Liberal education under threat. Guided by moderator Ravi Lakhani (London, UK) , Professor Louis Marinoff (New York, USA) and I had a lively exchange diagnosing and offering solutions to the attacks. The description: “Historically, universities are bastions of academic freedom. They are melting pots where ideas battle for supremacy. With the rise of cancel-culture and […]
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I’ll be moderating a panel of heavy hitters on the theme of The Rise of Authoritarianism. Psychologist Jay Friedman (Manhattan College), philosopher David Kelley (Ph.D., Princeton University), and economist Richard Salsman (Duke University) will take up what authoritarianism is, whether it’s an increasing threat, if so why, and what we should do to advance genuine
Authoritarianism panel tomorrow: Kelley, Friedenberg, Salsman Read More »
Alex Levy is a smart young philosopher in Mexico associated with Cuidad de Los Ideas. Our long-form conversation published this month: Apple, YouTube, Spotify. HIGHLIGHTS (1:40) What does philosophy mean to you? (4:15) How do you approach philosophy and big thinkers with big ideas? (6:35) W.T. Jones – A History of Western Philosophy (8:24) Do
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I’ll be co-speaking with philosopher Lou Marinoff at this London-based virtual event hosted by Vichaar Manthan. Thursday at 1 pm Central. Description: Historically, universities are bastions of academia. They are melting pots where ideas battle for supremacy. With the rise of cancel-culture and no-platforming, are we creating a generation unwilling to face uncomfortable truths? The
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A strong claim from historian of science Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: “Every civilization of which we have records has possessed a technology, an art, a religion, a political system, laws, and so on. In many cases those facets of civilization have been as developed as our own. But only the civilizations that
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I was long-form interviewed by Ryan Faulkner-Hogg of Atlas Geographica on this range of topics:: Introduction: 00:00 Aesthetics: 03:04 Do You Practice Art? 08:33 Modern “analytic” art, Modern “pessimist/expressionist” art, & Postmodern “deconstructive” art 10:24 Duchamp’s urinal 32:25 Objectivism v. Subjectivism: 39:30 BLM (benevolent v. Trojan Horse versions) & Marxism: 52:57 Hicks’s Formative Years: 1:00:00
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Transcript of Sargon of Akkad’s (a.k.a. Carl Benjamin) interview with Stephen Hicks.
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Waterfall is a guided series of courses for everyone interested in issues upon which Objectivism has something distinctive and important to say. The second course: Socialism. Examine the aspirations, arguments, strategies, and disasters of socialist theory and practice—as well as explore the strongest criticisms of socialism. Authors include Ayn Rand, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Robert
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