by Josh Galt | Oct 1, 2014 | Happiness, Love & Logic
This is a poignant video. Money isn’t the root of all evil though, it’s just a tool, like shovels or screwdrivers or computers. It still comes down to people and their motives. And this one, just because it’s great.
by Josh Galt | Sep 21, 2014 | Capitalism, Current Affairs
I wrote a genuinely inspired post last year about what a simple Cambodian girl taught me about capitalism (linked at the bottom), and completely unbeknownst to me it got posted a couple different places last week, one of those being the behemoth news aggregate Zero...
by Josh Galt | Sep 18, 2014 | Journeys
For a whitewater athlete, the best kind of river is one that doesn’t stop. There’s no flatwater (of course), but I’m not even talking about a pool-and-drop type of canyon with fun waterfalls – no, the best kind of river is one that is nonstop...
by Josh Galt | Sep 14, 2014 | Love & Logic, Planet Earth, Spiritual Objectivism
This is admittedly a bit weird, but I think it’s worth sharing if for no other reason than I want to verbalize the thoughts. In the middle of lunch on a beautiful sunny day, completely randomly my girlfriend stops, has an intense moment of thought, and then...
by Josh Galt | Sep 10, 2014 | Happiness, Love & Logic, Sports, Success, Values
(UPDATE: Just a day after I posted this, EJ posted a link on facebook to a 2007 Outside Magazine article about him and his family. It paints a much rougher, less idealistic picture…but knowing the lengths he was willing to go to in order to claim his destiny is...
by Josh Galt | Aug 9, 2014 | Current Affairs, Evolution, Spiritual Objectivism, Values
People will never be able to coexist unless they begin to question the very foundation of their religious beliefs. And without being willing to question the tenets of their own religion, the moderate majority give silent support to the extremist minority. One of the...
by Josh Galt | May 2, 2014 | Beauty, Current Affairs, Español, Journeys, Planet Earth, Travel
Exactamente 5 anos y media despues de llegue a Costa Rica, salgo en la misma manera – con solamente los posesiones que puedo llevar en mis maletas en el avion. La tristeza esta pesado en mi corazon. Nunca en mi vida he sentido como estaba en “hogar”,...
by Josh Galt | Jan 2, 2014 | Beauty, Happiness, Journeys, Productivity, Spirituality, Thinking, Values
I found this powerfully moving. I’m glad I don’t watch TV, too. ;)
by Josh Galt | Nov 26, 2013 | Capitalism, Current Affairs, Happiness, Individual Rights, Productivity, Travel
I met a cute Cambodian girl the other morning as I headed back to my hotel after a run on the beach. We went to breakfast, and she told me she knew a great place to go snorkeling, which was our plan for the day. She was fun and hot and spoke English, so of course, I...
