Is RTR crackpottery?
Judge for yourself: http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR
Brutalization of the child
"off limits" domains of morality
Ethics: the relative and the objective
Questioning the one-way street of authoritarian morality
The psychological payoffs for evasion and obedience
Catastrophizing
http://psychcentral.com/lib/2007/what-is-catastrophizing/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_distortion
Practicing RTR
http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolenconcept.html
Listening to feelings
Questioning one's premises--can we look to peer-reviewed psych/phil journals for answers?
Focusing on the psychological/philosophical essentials
Being aware of the argument from morality
The Argument From Morality by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/molyneux7.html
The payoffs for love of domination--and for enabling it
Experiments in liberty--questioning liberty is questioning oneself
Having compassion for other people's feelings, and challenging "authority"
http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/rationalization.html
Illogical philosophical catch phrases--Ayn Rand astutely noted that evil philosophies are systems of rationalizations
Defining self-esteem--self-confidence and self-respect
Staving off the feeling of being unfit to exist with defense mechanisms and pseudo self-esteem
The brutalizing process of relativistic ethics and eating invisible apples (blue pill city)
There are no conflicts among people's self-interest and self-esteem
The error of "getting" a child to eat dinner...developing a context for normalization
An anarchist’s declaration by Mike Gogulski
http://www.nostate.com/an-anarchists-declaration/
Expressing anger in trying to understand the optimal context of childrearing
Getting rid of parasitic memes
John Gottman's (http://www.gottman.com) research: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse--Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling
'The Four Horsemen': Why Marriages Fail by Alix Spiegel
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4823861
http://www.gottman.com/press/releases/detail.php?id=13
Living an authentic life in relation to one's own mind, based on objective reality
The Anatomy of Slavespeak by Frederick Mann
http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07a.shtml
The Nature of Government by Frederick Mann
http://www.buildfreedom.com/tl/tl07b.shtml
The most important thing to show kids, besides your happiness: authentic and principled expression of values and virtues
The truth shall set us free!
Peer-reviewers' fest of altruism
Developing self-trust in one's own understanding of objective morality--and living it!
Just For Fans of Stefan Molyneux (when seemingly nice people turn nasty)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY30C6Grv3o
The Art of Self-Discovery by Nathaniel Branden (examining subconscious premises)
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38
The Art of Living Consciously by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=28
Taking Responsibility by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=36
Personal evolution also means the evolution of our culture
bumper music "See You on the Other Side" by Ozzy Osbourne
http://www.ozzy.com/music/ozzmosis

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Early experiences with bad adult behavior
Fear of authority and feeling a lack of authoritativeness
It all starts with agreeing to the "invisible apple"
A Transcript of Freedomain Radio Podcast 70: “The Parable of the Apple – or, How to control a human soul...” by Stefan Molyneux
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/how_to_control_a_human_soul.mp3
also in the book Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love by Stefan Molyneux
http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR
Psychology of Education
http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html
Between Parent and Child - The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication by Haim Ginott
http://tinyurl.com/598j76
The "normal" talk that drives kids crazy
"Sanity depends on trusting one's inner reality," noted Ginott
Honoring the volitional capacity of the child
Parents' and teachers' love of dominion (as noted by Herbert Spencer)
Misbehavior doesn't usually emanate naturally from the child
"The child has a teacher within," noted Maria Montessori
The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori
http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8977399
Respecting the will of the child, allowing the psychic energy to flow
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csikszentmihalyi/dp/0060920432
Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi
http://books.google.com/books?id=lNt6bdfoyxQC&dq=flow&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
The Secret of Childhood: Normalization and Deviations-lecture given by Dr. Rita Shaefer Zener
http://www.michaelolaf.net/lecture_secret.html
There can't be familial harmony when there's love of dominion going on
The early deviations fostered by adults
Four characteristics of personality that signal normalization: love of work; concentration; self-discipline; sociability
Statecraft 101 by Brad Spangler
How do I start my own country?
http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/1021
Human beings bullying others both politically and parentally
Bringing war upon individuals, courtesy of those in government
The Thin Blue Lie by Wendy McElroy
http://www.wendymcelroy.com/news.php?extend.1698
The police are the enemies of freedom; they enforce unjust laws, are paid through extortion (taxes), and work for a coercive monopoly
Why you should never talk to cops without a lawyer (video of lawyer and cop making this point)
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/342.html
San Diego Plays 'Sophie's Choice' for Fascists by Lawrence M. Ludlow
http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/ludlow/ludlow1.html
"Law" as an opinion backed by a gun
Law must be based on human well-being and happiness--to be objective and valid, it must adhere to the principles of individual rights, self-ownership, and property
Cooking Stimulated Big Leap In Human Cognition
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/12/2036254
bumper music "Love Will Set You Free" by Starchaser
http://www.myspace.com/starchaserofficial

