<?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>Wed, 13 May 2026 04:55:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@isaacmorehouse/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Humble attempt to understand and explain conflicting BTC visions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Money is a lot of things. Predominantly a unit of account, a store of value, and a medium of exchange. We're quite used to these functions being split up and handled by different tools. Dollars are a medium]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@isaacmorehouse/humble-attempt-to-understand-and-explain-conflicting-btc-visions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@isaacmorehouse/humble-attempt-to-understand-and-explain-conflicting-btc-visions</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:24:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorry, we'll never live in a "post-scarcity" world]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Post-scarcity”, “Post-economic”, and “Post-capitalist” are meant to convey a fundamental shift in the principles of human action, wrought by technological advancement. In reality, they are just cute]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@isaacmorehouse/sorry-we-ll-never-live-in-a-post-scarcity-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@isaacmorehouse/sorry-we-ll-never-live-in-a-post-scarcity-world</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:54:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/KWcVEhPeHbxpbgGVvugK4uWRL78ceoPBFzMiob7f4FsC1bUQWmc1ve1AJ47mYihubatmoXW883j7aBhhSW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little bit about Praxis from those who skipped college to do it...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Turns out you don't need debt and a paper degree to build a great career.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/education/@isaacmorehouse/a-little-bit-about-praxis-from-those-who-skipped-college-to-do-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/education/@isaacmorehouse/a-little-bit-about-praxis-from-those-who-skipped-college-to-do-it</guid><category><![CDATA[education]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:53:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e9Sqovkd4u9YXg6uox172KHR5Zzyakqodv6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success comes when you defy statistics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Success in life comes from defying statistical predictions. Someone shared a video with me recently called, “You’re not special enough to NOT go to college.” It was about some statistics of average employment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@isaacmorehouse/success-comes-when-you-defy-statistics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@isaacmorehouse/success-comes-when-you-defy-statistics</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:32:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crops, Currency, and Crypto: subjegation vs. freedom]]></title><description><![CDATA[In James C. Scott's new book Against the Grain, he deconstructs the erroneous narrative of early state formation, and presents some fascinating new evidence for a theory that ties states with staple grains.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@isaacmorehouse/crops-currency-and-crypto-subjegation-vs-freedom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@isaacmorehouse/crops-currency-and-crypto-subjegation-vs-freedom</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:49:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm1ECXN5X6YRGE7PCmZhL1hjj1gg7UutmWnn7MztWzkDHdAZRhGwVjwxpmD4QbAq2DBFsWEP7qiSkMP3dfsPriPWo8GorKifwKVuphGu8trNQ1upsKzejab6RrXhTe8E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 Lessons from the First Stage of a Startup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Launching a company is more like having a baby than anything else I can compare it to. When I had the idea, it was like being pregnant. A weird mix of inevitability and scary hard work. You know this thing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@isaacmorehouse/11-lessons-from-the-first-stage-of-a-startup</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@isaacmorehouse/11-lessons-from-the-first-stage-of-a-startup</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:13:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEgfimp9GSf5V3F7JeowPCgSWfh6iWuqeWR8hCAXK67pkxapMKhJpGfLs9Csw8FqnAfV1ggb3xVLNdfz5nKNqwMuyJ8MjcHRABvwQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Would you press the button?" thought experiment..."I already am"...]]></title><description><![CDATA[William Nava has a powerful way to understand what states are, and what a stateless world would look like (and how to get there). We discuss his paper on this and more. Paper. "Would You Press the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@isaacmorehouse/would-you-press-the-button-thought-experiment-i-already-am</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@isaacmorehouse/would-you-press-the-button-thought-experiment-i-already-am</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:52:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is atomic decay assumed to be constant?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've always thought it odd that half-lives are calculated extrapolating average decay per second. Even if you observed a steady rate for 100 years, it seems a big assumption that it would remain constant]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@isaacmorehouse/why-is-atomic-decay-assumed-to-be-constant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@isaacmorehouse/why-is-atomic-decay-assumed-to-be-constant</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2017 18:20:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[First ever studio recording]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm a music amateur, but I love playing, singing, and writing. I keep it mostly to myself and don't do much besides record some stuff with my iPhone. I decided to go to the studio of artist Tim LeVan Miller]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@isaacmorehouse/first-ever-studio-recording</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@isaacmorehouse/first-ever-studio-recording</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:53:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 advantages I've found from  being an entrepreneur with kids...]]