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u/[deleted] · 5 pointsr/Agorism

Why not invest in foreign companies in locations that have less taxes? That should reduce your overall tax contributions to any government, especially to your own.

For that sort of thing, you should probably use a tax haven bank account - not an expert in that sort of thing, but I'm /kind of/ sure it doesn't take a billionaire to do. Many of these will probably let you hold gold or silver too.

For counter-economic investments, try the GLBSE stock exchange. Its currency is bitcoin, which is a stateless digital "cash" currency. Its economy is the most laissez-faire in history - due to almost the total lack of regulatory and taxation (?) compliance, the high number of anarchists in the community (both ancap and socialist), and the statelessness of it all. GLBSE was founded by an agorist (or at the very least, he's a crypto-anarchist, and hangs out in the #Agora IRC channel). You can buy stocks, bonds, futures, etc. too

My most important bit of advice would be to be highly adaptive to change - both in the government and in the markets. Government cracks down on your strategy X, switch to strategy Y, etc. diversify into several strategies (eg. bitcoin, silver, foreign stocks/currency, as well as commodities like oil)

Finally, keep in mind individuals are generally smarter than the government - and outsmarting IS possible (see the book: http://www.amazon.com/How-Found-Freedom-Unfree-World/dp/0965603679 )

Thanks and good luck!

u/stealstea · 4 pointsr/financialindependence

True, although RickRickshaw mentioned how this could fall into the "happy" category. And if caring for your dying parents truly makes you miserable, one has to ask, should you really do it?
Harry Browne goes into this question in great detail (tl;dr his answer is no, you shouldn't). http://www.amazon.ca/How-Found-Freedom-Unfree-World/dp/0965603679

u/SleepNowMyThrowaway · 3 pointsr/vandwellers

OP is referring to this book by Harry Browne

u/stoic79 · 3 pointsr/GoldandBlack

I haven't watched this yet. Is there a significant difference between what Tom said and the things Harry Brown written in his book "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty" (https://www.amazon.com/How-Found-Freedom-Unfree-World/dp/0965603679)?

u/enricosuavedotcom · 3 pointsr/AskSF
  1. Power of Now. Changed my life. Read with an open mind. Let the spaghetti stick to the wall where it will. Not all of it will stick. But some will.

  2. How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World: A Handbook for Personal Liberty. Opens your eyes to common social traps.

  3. The Empty Boat: Encounters with Nothingness. This one's hard to get through, because ego, but worth the slog. Read #1 first.

    I wish you well. Know that you're not alone. I understand the feeling. Also recommend therapy, ideally someone of the same gender. There are certain gender-specific issues that are best understood/empathized with by a therapist of the same gender.
u/auryn0151 · 3 pointsr/Rational_Liberty

If you're looking for some basic lifestyle type of reading:

Harry Browne - How I found freedom in an unfree world

u/HedoNNN · 2 pointsr/TheBestThingsInLife

The only one that did it is How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne.
It was two weeks ago and I'm an avid reader.

u/ProjectVivify · 1 pointr/AskMenOver30

I largely don't care about politics any more because my individual influence on it is limited. I find my energy is better directed towards improving my personal quality of life.

My views are close to those outlined in 'How I found freedom in an unfree world' which are roughly libertarian, but I also agree with some social policies as they influence the culture and I don't want to have to raise kids inside a gated community.

u/iron_flutterby · 1 pointr/eldertrees

Yes! In fact we are working on a couple of longterm projects primarily with Dr. Kirk Wilhelmsen at UNC Chapel Hill (as well as some other researchers) looking at this, as well as from a perspective of addiction (how addiction causes genomic changes and vice versa). He is publishing a lot of alcohol-related studies (ETOH easy to get your hands on like tobacco) of this sort, but we are working through the gamut of substances using the same model - looking at changes in the genomes of users versus non-users (it's striking). There's no reason this can't be applied to other substances, although the best results come from sampling a large group of individuals that consume a substance regularly.

The word is that the $1000 genome is not possible right now, but it is. We run more samples than anyone else in the SE. That, along with our facility's status as a CoRE allows us to do a lot of wheeling and dealing in order to test out new technologies (that we get at a discount as the first customer) and do trades for services and equipment.

We primarily support our own researchers, but with our reputation growing, we now have large private projects (from big companies) coming in the door frequently. I can't confirm or deny that we've done personal genomes, but theoretically the tools and protocols exist, as well as the critical mass needed to make it cheap. And lab ninjas that can be in and out with data before dawn.

edit 1: also your family physician will have a desktop sequencer in his office within the next 9 years to provide personalized treatments. The future is here!

edit 2: found it.

edit 3: another guy (Dr. William Valdar) working on the effects of drugs on genomes.

edit 4: I believe you can volunteer as a test subject in these clinical studies if you meet the criteria, but that's just hearsay in the department.

u/John_Farrier · 1 pointr/AskMen

How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne helped me realize that a lot of the restrictions on my life were imaginary or easily avoided.

His marital and parenting advice was bonkers, though.

u/censorship_notifier · 1 pointr/noncensored_bitcoin

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> > try to be part of this incredible disruptive technology that is looming.
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> Excellent point-Agreed!
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> Disruptive to TPTB... meaning returning power back to the Individual (the ultimate minority)!
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> > Imagine a government where you can...
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> I do my best to imagine government rulers dont exist, and do everything in my power to avoid them. Yes, they make it difficult. But there are ways to minimize their tyranny. One small thing I found that helped me some yrs ago (of many avail) is Harry Brown's How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
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> But of course Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash will likely be THE tool to dislodge the shackles in our lifetime!

u/cerebrum · -2 pointsr/politics

> Wealth and its correspondingly corrupt power are the real culprit.

I disagree. The problem is not wealth but humans per se. There is always someone who wants to be the boss and this is in any GROUP of humans. It doesn't matter if its a tribal society or a big nation. The difference is that in a big nation the power of the government is much stronger so there is a stronger need for checks and balances. When these fail, well, better be smart, don't try to fight the government head on, because you'll lose.

A good book:
http://www.amazon.com/How-Found-Freedom-Unfree-World/dp/0965603679/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228837816&sr=8-1