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RE: [LL&AA 005] The Real Value of Steem
You and I are on the same page... not only with the shift from libertarian to ancap, but also the focus on building community here and how important comment-thread discussions are. I believe comments are where community happens on Steemit, especially since there's no way to direct message. Many Steemit sub-groups have joined various Discord channels and that's also a good way to get to know people personally, but I particularly like your idea of engaging debate in comment threads. I need to do more of that!
The interesting part of a real, physical community is that you're not nearly as likely to all get along as people looking for a similar topic. I've even found a bit of purity testing on my being partially mystical and not all rational in one libertarian|ancap discussion. I pretty much just stopped on that thread.
Part of the adjectives in my self-labeling is that as a daoist(was taoist)-like person, I'm not fully any one label. It is funny reading how Rand and Rothbard had issues. To me the old Reagan chestnut "able to disagree without being disagreeable" is important. That seems to be key to growing a sizable community.
BTW, I have a home schooled 14yo daughter working on mostly sophomore classes. So I have notided your course. What level is it geared toward?
It also looks like I was able to help you find @antonydavies, as I too enjoy encouraging him to contribute here.
Hopefully, you'll take a chance and continue to engage on my posts.
Yes, I followed your rabbit trail over to Prof Davies! Then I got to worrying maybe it was an imposter, but I messaged him on Facebook, and it's him! So that's really cool. I wish more of my econ friends would come over here. Cost Benefit Jr was written for my 8 yo son, but I actually didn't teach it to him until his senior year of high school. It's written for a very young audience, but honestly, some of the economic concepts in there need to be explained in that way, even for adults.
I was able to confirm it from his school email address. :) Yes it is nice that it really is him and am hoping he'll both post more and interact here at least a skosh. I'm sure he could develop a good following and discussion there too.