></title><description><![CDATA[What better motivation is there to succeed, use time wisely, and not feel defeated? It's no secret that being an entrepreneur is stressful and time consuming. It requires not just physical but immense]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@isaacmorehouse/3-advantages-i-ve-found-from-being-an-entrepreneur-with-kids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/entrepreneurship/@isaacmorehouse/3-advantages-i-ve-found-from-being-an-entrepreneur-with-kids</guid><category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:35:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjEYuiCNxmmG3hRyRvBeGv9Nrhttks4e4DbEWGdZou5QD3x5hkcXKSERK94DwGRCMZKq1R7MaFvBmzwJN9bBG55z4NgwNfNuUR5Cgnej3H84w5KVwJv18NkHpMYQ5AceKbMUbW2ybbPHoS6XL79?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Current reading list...]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Burglar's Guide to the City - About halfway through and I'm stalled. Can't decide if I'm going to finish or not. Love it, have gotten a lot of ideas and entertainment from it, but not feeling compelled]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@isaacmorehouse/current-reading-list</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@isaacmorehouse/current-reading-list</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:58:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against Infinities: base-unit geometry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Interesting read for a non-math expert like myself. Very intuitive, with fascinating implications.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mathematics/@isaacmorehouse/against-infinities-base-unit-geometry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mathematics/@isaacmorehouse/against-infinities-base-unit-geometry</guid><category><![CDATA[mathematics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:33:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My unschooled 12 year old son started a blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[Somehow, he's already like an old reactionary conservative shaking his stick at kids on the internet. I find meme's a brilliant new form of language and symbolism packed with subtlety, but he disagrees.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/unschool/@isaacmorehouse/my-unschooled-12-year-old-son-started-a-blog</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/unschool/@isaacmorehouse/my-unschooled-12-year-old-son-started-a-blog</guid><category><![CDATA[unschool]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:57:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Does It Take Longer for People to 'Grow Up' These Days?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Premise: it takes people longer to develop into autonomous adults capable of independently navigating the world than it used to. If we accept that as true (I'm not entirely convinced, because what it means]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/unschool/@isaacmorehouse/why-does-it-take-longer-for-people-to-grow-up-these-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/unschool/@isaacmorehouse/why-does-it-take-longer-for-people-to-grow-up-these-days</guid><category><![CDATA[unschool]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 16:07:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just pre-ordered two devastating blows to bad political economy...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hobbesian "state of nature", as a war of all against all, and the social contract theory, which romanticizes the origins of state monopolies in a way utterly incongruent with logic and history.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@isaacmorehouse/just-pre-ordered-two-devastating-blows-to-bad-political-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/economics/@isaacmorehouse/just-pre-ordered-two-devastating-blows-to-bad-political-economy</guid><category><![CDATA[economics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2017 15:00:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ5TdTxeGFxsW2KZCor8ETRWYdKz2WV4RRLLsVSEsqVDt481bLWgv9KVSgANAhWmtVPTEjXguWE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me three ways to get the most value out of Steemit...]]></title><description><![CDATA[It took me a long time to get the most out of Twitter and Reddit. I still don't get anything valuable from Snapchat. I'm a little daft. What are the top three things to help me make the most of Steemit?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@isaacmorehouse/tell-me-three-ways-to-get-the-most-value-out-of-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@isaacmorehouse/tell-me-three-ways-to-get-the-most-value-out-of-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 17:54:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mario Maker > Marketing Major]]></title><description><![CDATA[(From my blog. Trying to get a feel for Steemit, hope repost is OK). Image courtesy my iPhone. Weird mustache courtesy Nintendo. I'm not kidding. I just watched my kid grasp basic marketing truths that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@isaacmorehouse/mario-maker-marketing-major</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@isaacmorehouse/mario-maker-marketing-major</guid><category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 17:02:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mMxKEVj5vuM1drCgTKye78iaqRwzEwrxGZREgzYyuPH1hHpa94rjbeFM2rbg9pTm3BH8GhUskatRNLyTsuQwK7kGYdj99mcUiQ19SncHre?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[College is Dead]]></title><description><![CDATA[8 minute talk presented at Voice & Exit in Austin, TX 2016.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@isaacmorehouse/college-is-dead</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@isaacmorehouse/college-is-dead</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:52:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dy5y3t8fGuCYzzKkmzShfWk4kASPfFRoDtz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hey Steemit, I'm new here.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm the CEO of Praxis (discoverpraxis.com) a startup apprenticeship program. I blog every day, podcast every week, raise four unschooled kids with my wife, have written a few books, and am a big fan of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@isaacmorehouse/hey-steemit-i-m-new-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@isaacmorehouse/hey-steemit-i-m-new-here</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[isaacmorehouse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 16:29:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWVEa5TxnoPRiGMS1Ae6MyfiK8oyuudvQGLKm2DxK7oDMDhJekRexaFApkeXWm4hUk75BxQYq3iyte36YWYmePzSANvigvCKWiydcsmAvJsgQYbKNWhgmi3M46WVKnSDqgpjqXF8yMLwfq731tA6wRg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>