<?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>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:32:31 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@tom1gorman/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[nothing]]></title><description><![CDATA[what?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@tom1gorman/larken-rose-exposed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@tom1gorman/larken-rose-exposed</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom1gorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 03:33:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[There Ought to Be a Law!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you use phrases like "should be mandatory" and "enforcement is necessary" and "there ought to be a law"? Do you also believe that all relationships between people should]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@tom1gorman/there-ought-to-be-a-law</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@tom1gorman/there-ought-to-be-a-law</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom1gorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux Took Over the Web, Voluntaryism is Taking Over the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[I see parallels between the rise of Linux and the rise of Voluntaryism. ON AUGUST 25, 1991, a Finnish computer science student named Linus Torvalds announced a new project. “I’m doing a (free) operating]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@tom1gorman/linux-took-over-the-web-voluntaryism-is-taking-over-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntaryism/@tom1gorman/linux-took-over-the-web-voluntaryism-is-taking-over-the-world</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntaryism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom1gorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 23:34:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2Qhhdda6QnbenExAeMyW5sKzhjtibhVvevSkzdjN7Y6yYH377eoke9M5M5MCmZVh8TS8wuoju6e2vbXceLP8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Article That Said Too Little]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning about this professor, who he was and what he wrote changed my life. "On March 23rd, 1975 an article appeared in the Washington Post Sunday Magazine entitled “The Professor Who Knew Too Much”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@tom1gorman/the-article-that-said-too-little</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@tom1gorman/the-article-that-said-too-little</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom1gorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83ixfogq6F4MjqBbtjqdt9dkL7dALpdqQtXG8TGuzBPaYe84cRhoNR6DytsX3SevdPCKgaWfTWfMRg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free Will Has Not Been Ruled-out By Science or Philosophy]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is based on a comment I made to an article by a philosophy professor ( and said professor is a materialist who believes free will does not exist, humans only experience the illusion of it. He]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freewill/@tom1gorman/free-will-has-not-been-ruled-out-by-science-or-philosophy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freewill/@tom1gorman/free-will-has-not-been-ruled-out-by-science-or-philosophy</guid><category><![CDATA[freewill]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom1gorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:18:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxve16P9t2kmNvarceugWPsAdi7ieVLV8B3GMuSR7L7z4FRxrYiEZPtqmfxSpMcnK7WATcimUNNY6WEYNJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Olympics Can Be Awesome, But...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I do sincerely admire the athletic striving for excellence that is emblematic of the Olympics! And as much as it is a celebration of different cultures the Olympics are often magnificent :-) But I would]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/olympics/@tom1gorman/the-olympics-can-be-awesome-but</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/olympics/@tom1gorman/the-olympics-can-be-awesome-but</guid><category><![CDATA[olympics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom1gorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:23:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgrACFrEUbfYb5SuJD6m4xSoDXX3vWUfap6S7DCYtQ9cVncnHxSfSQ2jVQD8J4SpGWfYb9VufySMTYLmQjj4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit and The Six Human Needs]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wrote a few lines, deleted them, started again, repeated that a few times, and finally decided to scrap the idea of creating some kind of professional-sounding, not so casual introduction because everything]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@tom1gorman/steemit-and-the-six-human-needs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@tom1gorman/steemit-and-the-six-human-needs</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom1gorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 00:13:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83ixfogq6F4MjqBbtjqdt9dkL7dALpdqQtXG8TGuzCKsN57Pqqts51rdQdkxPkJ5yYCSD87WSmGPne?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impractical Jesus]]></title><description><![CDATA["Morality shall be suspended should it prove impractical in certain circumstances." ~ Jesus What? He didn't say that? But he must have! You see, I have had quite a few conversations with people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/jesus/@tom1gorman/impractical-jesus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/jesus/@tom1gorman/impractical-jesus</guid><category><![CDATA[jesus]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tom1gorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:58:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaYRQWM6RDcN7GxBfBVKCSFticCmW4YaqNcjU8eg5oNQ9LZaYKMcZKMSsNQZVKG1N7CcskqeL6d7aTaUnjjDVLJSawwC8XyPKZu9nbqrrYpY7?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>