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The Dangerous Question by Marcel Votlucka
http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/votlucka/votlucka2.html
Why?...Do most individuals need/want Mommy/Daddy Government?
Unquestioning adults as much less mature than children
Kids are naturally predisposed to active-mindedness
Ayn Rand's take on "Open Mind" and "Closed Mind"
http://www.aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/openmindandclosedmind.html
Listening to what your mind is telling you...
Deism and Freedom by Robert L. Johnson
http://www.strike-the-root.com/82/johnson/johnson1.html
America is based on fear...What is fear?
Punished for disobedience--the ties between Parents and Governments
If we lived with our governmental oppressors...
Which is worse: tyrannical parents or tyrannical employees of government?
All political punishment is local
Attila and the Witch Doctor...softening the bones and brain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_New_Intellectual by Ayn Rand
For the New Intellectual by Ayn Rand
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=objectivism_nonfiction_for_the_new_intellectual
Review by Edward Tanguay
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~tanguay/70.htm
The meme of government has jailed our minds (and thus limited our choices) a long time ago
A prison for your mind
http://tinyurl.com/yp4hdv
Valid definition of God is impossible because it has no referents in reality
Feelings about God aren't irreducible primaries
The triad of supernatural consciousness: omnipotence, omniscience, and infallibility
Will a post-technological singularity consciousness be Godlike?
"God" as the Universe makes the notion superfluous
Former atheist Antony Flew's and Peter Murphy's Deistic thinking...
http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/atheist_philosopher_041210.html
http://www.deism.com/dogmaticatheism.htm
Scientist Stuart Kauffman's thoughts on catalytic closure of molecular species
http://www.logicallearning.net/libevolution.html
Kauffman's At Home in the Universe
http://books.google.com/books?id=o-Owb5IDkSQC&dq=stuart+Kauffman+catalytic+closure&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
The secret of life is auto-catalysis review by Gert Korthof
http://home.planet.nl/~gkorthof/kortho32.htm
Beyond Reductionism: Reinventing The Sacred by Stuart A. Kauffman
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/kauffman06/kauffman06_index.html
Consciousness is inextricably tied to material reality
http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html
To postulate supernatural consciousness is the ultimate metaphysical question-begging
The laws of identity, causality, and non-contradiction must determine our beliefs
http://www.logicallearning.net/libidentitycausa.html
How belief in a "Creater" relates to fear...
The mental sacrifice of taking the leap of faith
http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/faith.html
Faith and Force as corollaries...
Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World by Any Rand
http://freedomkeys.com/faithandforce.htm
Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World by Any Rand (audio of Rand herself, speech and q&a)
http://www.atlasshrugged.com/ayn-rand-works/ar-faith-and-force.html
from Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand
http://www.aynrandbookstore2.com/prodinfo.asp?number=AR07B
Scientists Close to Reconstructing First Living Cell
Researchers get genetic material to copy itself in a recreation of a simple protocell that could have existed eons ago by Nikhil Swaminathan
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=scientists-close-to-recon
Replicating clay particles and origin of life...
Various hypotheses: http://scienceweek.com/2005/sw050429-1.htm
http://originoflife.net/cairns_smith/quotes/
Cell as metaphor of complete liberty
Reality is knowable and science is how we find out more about it
Using logic to function optimally with our consciousness in objective reality
Asking "Why?" as way to truth, honesty, and virtue (or uncovering pretense, evasion, and lies)
Nathaniel Branden's quotation about the uniqueness of human consciousness and self-awareness
http://www.logicallearning.net/libevolution.html
The Psychology of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=54
bumper music "True Faith" by New Order
http://www.neworderonline.com/

