Episode-141- TSP Rewind – Dropping the Denominator

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-2458- Dropping the Denominator and was originally and first published on June 25th, 2019.

The following are the original show notes from that episode.

Have you ever heard the phrase, “the lowest common denominator”. While this is an actual mathematical principle it has also become a colloquialism meaning to cater to the lowest preforming member of a given group.

Today that group is the people of the United States and the performance metrics are basic intelligence, critical thinking and the ability to use logic and reason.

In essence a better title for this show may be “lowering the common denominator” with the sub title of “the dumbing down of America”, but I simply feel dropping the denominator sounds better and requires more thought, and as you shall see, thinking is the main focus of today’s episode.

Join Me Today to Discuss…

  • Everything you need to know is in the pharmaceutical marketing formula
  • Specific ways people have been dumbed down
    • Taught that the method is more important than the results
    • Everything has become a labeled illness, disorder, condition, etc and celebrated
    • Actual mental disorders are considered “normal”
    • The goal of modern medicine is to medicate every person from cradle to grave
    • Food is toxic even in the wealthiest nation that have ever existed
    • People have been convinced education credentials equal intelligence
    • People have been taught to be proud of who they are, vs. what they accomplish
    • The role of government has become “keeping us safe” instead of the protection of rights
    • The concept of “settled science” has turned science into a religion
  • Fighting the current of stupidity
    • Verify information and examine every side of every issue
    • Realize that 95% of what people think is important, isn’t
    • Make your life a series of “learning projects”
    • Challenge your children and teach them to challenge you back
    • Develop your pattern recognition
    • Learn to work systems to your advantage
    • Don’t join a “tribe” political or otherwise
    • Determine the things you most want and put 95% of your effort into getting them
    • If you don’t want to be a little more like a person in your life, don’t spend much time with them
    • Spirko’s Law of Life #13 – Believe as you wish but know why you believe what you believe
  • Final Thoughts – You don’t have to play their games, so don’t

 

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Episode-140- TSP Rewind – The Death of Personal Responsibility

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-2430- The Death of Personal Responsibility and was originally and first published on May 2nd, 2019.

The following are the original show notes from that episode..

Before we get deep into today’s topic I am going to go a bit deeper with some planned changes in the show’s format. Don’t worry TSP isn’t changing per se just some changes in the schedule, format, etc. to keep stuff fresh.

Then I want to discuss the subject of personal responsibility in the world today. I was recently asked by a guest if I really believed the quote buy Permaculturist Geoff Lawton…

“All the worlds problems can be solved in a garden.”

My response was, absolutely, but you need personal responsibility as well. The response came back,

“Personal responsibility of the gardener or the world.”

Well, both but first, the gardener! This is the key, the rest of the world is not ever going to be personally responsible for shit until the minority that actually see value in such things, shuts up about it and gets on with doing it. This is one of many reasons that politics is dead to me. I see the same bullshit from both sides and I ain’t talking the elected clowns at this point, I am talking about the people watching the circus and choosing a group of clowns to root for.

The left attacks the right, the right attacks the left, everyone agrees that government sucks and is corrupt but they want more of their kind. So here is another quote, this one is my own….

“Here is everything wrong with government, along with my plan to make government bigger and more powerful”

~ Every Politician Ever

So it is clear that the solutions exist outside of the State and its’ systems. It is also clear that the solutions are not really of interest to the average person. So what is the answer? You and your own back yard, side yard, friends, porch, life, bank account, children, etc. As always we are back to the “real circles of life”.

What are the real circles of life? There are three, they are…

  1. The circle of concern
  2. The circle of influence
  3. The circle of control

 

I call them your real circles of life because you will spend every waking moment of your life with your mind and hence you inside them. The first circle is the weakest, these are all the things you are concerned about but have no real control or influence over. Like the SJWs crying on YouTube or the assclown circus going on in congress right now, etc. This also includes anything anyone is doing or saying that takes up your attention but you can’t really influence or control.

The second circle is all of the things you are concerned about and can influence but can’t control. If you are a parent of adult children, this is a perfect example. I personally feel I have a lot of influence in the life of my son, daughter-in-law and grand kids. When they want advice I give it, sometimes I see an issue and I give advice unasked. My son, however; is a grown ass man. It is his family, he makes the call.

