An hour and twenty minute conversation I had with Benjamin Boyce about the Evergreen protests and their roots in postmodernism.
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My subscribers at thinkspot can join me on Wednesday, December 18th at 7:00 Central Time for my first premium livestream lecture. Theme: Are campus activists “snowflakes”? Or motivated to protect the frail and the vulnerable? Or is neither true, and a calculated strategy being leveraged? “Bootleggers and Baptists” is a political-economic catchphrase about how apparently
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In olden times, the headline would be: “Religious Professor Ejects Student for Stating There Is Only One, Natural World.” Now we get: Feminist Professor Ejects Student from Class for Stating There are Only Two Genders Such progress.
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I’m optimistic about young people and market feedback loops. One minute excerpted from my 2019 conversation at JBP’s site.
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My second discussion with Professor Peterson ranges over postmodernism, language, power, and what makes for a genuine education. (To skip the first intro., go to 4:35 in the video.) A podcast version is here. Our first discussion (2017) is here at YouTube or here in transcription.
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Bjorn Lomborg’s diagnosis: “Decades of climate-change exaggeration in the West have produced frightened children, febrile headlines, and unrealistic political promises. The world needs a cooler approach that addresses climate change smartly without scaring us needlessly and that pays heed to the many other challenges facing the planet.” Decades indeed. Ten years ago: “One in Three
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[Por Stephen R. C. Hicks. A translation by Fermin Elizalde of “Why Postmoderns Train—Not Educate—Activists,” James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, March 2019.] He aquí por qué adoctrinar a los niños tiene mucho sentido para los posmodernistas. La mayoría de nosotros encontramos adoctrinadores pasados de moda en nuestra educación. Los adoctrinadores piensan de esta
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… that it’s come to this: Politicians feel they can/must nudge them or coerce them into basic intellectual civility. The President of the United States uses the financial big stick: “Many have become increasingly hostile to the First Amendment and free speech. Under the guise of speech codes, safe spaces, and trigger warnings, these universities
Universities should be deeply embarrassed … Read More »