One morning a mother called into her son’s bedroom: “Wake up, it’s time to go to school!” The son grumbled, “I don’t want to go.” “Tell me two reasons why you don’t want to,” the mother said. “The kids hate me,” the son said, “and the teachers hate me too!” “Oh come on,” the mother […]
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Interviewer Mark Michael Lewis and I had an extended conversation about philosophy and its applications to education, business ethics, postmodernism, and entrepreneurship. The ten topics: 1. How I first read Rand and Mises [1:44 minutes] 2. Why one should always take arguments at their best [10:15] 3. Why many philosophers are politically left [16:00] 4.
Ten topics in applied Objectivism — interviewed by Mark Michael Lewis Read More »
How much time should one dedicate to one’s university schedule? Being a university student is in part preparation for a career. So a helpful method is to schedule yourself as a serious person with a career does. On average professionals work 45 hours a week. (Early-stage professionals such as doctors, lawyers, teachers, and entrepreneurs typically
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My lecture on “Progress and Betrayal — Latin American Intellectuals and the Difference between North and Latin American Economies” is up at YouTube: Thanks again to Federico Fernandez and the Bases Foundation for making this 2016 event possible.
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Brett Veinotte interviewed me on postmodernism and its implications and impact on education. After some significant context-setting, the interview portion with me starts around the 28-minute mark. The book discussed is here in various editions and translations. My lecture on philosophy of education and postmodernism is here.
School Sucks podcast on education and pomo Read More »
Kevin Currie-Knight pointed me to this Atlantic article by Susan Engel, in which Engel notes: “Many teachers are pressured to treat pleasure and joy as the enemies of competence and responsibility.” That perverse duality pervades so much of education historically and today. I’m reminded of John Locke’s hopeful musing in the 1690s on how best
Joy in education — Susan Engel asks why it’s missing Read More »
Educating a child is a hugely philosophical project. How does one become a fully-functional adult with a zest for all that life has to offer—and acquire the knowledge, skills, and habits to pursue it? Homework, traditionally conceived, is not part of the answer. And when we consider the sadly large number of young people who
Against Homework [Good Life series] Read More »
Things have only gotten worse on campuses in the last five years. But Nick Gillespie’s interview of the excellent Kors on “Campus Speech Codes, Libertarianism, & The Case for the Humanities” is timelessly relevant.
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