@williamlmiller.bsky.social
Libertarian advocate for a UBI and ending taxation. Secular Homeschooling three children. Yoga Teacher and aspiring writer. My preprint of “Universal Basic Income and Value Realization” is at https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/hb6rn_v1
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For my 20th #20PostChallenge of my #20challengechallenge, I zoom in on the idea of the objectivization of value that brought me back to writing. It led me to writing Universal Basic Income and Value Realization: Metaphysical Insights for Implementation in the USA (osf.io/preprints/so...).
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I have completed my #20challengechallenge of 20 of the #20postchallenge. I may replace some of these if I come up with other ideas or determine a way to make some of them better, but I figured that I would pin this accomplishment. I hope you enjoy.
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I am rewriting the part of my book where Semmelweis goes to experience reinvigoration of “mind and spirit” from the artistic treasures of Venice before making his breakthrough discovery. Preparation for inspiration like Newton and his apple. #Semmelweis #LeisureMatters #History #Science
December 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I am rewriting the part of my book where Semmelweis goes to experience reinvigoration of “mind and spirit” from the artistic treasures of Venice before making his breakthrough discovery. Preparation for inspiration like Newton and his apple. #Semmelweis #LeisureMatters #History #Science
My 9yo daughter is now 51% of the way through 8th grade math. More than half way through that as she also prepares to wrap up high school physics.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting #Math #Science
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My 9yo daughter is now 51% of the way through 8th grade math. More than half way through that as she also prepares to wrap up high school physics.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting #Math #Science
Now that I’m back in the academic-journal waiting game, I’m settling once more into the second draft of my first book, Beyond Survival: Forgotten Heroes and the Evolution of a New Humanity. #writersky #science #booksky
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Now that I’m back in the academic-journal waiting game, I’m settling once more into the second draft of my first book, Beyond Survival: Forgotten Heroes and the Evolution of a New Humanity. #writersky #science #booksky
I’ve submitted my paper to a third journal. Growth takes iteration; autonomy lives in persistence. Third time’s the charm.
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#academicwriting
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#academicwriting
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November 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I’ve submitted my paper to a third journal. Growth takes iteration; autonomy lives in persistence. Third time’s the charm.
osf.io/preprints/so...
#academicwriting
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#academicwriting
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The reason a penny costs more than a cent to make is that Congress requires materials chosen decades ago, using a process locked into old Mint equipment. If the penny were openly bid, it could be manufactured for under a cent while looking exactly the same to the public. #RestoreThePenny
Restore the #penny.
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
US retailers are running out of pennies - BBC News
Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The reason a penny costs more than a cent to make is that Congress requires materials chosen decades ago, using a process locked into old Mint equipment. If the penny were openly bid, it could be manufactured for under a cent while looking exactly the same to the public. #RestoreThePenny
I tend to heavily ponder the risk of contributing to information hazard dynamics already heavily at play online and especially on social media, but sometimes, for people to realize falsehoods that they have carried into their lives, it is necessary to make the assumed explicit. #infohazard
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I tend to heavily ponder the risk of contributing to information hazard dynamics already heavily at play online and especially on social media, but sometimes, for people to realize falsehoods that they have carried into their lives, it is necessary to make the assumed explicit. #infohazard
Another great article from @karlwiderquist.bsky.social. He understands that we need to frame our discussions better.
The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into. By Karl Widerquist. The MIT Press Reader, Nov 10, 2025
The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into
To win the argument for universal basic income, advocates must confront the myth that less work means less worth.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Another great article from @karlwiderquist.bsky.social. He understands that we need to frame our discussions better.
Progress isn’t always a “yes.”
After three years of work and two journal submissions, I got a meaningful rejection. I finally received actionable feedback from one of the reviewers and an editor-in-chief. #MondayMotivation #academicwriting #writersky #journalsubmissions
After three years of work and two journal submissions, I got a meaningful rejection. I finally received actionable feedback from one of the reviewers and an editor-in-chief. #MondayMotivation #academicwriting #writersky #journalsubmissions
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Progress isn’t always a “yes.”
After three years of work and two journal submissions, I got a meaningful rejection. I finally received actionable feedback from one of the reviewers and an editor-in-chief. #MondayMotivation #academicwriting #writersky #journalsubmissions
After three years of work and two journal submissions, I got a meaningful rejection. I finally received actionable feedback from one of the reviewers and an editor-in-chief. #MondayMotivation #academicwriting #writersky #journalsubmissions
This Latin phrase feels very appropriate to what I have been working on lately and where my mind has been.
eluceat omnibus lux - let the light shine out from all #quotebot
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This Latin phrase feels very appropriate to what I have been working on lately and where my mind has been.
I have completed my #20challengechallenge of 20 of the #20postchallenge. I may replace some of these if I come up with other ideas or determine a way to make some of them better, but I figured that I would pin this accomplishment. I hope you enjoy.
bsky.app/profile/will...
bsky.app/profile/will...
