David Veksler is the Director of Marketing at the Foundation for Economic Education, a futurist, software developer, free market radical, and father. He has a fascinating life story that spans three continents and is an instructive example of how to build a great career. David has built a successful career in technology and marketing by… Continue reading 122 – Creating an Exceptional Career, with David Veksler
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113 – Steve Patterson on Math, Infinity, and the Knowability of Truth
Steve Patterson is a rationalist philosopher and intellectual entrepreneur working outside of academia. He is the host of Patterson in Pursuit, a podcast featuring deep conversations with top thinkers in logic, mathematics, quantum physics and other areas. He is also the author of What’s The Big Deal About Bitcoin and the forthcoming book Square One:… Continue reading 113 – Steve Patterson on Math, Infinity, and the Knowability of Truth
James Walpole’s Praxis Story
Now that we’ve had a few classes graduate and more are getting underway every month, the stories are beginning to roll in. I love it. This is the stuff that reminds us why we do what we do every day. It’s not easy, but nothing good is. Praxis September 2014 participant James Walpole joined the… Continue reading James Walpole’s Praxis Story
How Information Destroys Dictators (Are Demagogues Next?)
I recently saw a presentation by economist Antony Davies on the basics of Public Choice Theory and the predictable problems with democratic systems. Ant laid out the median voter theorem, then observed that national elections continue to get tighter and tighter as candidates become more and more similar in an effort to win the median… Continue reading How Information Destroys Dictators (Are Demagogues Next?)
Praxis is Democratizing the Degree
Above all a college degree is a signal. People buy one to signal to the world – their parents, peers, employers, investors, co-workers – that they are a valuable, smart, skilled person worth working with. Yet the signalling power of the degree has been dropping fast. Ask any employer and they’ll tell you they have… Continue reading Praxis is Democratizing the Degree
Episode 4: Steve Patterson on Credentialism, Cryptocurrency, and Creative Power
[Note: I’ve made episodes 1-6 live on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Stitcher just to front-load the podcast to get started. I’ll be sharing individual posts about each episode this week, and then back to the every Monday schedule for new episodes.] Steve Patterson is a philosopher and author without official credentials. He knew he wanted to do philosophy and… Continue reading Episode 4: Steve Patterson on Credentialism, Cryptocurrency, and Creative Power
Praxis is a New Combination
In an interview for This Week in Startups founder and investor Peter Thiel described three kinds of innovation. The first is a truly breakthrough technology unlike anything seen before. Bitcoin is an example. The second is a marginal improvement on an existing technology or process. The mobile phone market has seen most of its innovation… Continue reading Praxis is a New Combination
Stay in Touch with the Future
There was a great Super Bowl ad that showed a now famous clip of two newscasters discussing the internet and email in 1994. It was only 21 years ago, and already the thing they were so helpless to define or understand has completely redefined our world in a way all of us tacitly understand from… Continue reading Stay in Touch with the Future
Interview on Education
From Allister & Paine… Tell me about your background in education and how it inspired you to launch Praxis. Isaac Morehouse: More than a decade ago, I was a frustrated college student. All the best things I was learning came from working, and from my own study, not from my expensive accredited classes. I discovered that… Continue reading Interview on Education
Interview with a Renaissance Man: Jeff Tucker
Jeffrey Tucker is a pioneer in the emerging world of digitally driven freedom. He’s been ahead of the curve in online publishing, building virtual intellectual communities, and exploring the myriad ways technology lets us live outside the state. He’s a challenger of the status quo, and one who welcomes risk, uncertainty, and new ideas. This… Continue reading Interview with a Renaissance Man: Jeff Tucker