothing about the value of school. Just about every argument for law is actually an argument for the value of order that proves nothing about the value of law. Just about every argument for welfare is actually an argument for the value of compassion that proves nothing about the value of welfare. Just about every argument for the military is actually an argument for the value of security that proves nothing about the value of the military. Just about every argument for regulation is actually an argument for the value of safety that proves nothing about the value of regulation. Doublespeak is alive and well. Those who succeed in making the name of their pet policy linguistically interchangeable with a basic universal value always get to play offense.

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