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**The Voluntary Life**

A podcast about living a life of your choosing. Topics covered include financial independence, productivity, entrepreneurship, peaceful parenting, minimalism, and rational thinking.

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348 Breaking Free Aug 23, 2018

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Chapter One from the audiobook of Becoming an Entrepreneur by Jake Desyllas.

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347 Why I Am Passionate About Productivity Aug 09, 2018

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Ten reasons why I am passionate about productivity systems and getting things done.

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346 Nomadic Travel Vs Having A Base Jul 29, 2018

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If you enjoy a travel lifestyle, is it better to go fully nomadic or have a base to come back to between trips? Here's an update about our experience of both nomadic travel and having a base, and how our approach has changed since starting a family.

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345 Emotional Challenges in Investing Jul 20, 2018

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Investing brings emotional and psychological challenges. These challenges can lead to poor investment decisions, but they can also make you unhappy even if you do end up making a good return. This episode is about strategies for dealing with the emotional challenges of investing.

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344 Voluntary Servitude Jul 08, 2018

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One of the most radical ideas I've come across is this: People are not free ultimately because they voluntarily consent to their servitude. Etienne de La Boetie wrote "A Discourse on Voluntary Servitude" during the Renaissance period. His book had a huge influence on many philosophers and inspired the civil disobedience movement. But, is it relevant to your personal life as well?

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"Discourse on Voluntary Servitude" by Etienne de La Boetie

343 Listener Feedback on Questioning Education Jun 28, 2018

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I've had some interesting listener feedback from the recent episodes about questioning education. In this episode I respond to some of the points raised by listeners.

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339 Questioning Education

340 Review of The Case Against Education

342 Review of The Paradox of Choice Jun 21, 2018

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The Paradox of Choice, by psychologist Barry Schwarz, is a book that has influenced many people interested in minimalism. Schwarz argues that the extensive freedom of choice in affluent societies has become detrimental to psychological and emotional well-being. This episode provides a critical review of Barry Schwarz's arguments.

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341 Peaceful Parenting, Unschooling, and Self-Directed Education Jun 14, 2018

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A interview with James and Taylor Davis from the One Free Family podcast. James and Taylor explain their approach to peaceful parenting and unschooling. We had a great discussion about questioning the concept of self-directed learning, and many other interesting topics.

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340 Review of The Case Against Education Jun 08, 2018

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Most of what you learn in school and college is practically useless, yet education is (often) a very good investment. How can this be? This episode is a review of Bryan Caplan's book, The Case Against Education.

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339 Questioning Education Jun 03, 2018

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This episode is the first in a series questioning key life choices around the topic of education. How valuable is education? How much education does it make a sense to get? Does education lead to greater freedom and fulfillment in life? I introduce different views on education that I will be exploring: the traditional view, the rebel view, and the realist view. I talk about why I think it is valuable to question education, even though getting a good education worked very well for me.

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The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan
40 Alternatives to College by James Altucher

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