Tag: NPC

What Is Your Definition of Liberty?
We are all NPCs to one degree or another. We all outsource our thinking, especially when it comes to defining words. Being a partial NPC, in turn, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Life is very complicated, and we are all awash in ignorance. Relying on experts is a time-honored way of hacking that ignorance. It…

A Reading Suggestion for Freedomists and Other Right-Wing Nuts
Anyone familiar with this blog knows I’m a freedomist. I despise the tyranny of mandatory toil (i.e., a 9-to-5 job), and I despise the tyranny of a nanny state (i.e., a government that “cares” so much about the downtrodden, stupid, and prodigal, it is perfectly willing to dispense with freedom and assert abject control over…