Likewise some of my neighbors have started to plant trees due to my example some never will, I have influence but no control. Via this podcast I influence over 200,000 people and those they influence, but I don’t control a damn thing my listeners do or don’t do. I can tell you guys, my neighbors or my son that you need a household budget but I can’t make you write it up, nor can I make you follow it.

The third circle is the most powerful circle. It is all the things you both care about and control. If you want a garden and you have a yard, you can damn well plant a garden. The most important thing about this circle is not just that you can control your actions in it, but your thoughts as well. Don’t like gardens, then thoughts of gardens are not something you need to concern yourself with. Got it? The key here is you control what you think, how you learn, how you act, etc. And you don’t get to do this for any other human on the planet. Just you!

Some folks you may have more influence with then others. Such as a spouse, a child or in say a formal student teacher relationship, etc. In the end though humans are sovereign over themselves, at least they should be.

When we break it down that way, we realize quite logically that we should spend the majority of our lives inside our circle of control and in our actions alone we will naturally expand our circle of influence. As to our circle of concern it should be like weather radar. What I mean by that is simple, yea these idiots are doing idiot things, in this case this might impact me. In response I am looking to my circle of control first and influence second as to how I can mitigate that.

The only purpose your circle of concern should serve is education and entertainment. As such it is a means by which you can be proactive in your actions within the areas you have control and or influence on. When a tornado warning happens we move to the safe areas of our home. When we see one approaching a friend or family member who is not the type that pays attention we give them a heads up. Yet we never fool ourselves into believing by watching the weather app that we can stop a tornado or control it.

Sadly most people spend the majority of their waking hours where? In their circles of concern. That is what leads almost directly to a society totally divorced at this point from personal responsibility. In short we have become a society where the average person tells their neighbor to put in smoke alarms while smoke billows from their own roof.

Today we discuss how to change that.

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Episode-139- TSP Rewind – Becoming a Modern Renaissance Man

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally and was originally Episode-2389- Becoming a Modern Renaissance Man and first published on Feb. 26th, 2019.

The following are the original show notes from that episode..

We have discussed the concept of becoming a modern renaissance man aka a polymath a few times on feedback shows, but never as a stand alone subject. I took a walk with the ducks today and was thinking about the vast array of topics we cover on TSP and together we decided it was time to take becoming a polymath to the level of a stand alone topic.

I think there are a lot of misconceptions about what a renaissance man really is and for that matter what an expert really is. We are going to dig into that today. We are also going to discuss the advantages of becoming a polymath, why it isn’t as hard as many think and why today is the easiest time in history to do so.

I also want to talk about why you would want to do this and the advantages it brings into your life. Most importantly I want to discuss how modern education has made what should be common very rare today.

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    • What is a polymath or renaissance man
    • How modern education killed the renaissance man
    • The mindset change you need to become a polymath
    • What is an expert
    • How do you become an expert in a subject (Tim Ferris vs. Jack Spirko)
  • Where polymath Ben Franklin got it wrong with a “Jack of all trades and a master of none”
  • How to determine the subjects and skills you wish to master
  • Separating knowledge, hard skills and competence
  • The disadvantages of being a polymath
    • You can be an expert in a few things but will never be as good as you could in any of them
    • You will get bored with things more quickly and move on to something else all the time
    • Many things that entertain, amaze, surprise others will become pointless to you (largely apathetic)
    • You will most likely need to be an entrepreneur or very fluid in your career goals (not an absolute)
    • You won’t know when to quit at times when it is the best or only option
  • The advantages of being a polymath
    • You will be a problem solver and trouble shooter
    • It will be very difficult for people to bullshit you or take advantage of you
    • You will be adaptable and bring value to others
    • There will always be something you can do in any situation (99% of the time)
    • It gets easier and easier as you go
  • Final Thoughts

 

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Episode-138- TSP Rewind – Self Ownership Over Political Activism

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally  and was originally Episode-2348- Self Ownership Over Political Activism and first published on Dec. 18th, 2018.

The following are the original show notes from that episode..

Today I was chatting with Nicole Sauce on facebook and discussing what to do for today’s show. One thing she suggested was perhaps, “why libertarians often come off as assholes and what they can do to better serve their marketing push“. It didn’t slip by me that Nicole said libertarians vs. Libertarians.

