<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 11:04:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@freeradical/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Myself, Maybe, But Nobody Else]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not meaning to eavesdrop, I listen as my son and his friend discuss their grandfathers' war experiences in the backseat. I'm fascinated (what dad wouldn't be) but also troubled, not because I have any]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@freeradical/myself-maybe-but-nobody-else</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@freeradical/myself-maybe-but-nobody-else</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freeradical]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 23:08:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA["We are probably one of the last generations of Homo Sapiens"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having addressed humanity's future here — — I have to say that I very much agree with the creator of this short video — — as humanity will surely face extinction if it doesn't evolve beyond its present]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@freeradical/we-are-probably-one-of-the-last-generations-of-homo-sapiens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@freeradical/we-are-probably-one-of-the-last-generations-of-homo-sapiens</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freeradical]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:57:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8SzwQbWfyXFeNsA7WmvNbArJkS1Yynbg1L1pqVHwTUoHh5pSiysHxXCLiuJqqrZQYioSMHLjKswewUEsgdUWW7HdVLAnKGKJDB7wyiE9PFLAvdW6NGv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nature and Origin of the State]]></title><description><![CDATA[I published this essay several years ago, so if it violates the "new content" rule and is removed, I understand. Given that Steemit was founded by two staunch libertarians, however, and the fact]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@freeradical/the-nature-and-origin-of-the-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@freeradical/the-nature-and-origin-of-the-state</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freeradical]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2016 16:38:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Want 100% Solar Energy? It's Coming! And We're Going!]]></title><description><![CDATA[While there's a moral case to be made for fossil fuels — — I assure you that I am very much a solar energy proponent. And while I'm obviously not as optimistic as famed futurist Ray Kurzweil that "Solar]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/energy/@freeradical/you-want-100-solar-energy-it-s-coming-and-we-re-going</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/energy/@freeradical/you-want-100-solar-energy-it-s-coming-and-we-re-going</guid><category><![CDATA[energy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freeradical]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:31:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/B69zEgfimp7YEmvy2RBxgbaF5Xxys8wGwJHeV8Y28m2pAwdwAMMPjqV5pHue7BmypFWsvgeDQkCq1zkJu6D9FQHNNjEvWsC6dXFu7DZ8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[While Climate Catastrophist Bill McKibben Calls for a Wartime Government Takeover of the U.S. Economy, Google Had Already Thrown in the Towel on Reducing Atmospheric CO2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me begin by thanking Mr. McKibben for proving beyond all doubt how catastrophically insane climate Catastrophism is. For so spectacular has the failure been to halt, much less reduce, atmospheric]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/energy/@freeradical/while-hair-on-fire-catastrophist-bill-mckibben-calls-for-a-wartime-government-takeover-of-the-u-s-economy-even-google-admits</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/energy/@freeradical/while-hair-on-fire-catastrophist-bill-mckibben-calls-for-a-wartime-government-takeover-of-the-u-s-economy-even-google-admits</guid><category><![CDATA[energy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freeradical]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:20:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/USgKopgPm9Zujw1hmjWPeZinYiaRJSRzSEF6A4cCqoFNJ5cNB4wbimVMbV4UALTTZSshA1hcrMRJrt8ua53FMx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels": An Unabashedly Biased Book Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you are what author Alex Epstein calls a "Catastrophist" — that is, someone who believes, unwaveringly, that catastrophic, anthropogenic, global warming, or CAGW, is upon us — then this blog]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@freeradical/the-moral-case-for-fossil-fuels-an-unabashedly-biased-book-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@freeradical/the-moral-case-for-fossil-fuels-an-unabashedly-biased-book-review</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freeradical]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 01:46:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk2bRb9gatmwEsdvNEZvoR6zE8zVwRNP9L29wz9vu3nG2RJtaJk5YmGV9vMCJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Want Anarchy?  How About Ayds?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm a libertarian who has always found the word anarchy repugnant in relation to a free society, i.e., one without territorial monopolies on the use of force, aka the state. Why? Because anarchy is, in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@freeradical/you-want-anarchy-how-about-ayds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchism/@freeradical/you-want-anarchy-how-about-ayds</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[freeradical]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:02:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/9RTqgzgfVW71SwHTqt4XFXzJQULu5qR5x5haSG8BH4Lniv2jfy7n6EXwGyAvCJsm8ZnGMMaNrr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>