“I, Pencil” by Leonard E. Read
The lesson I have to teach is this: Leave all creative energies uninhibited. Merely organize society to act in harmony with this lesson. Let society’s legal apparatus remove all obstacles the best it can. Permit these creative know-hows freely to flow. Have faith that free men and women will respond to the Invisible Hand. This faith will be confirm... See more
fee.org • I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read - Foundation for Economic Education
For, if one is aware that these know-hows will naturally, yes, automatically, arrange themselves into creative and productive patterns in response to human necessity and demand— that is, in the absence of governmental or any other coercive master-minding—then one will possess an absolutely essential ingredient for freedom: a faith in free people. F... See more
fee.org • I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read - Foundation for Economic Education
Humans don’t build anything individually; collectively humans build everythingPencil problem: One human can not make a pencil from start to finish. You can put it together, but the materials (wood, paint, eraser, metal) are all collected and crafted separately.
Tim Urban • #264 - Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast
“The Ants and the Pen.”
An ant one day strayed across a piece of paper and saw a pen writing in fine, black strokes.
“How wonderful this is!” said the ant. “This remarkable thing, with a life of its own, makes squiggles on this beautiful surface, to such an extent and with such energy that it is equal to the efforts of all the ants in the world. And... See more
An ant one day strayed across a piece of paper and saw a pen writing in fine, black strokes.
“How wonderful this is!” said the ant. “This remarkable thing, with a life of its own, makes squiggles on this beautiful surface, to such an extent and with such energy that it is equal to the efforts of all the ants in the world. And... See more
Idries Shah • A Unique Form of Literature
The Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne: Illustrated (Evergreen Classics)
amazon.comFor, if one is aware that these know-hows will naturally, yes, automatically, arrange themselves into creative and productive patterns in response to human necessity and demand— that is, in the absence of governmental or any other coercive master-minding—then one will possess an absolutely essential ingredient for freedom: a faith in free people. F... See more