There's a lot of fear floating around the homestead community lately. 

In today's episode I'll share my history with paranoia, how it ultimately will hurt your homestead, and why I no longer subscribe to fear-based homesteading.

Podcast Episode Highlights

• Thoughts about the term' homestead'
• Concerns about current shifts in what 'homestead' means
• Why I think fear has creeped into the homestead movement
• My background with paranoia-based culture
• Cycles, perspectives, and a closer look at history
• Reading suggestions
• Preparedness and pleasure vs. fear and panic
• Confirmation bias and issues with social media
• Occam's razor principle
• Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
• Final thoughts on being aware and asking questions

Podcast Episode Resources and Links Mentioned

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