Vacuous Vocation

About Vacuous Vocation

An anarchist trying to find his way in the world.

Publisher

Matthew James Geiger

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

21 Jun 2020

Latest episode

2 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

71 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Apr 2025

   Spirit | Contemplations #1

   In this episode, Matthew James Geiger introduces a new series called Contemplations, focusing on philosophical inquiries that extend beyond economics. He discusses the significance of two fundamental questions in life: what one will do with their life and who they will share it with. Matthew emphasizes the importance of having a strong spirit and the freedom to pursue one's passions, drawing parallels between personal expression, ideology, and the societal constraints that often inhibit individuality. He advocates for a life that transcends political aspirations, aiming for higher values and cultural richness.Chapters00:00 Introduction to Contemplations 00:54 The Importance of Life's Questions 02:20 The Spirit and Freedom 04:31 Ideology and the Free Spirit 05:33 Communication and Expression 07:11 Beyond Politics: The Free Spirit's Journey 📚Please consider purchasing my book (https://a.co/d/308dHfX)

2. 

   25 Jul 2024

   Adam Haman (VV#5)

   My guest on this episode of vacuous vocation is Adam Haman, he is a gambler, philosopher, husband, Libertarian, and seeker of the natural order. We met at Mises University 2018 and have been friends ever since. Chapters 00:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=0s) Introduction and Meeting at Mises University 03:34 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=214s) Separating School and State 06:16 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=376s) Exploring Epistemology 08:54 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=534s) Metaphysics and Other Dimensions 13:03 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=783s) Living in a Simulation 19:43 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=1183s) The State's Impact on Suicide Rates 24:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=1440s) Capitalism and the Search for Meaning 25:59 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=1559s) Systems Thinking: Understanding Society 30:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=1844s) The Pursuit of Meaning in Life 33:18 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=1998s) The Economics of Suicide and the Connection to Psychology and Praxeology 42:06 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=2526s) The Role of Private Associations in Helping the Less Fortunate 55:21 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=3321s) Making Moral Arguments for Freedom and Free Markets 01:00:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=3644s) The State of the Libertarian Movement and the Divide Between Freedom and Government 01:05:46 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=3946s) The Impact of COVID-19 01:07:08 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=4028s) The Importance of Optimism in the Post-COVID World 01:08:36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=4116s) Reasoned Discourse in the Libertarian Movement 01:14:01 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=4441s) Integrating Personal and Political Beliefs 01:18:26 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6woZIfGgAfI&t=4706s) Finding Meaning in Life Some of the links mentioned in the podcast: Odds and Probability: https://hamannature.substack.com/p/od... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbURuRWRPdFZZdWwxY3lEVm5tZHd3QWZrWUNyQXxBQ3Jtc0trbmZUdGJaSWc3emNMRFZUU1RKWDA2b2pYdHNNOE4tSHFMTE9Sb0NxR0NnS1lUTzh5cXZJZmVzZTlQUndWUGlCVm92em80cTE4Y29JRHhWalc0RUJoYmU0cGFxU2JvbkNyR0s4S3ZtYndmeHFFVE91cw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fhamannature.substack.com%2Fp%2Fodds-probability-and-nonsense%3Fr%3D2u0knv&v=6woZIfGgAfI) Climate Change (epistemologically related): https://hamannature.substack.com/p/th... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1R5cVJscmJXTklWM2UyQ1M0NTdqRjdSTm1SQXxBQ3Jtc0tsSXdfejJ6ZUZXVUNXZHRMTVZoOUM2QnlXMXo1UFlWYnVNdmZKTE1pTV9aUnBucXpiU2o1MXhUaEhqUHlocnV0OGNZbjYzQVhBUThBcVFONjVQWk1aVlNUZ290djhqTGJrQUxuN1UtRngwTWlXY3EzSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fhamannature.substack.com%2Fp%2Fthe-climate-change-religion-is-anti%3Fr%3D2u0knv&v=6woZIfGgAfI) Free Will v Determinism: https://hamannature.substack.com/p/fr... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbnVUMzhMSWh0RUwxOTVFVzlTNjZFZHhwbHdkZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsZF9keHppSmY1d1kzZkVGSDFXZnpFU0hEekNxakZSRzFtNzVMbEw0MzlwbnFRLWVGZTlHb2p0dVVRQmtocjZfUXJIb2pTOHRCMS0yaEtWc2U1R3o0aTc0R0tuMVN4VXViaS1CVXBUUkxlTHhvZUZEYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fhamannature.substack.com%2Fp%2Ffree-will-vs-determinism%3Fr%3D2u0knv&v=6woZIfGgAfI) Austrian Economics (my stab at an intro):Episode 3 - Natural Order Podcast https://naturalorderpodcast.com/ep3/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1F0cGZWVGk3Yk1RaVRpOWRYM3RTLWRoRUc1UXxBQ3Jtc0trQlJTcjF2WHJCSkNadERvaU5nVkU1TnJPdndLZHRZS1hQa0J0Wk13TndvMEM3R3BCTVd3WUZkdlJyU2NsVTctVU5qYVdjb1l1RVhjTnhZcjR6NDFqMEljYkZkYlNPYXlBLWhKQ1Y0ZzQwUVl6Und1RQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturalorderpodcast.com%2Fep3%2F&v=6woZIfGgAfI) Private institutions: Episode 11 - Natural Order Podcast https://naturalorderpodcast.com/ep11/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblc0azQ3Z1Z4NFFvbzY5Ymt2Sk43dWpGVFBrZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsMDgxZjM0RWxzRDFxU3lOMV83UWgzNl91RzlXQ2JvOUFyS1hLZG8yUzVFeFNXdXZOZUdCNFpqM01UWjBlU2pCN25GMEVGd3dHUU9TNHFkMUdyR3BMNlhCWENoZTBNdnJWeDlRNXEtX2RXY2JrZmE5NA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturalorderpodcast.com%2Fep11%2F&v=6woZIfGgAfI) Episode 6 - Natural Order Podcast https://naturalorderpodcast.com/ep6/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmI0NlVLWEVzNW02bHpsRmJNanRiY1lsVFFUQXxBQ3Jtc0tuVWZ5SGNxSzVpQ29EQV9yLXNFRFJTd042Q0k3Znc4X2lxelV4MnpoVkN3QmlKd0JYdUVTQXN4X1hOVGlQVDFMSGFJNk5yMWllTlN2ZndrSjlFSzBZd3VCbUxpUFV3VUdHNjJrbkxzcW91RWRXS085bw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturalorderpodcast.com%2Fep6%2F&v=6woZIfGgAfI) about epistemology: Episode 9 - Natural Order Podcast https://naturalorderpodcast.com/ep9/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVBBbzlsdXRwVldPRG5DTGk5VkNiOFBTRHdLZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsZUVGYmw2cWUxM1ZtXzdFOEozaHBKYmJhNXVNdUtkYnBiVlVOQVVVNElrUm42U2Q0T2tNYlphVTFmM2RTVnA5b1FjZG1PVXdwWlJrSUM0RlJvLVAtVmhadk14NjJtazVZRFhnR3BhcjB4QXZ0YmNpZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fnaturalorderpodcast.com%2Fep9%2F&v=6woZIfGgAfI) 🧩 Contact us in 🧩 Adam Haman: https://linktr.ee/Adam_Haman (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2UzMlhvLU4yNTVfNk8zSTNzRDFtVlo0RWoxQXxBQ3Jtc0tsVW81N3MyNkZhN29La1JLMVY4UWxFZVNhZ19tOGpYek0tSDhhUXV6MW9UQ3VUWWhGeUVWaFVlYU9rNWoydUhERm5hWGdnbElQVWxnd3MwYjRnZXZZQUZzNDRQZ19jTlZjc2lud3lnLTJjX1JJLTRLcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2FAdam_Haman&v=6woZIfGgAfI) instagram: @vacuous_vocation https://www.instagram.com/vacuous_voc... (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblNSR01DQUhQcWlOTUhfMWI4VnEzRGZVMGpxQXxBQ3Jtc0tsV2JTQnNVRG9JalQ5TUdWZXYyemlKOHA2cm9OM21uMVNTU25xRUM5d3dua0tpdHY2RmJWZGFLcGljZFNPOHV2bWxoeTJ1VlhLTTNBSHVPZlVoT3JNOE1BWXJIdk9lZmZxaEJQUy1qcjJPeXJIZGFhMA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fvacuous_vocation%2F%3Figsh%3DZjQ0MTMxZW0xYnZw%26utm_source%3Dqr&v=6woZIfGgAfI) E-mail - geigenomics@gmail.com