In libertarian circles capital L means the LP, as in the official Libertarian Party. Like most liberty minded individuals I had my time considering the LP a viable option. I even ran for Congress in Texas as an LP party member. That one stint at running taught me how dirty, bought and paid for and tightly controlled all government really is. All of that for a job that pays 600 dollars a month and for a hotel while you are in Austin?

So over time I became more a political atheist, first going from Libertarian to libertarian, then on to voluntarist/anarchist. That said I am still a libertarian. I think it was Ian Freeman of Free Talk Live, who I first heard say, “All anarchists are libertarians but not all libertarians are anarchists”.

You see libertarianism is grounded really on only two principles.

1. The NAP or non aggression principle. The simple version of this is simply don’t hurt people and don’t take their stuff.

2. The Principle of self ownership. Simply meaning that you own yourself and no one else should have any claim upon you, your labor, your dreams, your choices, etc.

These two principles are actually one in the same. So why the redundancy. Well because one tells you how to treat others, the second tells you how to treat yourself. While the NAP prevents you from harming others, the principle of self ownership removes any and all excuses from your life. If you believe you own yourself, you are your own responsibility even when others violate the NAP in your life, and they will, daily.

The problem with Libertarian Politics is it sounds like beautiful music, right up until you try to play it for someone else. You quickly find that while the word freedom is elevated to worship status in the religion of US Statism, no one really seems to want it. Today we examine what all this means and what it means for you.

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  • The NAP and Self Ownership and how they work for individuals
  • Libertarian vs. libertarian vs. voluntarist/anarchist
  • My story of running for office and why I ended any fantasies I had about government
  • How you can see the trap of politics in the illegal immigration debate
  • Why Self Ownership is more important to grasp then the NAP
    • The NAP will be violated on you daily, so just accept that
    • Self Ownership is something you control in spite of others actions
    • Self Ownership is about personal responsibility, not what someone else should do
    • Self Ownership drives home that freedom applies to everyone or it isn’t freedom
    • Self Ownership employs the Geoff Lawton Principle of – “if the designer is good, the more restrictions the more eloquent the design”
  • Ways you can practice self ownership
    • Solve any and all problems you can solve outside the State’s systems
    • Build a business and use the 90% of the tax code that tells you how to get out of the 10%
    • Develop micro economies (practice agorism)
    • Use crypto curencies, gold, silver, barter, etc
    • Draft your own contracts, appoint your own arbitrators
    • MYOB – mind your own business
    • Influence others to take positive actions
    • Don’t delude yourself, in many ways we individually are not that important
    • Take care of yourself, reboot, etc.
    • Define your version of success and achieve it
  • Final thoughts

 

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Episode-137- TSP Rewind – A Current Look at the Great Lie of Dichotomy

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-2050- A Current Look at the Great Lie of Dichotomy and was originally published on July, 25th, 2017.

The following are the original show notes from that episode..

Occasionally I mention the “false dichotomy” but I have not done a full episode dedicated to it since Episode-874 back in April of 2012. That is more than 5 years ago! Since that time many of my positions have evolved but the basic concept of the false dichotomy remains.

I have been thinking about this a lot lately and nothing more clearly illustrates it than this common scenario. I will post something on say facebook along with my opinion. In that ONE SAME post upset people will attack me for my view in the comments. That alone means nothing but here is where it gets interesting.

In that same set of comments I will be called both a

  1. Liberal democrat snowflake that needs a safe space
  2. And a hateful conservative republican that is to stupid and greedy to care about people

 

Or some such version there of! Isn’t this ironic? That two people that literally hate each other, will both hate me and accuse me of being the other side that also hates me? I ask you does this make any logical sense? No it doesn’t, until you approach the question from the right angle, when we ask why this happens, vs. simply if it makes sense, it actually makes perfect sense.

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  • The facebook conversation that brought us today’s show
  • How you have been programmed to think this way since birth
  • Why this method of programming is done and why it works so well
  • How we now have the monkeys policing the monkeys but no one even knows why
  • Why most people will never break free of this programming
  • Why breaking free is good but may not seem so at first
  • What good does it do one to break free from the false dichotomy
  • How to spread this type of thinking without making yourself miserable
  • The true freedom that comes from acceptance of this reality
  • Final thoughts on dichotomy and system based control

 

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Gilmour PRO Commercial Hose – Item of the Day

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Note – I am bringing this around today even though I am on vacation because the 50 footers are on sale for only 30 bucks which is 21% off retail.

