<?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, 13 Apr 2026 18:38:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/rationale/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Any policy, even if it is initially justified, inherently faces a half-life.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fred Foldvary and Dan Klein's book chapter "The Half-Life of Policy Rationales" (from the book "The Half-Life of Policy Rationales" ed by Foldvary and Klein, NYU Press 2003) is an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/interventionalism/@arbitration/any-policy-even-if-it-is-initially-justified-inherently-faces-a-half-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/interventionalism/@arbitration/any-policy-even-if-it-is-initially-justified-inherently-faces-a-half-life</guid><category><![CDATA[interventionalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 02:20:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdHVBsg9fyvrKGyJb5Tge7P5dYk1v4BhmrYn2eQDYWXMVvt18rhejQV62jdGVxJGmqhQuuSrBja7CGZCrRTkSaGjDRV9KkF6ubgXVRYAWXrh3hw5Dvv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO is just the reason why it's happening now.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's a common narrative, especially among a lot of libertarians, that the war on Ukraine wouldn't be happening if Ukraine weren't in talks with NATO and Ukraine could end this all right now if they signed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/putin/@flexbooth/nato-is-just-the-reason-why-its-happening-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/putin/@flexbooth/nato-is-just-the-reason-why-its-happening-now</guid><category><![CDATA[putin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2022 22:26:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuAtWdqb7iMuRE96ptNvRATM9Fb6s4zioFbbL5h4iLFQ4wFsMx5Dt2wF7pWHYneYJRr3ZczT5jyWhmNhxKVRVcoeW4Xkyc7d9q8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness doesn't mean back to business as usual.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not to harp too much on the subject of forgiveness; but, I think there's more nuance to it than people acknowledge and it can force people into an anti-forgiveness mindset and cause people to believe that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/relationships/@flexbooth/forgiveness-doesnt-mean-back-to-business-as-usual</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/relationships/@flexbooth/forgiveness-doesnt-mean-back-to-business-as-usual</guid><category><![CDATA[relationships]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 02:02:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuBpwupt84EReqSmxCxictvBL3ukC6geoiNPih7Tpep4L3HnFYFdA6mH29jXkb7vFrGnqEk8XWgLSpMRbRNxZgBD17tEXfSDUBg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should people be given a second chance if they go back on idiotic statements/thinking?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a conversation amongst friends in a group chat the other day, and some how we came to discussing the consequences of idiotic statements people make before they're 18. My suggestion was firmly that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/social/@leguna/should-people-be-given-a-second-chance-if-they-go-back-on-idiotic-statementsthinking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/social/@leguna/should-people-be-given-a-second-chance-if-they-go-back-on-idiotic-statementsthinking</guid><category><![CDATA[social]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 16:59:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpff47GG6whTBHEZSEnPCiub22dkYdykaN3WG46k8eF4gUpTA7b2ZbPnFk88VnAiGJM1RVx3J4aSxA59cW2hA6gKjag5nesihHmSyymydFpi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fallacies we see easily on the internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Communist until you get rich; Feminist until you get married; This fallacy is called Argumentum ad consequentiam, which says that something is true or false depending on the desired consequences. Atheist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@discernente/atheist-until-the-arplane-stars-falling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@discernente/atheist-until-the-arplane-stars-falling</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[discernente]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/sML2JBPsdAyMUJWzxvYnDYtKNvrTaMv1eeo9E5PXvyb7t9UKYf4b8KSw1yC8U3xa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consolidating Reason:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reason is not simply our preference (though it would be optimal). . . It is the force which bonds & grounds sensibility to intellect; the Greek philosophical term Logos - meaning reason &/or account.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@panopticalvia/consolidating-reason</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@panopticalvia/consolidating-reason</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[panopticalvia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:29:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA7hJqHqUMP7zabvQTaYuAzox32R54mLzyR1JiFuy4Yvs2pYx1zRQGTtHhv2QbERPDZHXR2YRkFmiC7MZsuTFKekxY6Ry9roEiXPGaBjMLwFma1YUZysBHb28G2KBmS9FuXVsypcZuoornS7jt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>