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Getting to the root of the problem
Is depression increasing in society?
Depressingly Easy by Kelly Lambert
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=depressingly-easy&sc=MND_20080731
Challenging one's silent assumptions
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns
http://www.feelinggood.com/books.htm#book_fg
http://www.feelinggood.com/
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=35
Stop "Depressing"
Checking one's conscious and subconscious premises
Real-Time Relationships by Stefan Molyneux
http://freedomainradio.com/free/#RTR
False self vs True self
The Art of Self-Discovery by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=38
Living in accordance with rational self-interest and your own happiness
WebWise Business: Where Confidence Grows, Cashflow Goes
Chris Curtis of Web Business Ownership talks with Kirk Nugent on the VoiceAmerica Business Radio Network
http://www.webwiseshow.com/shows/show4.htm
Dealers of Deceit by Kirk Nugent (from: I Just Want To Testify "Pursue Your Passion Edition")
http://www.kirknugent.com/
excerpt from Practical Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux
http://freedomainradio.com/free/#PA
excerpts from Everyday Anarchy by Stefan Molyneux
http://freedomainradio.com/free/#EA
The psychological need for questioning social axioms
Rejecting the emotional trap of social metaphysics
Social Metaphysics by Nathaniel Branden in The Psychology of Self-Esteem
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=54
We are lonely for ourselves
Honoring the Self: Self-Esteem and Personal Transformation by Nathaniel Branden
http://www.nathanielbranden.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=43
Solzhenitsyn, chronicler of Soviet gulag, dies
http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/03/1718171-solzhenitsyn-chronicler-of-soviet-gulag-dies
Solzhenitsyn's nationalism, Stockholm syndrome, and regimes of fear
Pursue Your Passion by Kirk Nugent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4wDVrfLIq0
The Ultimate Answer by Kirk Nugent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4e0xCLf28s
I Need You To Remember by Kirk Nugent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DH35qC1D34
bumper music "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones
http://www.jesusjones.com/

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A Foundation for Panarchy by Michael S. Rozeff
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff210.html
Are there primary and secondary rights?
Run for your life whenever you hear a governmental "official" talk about your safety and happiness...
Does the Jeffersonian rhetoric hold water?
Government's "securing rights" is a non sequitur
Because ideas are bulletproof, it's important to understand their origin and influence, particularly authoritarian ones
How does one provide one's "consent" to the government, while maintaining one's rights? Certainly not by birth and physical proximity
Individual rights defined
Implications for so-called intellectual "property"
Gated communities and HOA's versus governments
Interacting on entirely private property based on the rules of the owner(s)
SamIam's Obscured Truth Network
http://www.youtube.com/ObscuredTruth
The State has no standing and no actual legitimacy
Elections make a mockery of choice ("suggestion box for slaves")
http://www.panarchy.org/
Government versus governance; panarchism versus anarchism
The essence of the Red Pill
Tibor Machan's defense of government
http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html
"Private property" is a redundancy, as is "individual rights"
"Public property" is a contradiction in terms
Voting is a joke; your choices are not honored
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard." H.L. Mencken
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes_by/h.+l.+mencken
Invalid forms of governance
If you like tyranny, then ~you~ can leave; in a just society, bullies are banned
The Jeffersonian Matrix
Robert Nozick's defense of government
http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html
Coercive monopolies of retaliatory force will always lead to injustice
Acceptance of false moral premises; the psychology of statism
Holding people accountable for their levels of immorality
927 Ron Paul and Politics versus Personal Liberty by Stefan Molyneux (the two magic words: would you be in favor of using force "against me"?)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0z-fhCFkISM
http://www.freedomainradio.com/Traffic_Jams/FDR_927_Ron_Paul_Politics_and_Personal_Freedom.mp3
http://www.podnova.com/channel/392694/episode/47/
Helping people look past their fears
Microfiltering Sepsis by Jennifer Chu
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/20816/?a=f
Innovation in free market medicine versus FDA hindrances
bumper music "Revolutionary" Etude by Frederic Chopin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étude_Op._10,_No._12_(Chopin)

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