Every day I bring you an item on Amazon that I personally use or has been purchased by many members of the audience and I have researched enough to recommend.

Today’s TSP Amazon Item of the day is the Gilmour PRO Commercial Hose.  As you may know I always say with somethings always buy the best you can afford.  When I do I often use a garden hose as an example, because when you cheap out on a hose, you always regret it.

Up till now I have always said just go to Home Depot and get the red contractor grade hoses.  Well that was until I recently took my own advice and did that.  In a hurry I simply grabbed the hose that looked right, instead of a Gilmour it was made by a company called “Contractor Farm”. (this POS here)  It sure looked good and it damn sure was expensive enough, it also sucks.

Unrolling it alone I knew I had been had, stiff, not pliable and kinks like mad!  Great over built fittings but the hose just sucks.  So I went and looked at the three I had that I loved, all were Gilmour.  Frankly they are now the only thing I will buy.

What makes them so great?  First diameter, the flow you get though them is impressive, given I fill 8 kiddie pools or more a day that is important to me.  Next is the rubber, it is thick and very pliable, what that means is it simply doesn’t kink.  I mean you can kink it if you try hard enough but with normal use I never kink mine.

Lastly the hardware is just top notch, very sturdy and no spray by at the connections.  I personally like the 50 foot length, it is easy to manage and pop two together and you have 100 feet.  They are available in lengths of…

 

I also recommend everyone keep some hose end repair parts like these made by Nelson.  Stuff happens and having parts on hand makes your life a lot easier.

You know for like when your wife be running over one of your good hoses with a lawn tractor and what not. (true story)

Again I have to say that until I find something better I won’t buy anything but these in the future.  So check out the Gilmour PRO Commercial Hose and stop dealing with crappy garden hoses, life is too short to deal with a kink in your hose!

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Episode-136- TSP Rewind – How Liberty Creates Inequality and Why that’s Good

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-2000- How Liberty Creates Inequality and Why that’s Good and was originally published on May 9th, 2017.

The following are the original show notes from that episode..

There is a fallacy out there masquerading as a universal truth, and that is that our goal in society should be equality for all. That inequality should be eliminated, period. Politically many people have many different views on how that should be done, however the average person would agree that inequality is a bad thing, and should be eliminated.

The truth though is while the definition of inequality has been changed by the politically correct you can’t ignore the root of the word. It is formed from two parts,

In this case the prefix “in” indicates a negative, as in the word “not”.

The component equality comes from the word equal as in each part, person, etc, get the same thing.

In other words inequality means “not equal”. So some get more than others, some get less.

What we have done is made inequality the same as or equal to injustice, which means a lack of fairness or justice or simply “not just”.

These two things are not the same thing.

If you think I am splitting hairs tune in today because this is a critical thing to understand when discussing liberty with others.

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  • What is an inequity
  • What is an injustice
  • How liberty reduces injustice but increases inequality
  • Why this is a great thing and we should stop trying to create equality
  • No, everyone doesn’t even have an equal opportunity and that can’t ever happen
  • What would a society built solely on equal justice look like

 

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Episode-135- TSP Rewind – Can Insurrection and Unity Coexist

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-1996- Can Insurrection and Unity Coexist and was originally published on May 2nd, 2017.

The following are the original show notes from that episode..

When I started this show I was a minarchist libertarian, over the years I made the logical migration to full on voluntarist. Many people of anarchist ideology see no value to things like national borders or any “love of country”. I am not such a person, though I am labeled as such at times.

The truth is in all things I am first a pragmatist. It is great to know how things should be so that we can strive for that, but it is also important to know how things are, so we can adapt to and over come them in the now.

To me anarchy is something for humanity to one day rise up to, rather than descend into as the fear mongers would say. In the end though we have what we have today, and honestly in the US despite our flaws we do have many opportunities and recognized rights that many other nations do not.

Part of me loves my country, more accurately the ideals of my country, the ideal for instance that all men are created equal in regard to rights. That each of us should have the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I think that is a good common ideal to share among all free men and women, a source of unity.

