free·do·nom·ics - A social science that studies how individuals make choices to trade their limited freedom to satisfy their unlimited wants. Freedonomics can generally be broken down into: macrofreedonomics, which concentrates on freedonomic choices with long term or aggregate lifestyle implications, often affecting others; and microfreedonomics, which focuses on decisions with short term consequences which generally only affect the individual.
“Choices” and “trade” are the key words in the definition above. Most of the time, we don’t realize we’re choosing to trade our freedom for something. You’re trading a free mind for the ideas on this screen right now. Even as you read each word here, you’re choosing whether to continue or not. Is this blog worth your time? Is it worth thinking about? Who is this guy that I should let his words into my head anyway?
Freedonomics is the study of making better choices so you can take back responsibility for your own mental, physical, spiritual, financial, relational and social freedom. It is about being more aware of the things that compete for and even steal your freedom away.
Micro-freedonomics is about the little things that steal our freedom day in and day out. For example, do you think this post sucks? I hope not, but if so, why are you still reading it? Shut it down and move on to some more productive pursuit. If you’re still reading, you’ve just made a proactive, micro-freedonomic decision that your time is worth investing here.
Macro-freedonomics is about the big decisions we make in the ebb and flow of our lives. The decisions that have long-term and far reaching consequences on our freedom. Should I get married? Should I take this job? Should I buy this house? Should I keep this friendship?
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