3. 

   30 May 2024

   Jamie Whyte (VV#4)

   Dr Whyte is a philosopher and an author of several works of philosophy, economics, and public policy. He is the author of Quack Policy, Free Thoughts, A Load of Blair and Crimes Against Logic. He has published more than two hundred opinion columns in newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, The Times, and The Financial Times. Dr Whyte won the prestigious Bastiat Prize for Economic Journalism. As a young philosophy don at the University of Cambridge, Dr Whyte was awarded a prize for the best academic article in the world by a philosopher under the age of thirty. 00:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=0s) Introduction 3:48 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=228s) Creating Value 5:13 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=313s) How to find what is meaningful in life 9:25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=565s) Thomas Sowell and the Critique of Modern Economics: A Holistic Approach 15:32 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=932s) Human Action and Austrian Economics 22:20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=1340s) The Pursuit of Happiness: Attitude and Life Satisfaction 26:25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=1585s) The Impact of Modern Culture on Mental Engagement 34:35 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=2075s) The Significance of Achievement and Struggle 41:08 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=2468s) The Challenges of Academic Writing 47:25 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=2845s) Navigating the PhD Writing Process 51:36 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=3096s) Exploring Truth and Belief 55:06 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJMALvtqdds&t=3306s) Challenges to Free Speech and Information Skepticism

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