Yet in every place our nation falls short of these ideals, I feel the spirit of insurrection should be alive and well. We all know that governments do not grant rights, they either protect or trample upon them. And once government takes a right away by increasing their power, they never give it back willingly. It is only thought rebellion and insurrection, that power is taken from the state.

Words like revolution, rebellion and insurrection conjure up images of violent resistance. Yet the state is violence, the state is force and the state is very good at these things, hence we do not strike the opponent where he is strong, rather where he is weak.

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  • Insurrection is America, without it there is no America
  • Understanding nations/countries vs. states
  • Insurrectionist victories in America (note one can have victory without “total victory”
    • Civil rights
    • Gay rights
    • Gold Ownership
    • Home Brewing
    • Prohibition
    • Raw Milk
    • Cannabis
  • It is better to rebel before you have to
  • Ways to rebel
    • Grow your own food
    • Barter and side hustles
    • Partaking in the “gray market”
    • Proactive apathy
    • Self directed learning
    • Make high return untaxable “investments”
    • Learn about and use crypto currencies
    • Spread voluntarist ideologies
  • A nation built on insurrection requires future insurrection to survive

 

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Heads Upon on a Lightning Deal on Anker Soundcore Q10 Bluetooth Headphones

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Anker ran a great sale a while back on a few items and these Q10 Bluetooth Headphones were one of them.   I ordered a pair and have been hugely impressed with them.  I had been waiting for them to go on sale again (been three months) before launching them as an official item of the day.

Well wouldn’t you know it they pop on sale right in the middle of my vacation!  So I am not taking time off today to do a full write up, but these are good enough at this price I am doing a heads up post and adding it to the daily mail as well.

The short version, they can be dead and a 5 minute charge gives you 5 hours of play time.  Fully charged you get 60 hours out of them.  Both claims are valid, I tested it.   The sound is amazing, I am sure a 300 dollar pair of “Beats” or what ever sounds better but unless you are an audio snob I don’t think you will care.  They fold up nice in a carry on bag and my recent flight was made better by their ability to eliminate almost all noise even when at a pretty low volume.

That is the one warning, even if you turn them off or pause play, they are about as good as a high dollar pair of hearing protectors and blocking noise, you can’t even have a conversation without taking them off your ears.  And yes I would shoot with them and hearing protection they are likely better than most of my “range ears”.

So again last time they went on sale it was a few days, then they were back to 40 bucks for three months.  Just consider how good these must be, I got up early for my guided fishing trip today and felt compelled type this up, even on vacation.  In 12 years of doing TSP that is the first time I have ever done a post on a product while on vacation.

They are a screaming deal at 30 bucks and I just ordered a pair for Dorothy so she will stop stealing mine.  As I always say if I recommend something I bought it, loved it and would buy it again or I would not be recommending it to you.

So check out the Anker Soundcore Q10 Bluetooth Headphones today.

Episode-134- TSP Rewind – How Preparedness Leads to Liberty

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Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes. Today’s episode was originally Episode-1991- How Preparedness Leads to Liberty and was originally published on April 25th, 2017.

The following are the original show notes from that episode..

If you go find my TSP forum profile you will see a bit of text that says,

Liberty is precious, fight to keep it!

I guess it is about 8 years since I put those words on my profile and my view of the value of liberty has only increased since that time. Since day one I have said the real mission of The Survival Podcast is to educate people to the concepts of Self Sufficiency, Self Reliance, Independence and Liberty. To me those four ideas can’t be separated.

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  • First let’s define the four pillars of TSP
    • Self Sufficiency – The percentage of your needs met by your own systems
    • Self Reliance – The duration in time you can live well without systems of support
    • Independence – The ability to control your own life on your own terms
    • Liberty – The freedom to fully exercise your independence
  • Why people choose bondage over liberty
    • Programming and conditioning (domestication)
    • Fear
    • Misdirected morality
  • How Preparedness Leads to Liberty
    • It removes fear
    • It directly addresses programming and domestication
    • It requires independent thought
    • It is counter to the norm, and requires action
    • It sooner or later pays off, so you know it works
  • The things we should be taught are our personal responsibility as children
    • Food
    • Water
    • Shelter
    • Energy
    • Security
    • Finance
    • Health
    • Education
  • Why the system will never take this approach

 

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