Presto’s Ramblings

Any of the readers of my old blog know that I have been working on chapter notes for Harry Browne’s How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World. Today I have been working on Chapter 3: The Intellectual and Emotional Traps. It’s funny how the content of a book that was published so [...]

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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
Chapter 2: The Identity Traps Notes

It’s ironic that I fell into this trap while writing about it. In Chapter 2 of Harry’s book he discussed what he calls “Identity Traps.” To quote Mr. Browne:
There are two Identity Traps: (1) the belief that you should be someone [...]

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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
Chapter 1 Notes
Harry Browne’s book begins with a simple definition of freedom:

Freedom is the opportunity to live your life as you want to live it.

My theoretician friends will of course have much more complex definitions of freedom, but I think that Browne’s statement captures the essence pretty well. [...]

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Inspired by environmentalist blogger Crunchy Chicken’s book discussions, I’m going to post my own notes about personal freedom books that I read. As I read chapters in the book, I will post whatever thoughts that come into my head and try to relate the content to my own quest for freedom. You are [...]

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