Community and Creative Destruction Last weekend Ramona and I enjoyed a 500 mile road trip with close friends. We drove to Fort Benton, Montana, a town established in 1847 by fur traders. It peaked in population, some 2000 residents, and prosperity in the mid-1800s. The town was the world’s “innermost port” and the head of […]
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I am pleased to share FREE’s latest project involving liberty, ecology, and prosperity. Yesterday, June 17, we initiated a new delivery medium, video production with Bozeman’s Oolite Media. This was the first in our “Wisdom of the Elders” video series. Here is the cover of the flyer introducing the project. FREE focuses on the […]
Read MoreThe Elders’ Error: Neglecting Intellectual Entrepreneurship Last week’s FREE Insight discussed my decision to accept Montana State University’s offer. My mentors considered this a youthful indiscretion and strongly objected. Instead, they suggested I court a better-known school, one attracting an endless stream of high quality faculty and visitors. This would help me create networks with […]
Read MoreWhen Elders Error, Part I I have long respected the wisdom of elders. f.n. Of course not all elderly are wise and even the wisest among them make occasional mistakes. An important challenge for a young person is to know when to accept and when to reject their advice. I was extremely lucky when I […]
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