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The world needs more freedom. We know that. How do we get there? Spread knowledge. How do we spread knowledge? Learn the knowledge and learn how to spread it. How? Well, what are we giving to people? Some give knowledge about economics, some philosophy, some ethics, some freedom of speech, some politics, some current affairs, some immigration, some documentaries, ect. There's a lot of components to it. It requires specialisation. Stefan has encouraged a few times for young people to become entrepreneurs for freedom. It seems like a fuzzy buzz word that makes you think of motivation and getting things done but I don't see how to translates into practice. I can understand financial entrepreneurship, starting businesses ect, but what does if have to do with philosophy? What does it mean and how is that different (if it is) than going to university? Maybe education is really going to the dump in America but in Australia, I haven't seen this degradation of education. Maybe it's not about specialisation. Is it a matter of moral courage? Just spreading the 'word'? Maybe it's a matter of spreading UPB and the idea of the false self? The words have already been spoken on this show. I don't think there's much to be courageous about at the moment other than private life matters. I can understand telling friends and family about UPB and about my insecurities but I don't think that's entrepreneurship. I know some stuff sure, but there are other people doing way better than me so I don't understand why an amateur opinion has weight in the free market of ideas. To be an entrepreneur you have to give something of value. That's why I want to go to university and become a psychologist. Perhaps I'll find myself teaching parents about child abuse. Perhaps I'll do something Jordan Peterson style. Perhaps I'll write a book about morality and psychology. Perhaps I'll find out I hate psychology and quit. Perhaps I'll start a YouTube channel. One day I might start a YouTube channel but that's definitely not something I should bet my all time on. I'm still gaining the knowledge for that and I don't know what I don't know. Therefore, I don't know how much efforts that's going to take. That's why you explore. That's why I want to learn about the mind and meet other students and network. Starting a YouTube channel is something you do when it calls to you when you've gained the knowledge required. That's how Stefan started FDR. Debt for university? Sure but why should I worry so much about money? It's the 21st century. I'll be able to afford what I need for a comfortable life. Why put all your eggs in one basket? Money isn't the eggs. Time is the eggs. If you were made out to be a YouTuber why don't both go to university and try starting a channel? Figure out what works and what doesn't. If going to university was the best thing ever you'll be happy you didn't put it off and did it while you were young and could afford to take potentially useless courses. If it was useless going to university what difference does it make? Some money which you didn't really need. Time? No. It doesn't take concentrated effort/time to figure out what makes the world go around. It takes experience and trying different things which there's plenty of time for in university. Once you've figured that out that's the point where you decide whether to stay in university or not. As for spreading knowledge? All the big voices are held up by the pillars of writers, psychologists, economists, etc. If someone is more eccentric than I am, it makes more sense to be their support than to be another voice. People have different personalities. Is everyone cut out to be an entrepreneur? I don't know. And again, there's no issue with both going to university and having a voice. In fact, I'd say it's preferable even if it's a COMPLETELY useless degree. I'm looking forward to joining freedom clubs and debating clubs and making friends with intelligent and like-minded people To summarise, TL;DR: What I'm not understanding is what does Stefan means by entrepreneur. It's ambiguous to me. Is getting a formal education not being an entrepreneur? If you are rational and willing to find what drives you, the only real loss I see in formal education in Australia is money spent that you don't need anyway. If I didn't go to university I'd probably be making a living wage and reading Atlas Shrugged for the rest of the day. I don't know what else I'd possibly want to do. Conversations on this show about being an entrepreneur and breaking the matrix and escapaing the false-self has provoked a black and white thinking inside me and sometimes I believe I must be inferior but perhaps this belief is false.

Hello, I recently started a cryptography company. We can't talk about the details right now, but we are looking for a very talented and versatile artist who can draw everything from icons to logos to mascots. The job will require someone who has a very unique and distinct art style. We want all of our logos to be timeless, not trendy. This isn't a one time gig, but rather a very long term job (5+ years). All skill levels welcome. Payment to be discussed individually. --- Mail: [email protected]

Hello, I'm looking for a fashion designer or anyone with interest or knowledge of fashion. Just contact me and I will tell you more. Thanks

I want to make a game to release on Steam, Desktop, or Android. Games are a passion of mine and always have been. All of my co-workers enjoy cruising on their six figure salaries putting in 8 hours a day and have no interest in pursuing side projects. I am mostly self taught and believe that even someone with no experience can learn to be proficient very quickly when paired with an experienced developer. If you want to join me in iterating through ideas, concepts, game mechanics, and the like I can share what I know about programming. We can both learn how to make a great game and make some money in the process. This would be a 50/50 partnership. Although having some skills already would be a plus, they are not required. Any experience with Photoshop/Illustrator, graphic design, writing stories/comics, or anything else creative are also great skills to bring to the table but are not necessary. If you are short on cash, I can teach you quickly how to make a few bucks freelancing while we work on the game project. I need someone who is willing to go all in and be dedicated to making a great game. I am currently a senior programming analyst for a large company with experience in C++, Java, PHP, Javascript, MySQL, and too many libraries/frameworks to mention here. I've developed enterprise web applications as well as automated systems for large and small businesses. My other work experience includes: *Becoming a commercial loan officer at the age of 19 where I was responsible for an $80k/year marketing budget, established a co-operative marketing campaign with a small commercial bank which had more than $1 billion in assets, published several investment articles, guest speaker at an investment conference for the author of Commercial Investing for Dummies, and arranged more than $20 million of financing for commercial property. I trained junior loan officers whom I am still friends with today. *Started with no experience as a network technician and became a system supervisor and then the training manager within 1 year where I covered all systems across Oregon/Washington. I created a new training manual, developed the best practices, and brought the training time of new technicians from 3 months down to 1 month before they were considered competent to begin installations. Other ideas I've had include quadcopter security system, and embeddable hosted fully styled web site widgets. I'm not married to any particular idea yet, just looking for some good people to team up with.

I want to start a B2B organization. I'm currently brain storming. Anyone in the NYC area interested in starting something? Two minds are better than one.