For my 20th #20PostChallenge of my #20challengechallenge, I zoom in on the idea of the objectivization of value that brought me back to writing. It led me to writing Universal Basic Income and Value Realization: Metaphysical Insights for Implementation in the USA (osf.io/preprints/so...).
OSF
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November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I have completed my #20challengechallenge of 20 of the #20postchallenge. I may replace some of these if I come up with other ideas or determine a way to make some of them better, but I figured that I would pin this accomplishment. I hope you enjoy.
bsky.app/profile/will...
bsky.app/profile/will...
For my 20th #20PostChallenge of my #20challengechallenge, I zoom in on the idea of the objectivization of value that brought me back to writing. It led me to writing Universal Basic Income and Value Realization: Metaphysical Insights for Implementation in the USA (osf.io/preprints/so...).
OSF
osf.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
For my 20th #20PostChallenge of my #20challengechallenge, I zoom in on the idea of the objectivization of value that brought me back to writing. It led me to writing Universal Basic Income and Value Realization: Metaphysical Insights for Implementation in the USA (osf.io/preprints/so...).
Green shoots appear.
Progress grows when we nurture it.
This week, I choose to build what’s growing
and give shape to hope through action and intention.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction
Progress grows when we nurture it.
This week, I choose to build what’s growing
and give shape to hope through action and intention.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Green shoots appear.
Progress grows when we nurture it.
This week, I choose to build what’s growing
and give shape to hope through action and intention.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction
Progress grows when we nurture it.
This week, I choose to build what’s growing
and give shape to hope through action and intention.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction
My 9yo daughter is 31% of the way through 8th grade math. As she said, she is nearly a third of the way through the course. She is 68% of the way through high school physics. She is currently trying to decide between chemistry and biology next.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My 9yo daughter is 31% of the way through 8th grade math. As she said, she is nearly a third of the way through the course. She is 68% of the way through high school physics. She is currently trying to decide between chemistry and biology next.
#secularhomeschooling #FreeWillParenting
Restore the #penny.
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
US retailers are running out of pennies - BBC News
Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Restore the #penny.
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
We never opened minting to true competitive bidding. Then we called the result “inefficient” and eliminated the coin instead of fixing the process.
Precision matters, especially for cash users.
Efficiency means reform, not erasure.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Economics #Agency
I think Trump’s decision to greenlight Exchange Stabilization Fund assistance for Argentina is political — rooted in favoritism, not principle.
But that doesn’t make it wrong.
#Argentina #ProGlobalism
But that doesn’t make it wrong.
#Argentina #ProGlobalism
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I think Trump’s decision to greenlight Exchange Stabilization Fund assistance for Argentina is political — rooted in favoritism, not principle.
But that doesn’t make it wrong.
#Argentina #ProGlobalism
But that doesn’t make it wrong.
#Argentina #ProGlobalism
We can handle this.
Confidence provides support.
Support creates leverage.
Leverage expands capacity.
Just start moving; motion facilitates motion.
Think of something. Let thought become action.
Investing in yourself is still investment.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction #ObjectiveCompassion
Confidence provides support.
Support creates leverage.
Leverage expands capacity.
Just start moving; motion facilitates motion.
Think of something. Let thought become action.
Investing in yourself is still investment.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction #ObjectiveCompassion
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
We can handle this.
Confidence provides support.
Support creates leverage.
Leverage expands capacity.
Just start moving; motion facilitates motion.
Think of something. Let thought become action.
Investing in yourself is still investment.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction #ObjectiveCompassion
Confidence provides support.
Support creates leverage.
Leverage expands capacity.
Just start moving; motion facilitates motion.
Think of something. Let thought become action.
Investing in yourself is still investment.
#MondayMotivation #FreeWillInAction #ObjectiveCompassion
My daughter just turned 9. She’s 16% through 8th-grade math, studying high school physics, and philosophy. She recently argued that people shouldn’t think of punishment as good; it impoverishes everyone, not just the punished. I’m so proud.
#BrightSpots #FreeWillParenting #SecularHomeschooling
#BrightSpots #FreeWillParenting #SecularHomeschooling
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My daughter just turned 9. She’s 16% through 8th-grade math, studying high school physics, and philosophy. She recently argued that people shouldn’t think of punishment as good; it impoverishes everyone, not just the punished. I’m so proud.
#BrightSpots #FreeWillParenting #SecularHomeschooling
#BrightSpots #FreeWillParenting #SecularHomeschooling
Progress rarely announces itself with fanfare.
It happens quietly, one choice, one kindness, one act of courage at a time.
This week, trust the gentle momentum of good will.
Let patience and compassion do their quiet work.
#MondayMotivation #ObjectiveCompassion #FreeWillInAction #BrightSpots
It happens quietly, one choice, one kindness, one act of courage at a time.
