We’re now posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the sixteenth: Socialism is partly an ethos, and partly it’s politics. The ethos is that you belong to a social unit, not an individual self; your allegiance, your values, and in some cases, your identity comes from being a part of […]
Stephen Hicks Interview with Glenn Beck [Open College transcript] Read More »
I approve of this message. [Thanks to A.H. for the meme-reminder.]
Racism: scale perspective Read More »
I will be a guest, along with the excellent Marian Tupy, on the TASA show hosted by Jennifer Grossman. The positive data on human progress are overwhelming. Yet so many are pessimistic. Is it simple ignorance of the data? Is it that bad news drowns out the good? Is it that we’ve made only technical
Marian Tupy (Cato) and Human Progress: TASA conversation upcoming Read More »
My “What Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us All About Life,” originally published in The Wall Street Journal, has been re-published at The Atlas Society’s site. Thanks to editor Marilyn Moore for selecting it.
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“It is not as easy as you imagine to be a pure egoist, and none such have ever succeeded. The apparent egoism of great nations and of great men is the inevitable sternness with which anyone who has his life fixed on some undertaking must bear himself. When we are really going to do something
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The transcript of my discussion with Sargon of Akkad follows the embedded video. Understanding Postmodernism with Professor Stephen Hicks Transcript of Sargon of Akkad’s (a.k.a. Carl Benjamin) interview with Stephen Hicks, June 2018 Questions What inspired you to write a book explaining postmodernism? Military history suggests that pomo is an attack strategy—is it?
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Dr. Jane Clare Jones seems like a nice, intelligent person, but my tweet about the ethos of the Intellectual Dark Web prompted a strongly negative response and this chain of exchanges: Dr. Jones replied: I responded, as did she: And with a helpful clarification that she also disagrees with the authoritarian Left: Me on the
Dr. Jane Clare Jones, the Intellectual Dark Web, and me Read More »
Sure will be interesting to see how these two new stories play out in the Gray Lady’s soul: 1. Baseball player with history of racist tweets. Apologizes. Milwaukee fans’ reactions. NYT publishes *scorching* response. 2. A week later, NYT editorial-board hire with history of racist tweets. Doesn’t apologize. NYT expresses *understanding*. Bad behavior all around,
White and Anti-White Racism at *The New York Times* Read More »