This week, trust the gentle momentum of good will.
Let patience and compassion do their quiet work.
#MondayMotivation #ObjectiveCompassion #FreeWillInAction #BrightSpots
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Progress rarely announces itself with fanfare.
It happens quietly, one choice, one kindness, one act of courage at a time.
This week, trust the gentle momentum of good will.
Let patience and compassion do their quiet work.
#MondayMotivation #ObjectiveCompassion #FreeWillInAction #BrightSpots
It happens quietly, one choice, one kindness, one act of courage at a time.
This week, trust the gentle momentum of good will.
Let patience and compassion do their quiet work.
#MondayMotivation #ObjectiveCompassion #FreeWillInAction #BrightSpots
I’m geeking out over this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics: Mokyr, Aghion & Howitt!
I’m especially thrilled about Joël Mokyr, honored for showing how cultures of curiosity and openness make sustained progress possible.
#Mokyr #Innovation #Growth #BrightSpots #Nobel #economics
I’m especially thrilled about Joël Mokyr, honored for showing how cultures of curiosity and openness make sustained progress possible.
#Mokyr #Innovation #Growth #BrightSpots #Nobel #economics
October 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I’m geeking out over this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics: Mokyr, Aghion & Howitt!
I’m especially thrilled about Joël Mokyr, honored for showing how cultures of curiosity and openness make sustained progress possible.
#Mokyr #Innovation #Growth #BrightSpots #Nobel #economics
I’m especially thrilled about Joël Mokyr, honored for showing how cultures of curiosity and openness make sustained progress possible.
#Mokyr #Innovation #Growth #BrightSpots #Nobel #economics
Concrete steps toward peace are happening somewhere today.
This week, I choose to let hope and compassion guide me.
The impoverishing path is the one shaped by wrath.
#MondayMotivation #ObjectiveCompassion #PeaceMatters
This week, I choose to let hope and compassion guide me.
The impoverishing path is the one shaped by wrath.
#MondayMotivation #ObjectiveCompassion #PeaceMatters
October 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Concrete steps toward peace are happening somewhere today.
This week, I choose to let hope and compassion guide me.
The impoverishing path is the one shaped by wrath.
#MondayMotivation #ObjectiveCompassion #PeaceMatters
This week, I choose to let hope and compassion guide me.
The impoverishing path is the one shaped by wrath.
#MondayMotivation #ObjectiveCompassion #PeaceMatters
I respect what he is trying to do here, but I would be thrilled if we could start with a UBI on par with what has been proven to be effective at poverty reduction in Alaska. I would prefer to get something started sooner than delay until we can clear some new self-imposed hurdle. #UBI
Because the average weekly allowance paid to kids is now $37 in the US, I believe no universal basic income here should pay less than $160 a month. No adult should have an income floor lower than the average kid's. So when we implement one, let's start north of there at minimum. 😉
The average weekly allowance paid to kids is now $37, so a #UBI should pay at least that amount
YouTube video by Scott Santens
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October 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I respect what he is trying to do here, but I would be thrilled if we could start with a UBI on par with what has been proven to be effective at poverty reduction in Alaska. I would prefer to get something started sooner than delay until we can clear some new self-imposed hurdle. #UBI
Notice how the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize got a dig in on those who think that they would have any love for Trump or authoritarian socialism. It’s a social democratic country steeped in the Protestant Work Ethic. Norway values markets and the profit motive. #NobelPeacePrice #MariaCorinaMachado
October 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Notice how the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize got a dig in on those who think that they would have any love for Trump or authoritarian socialism. It’s a social democratic country steeped in the Protestant Work Ethic. Norway values markets and the profit motive. #NobelPeacePrice #MariaCorinaMachado
Every time that there is wall to wall coverage of a crime here in the U.S., I should probably share these statistics. Maybe if the audience is aware of poor journalistic ethics, we will seek better media coverage. #Biases #Journalism #Ethics #Positivity
Was Menschen tatsächlich umbringt: Realität vs. worüber Medien berichten.
October 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Every time that there is wall to wall coverage of a crime here in the U.S., I should probably share these statistics. Maybe if the audience is aware of poor journalistic ethics, we will seek better media coverage. #Biases #Journalism #Ethics #Positivity
At Costco, my 8yo daughter saw a big family of 6.
She saw them as one family with 2 moms.
Later she revised: “Maybe one’s the oldest daughter, the other mommy probably just didn’t come with them.”
Even though she probably wasn’t correct, I admire her logic and inclusive assumption. #LGBTQ #positive
She saw them as one family with 2 moms.
Later she revised: “Maybe one’s the oldest daughter, the other mommy probably just didn’t come with them.”
Even though she probably wasn’t correct, I admire her logic and inclusive assumption. #LGBTQ #positive
October 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM