Philosophy

Working definition of ressentiment — a stew of envy and self-loathing that has curdled for a long time. Part of the Encroaching Darkness series.

James Lindsay and I had two conversations about postmodernism and critical theory, hosted by Michael O’Fallon: The Seeds of Collectivism.Encroaching Darkness.

I was jointly interviewed by two smart younger guys, Truman of Return to Reason and Kevin of Engineering Politics: What are the major differences between Karl Marx’s socialism and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s socialism? Is Rousseau really more important than Marx in today’s culture wars? What does being an adult mean, now that we’re so rich and

Sprouts educational animators and Professor Stephen Hicks collaborated to produce this 3-part series on Nietzsche’s analysis of master/slave psychologies and moralities. Here’s the seven-minute Part 3:

Reviving this conversation with Ron Renaud on what matters from the history of philosophy, what’s up with the chaos at universities, and subjectivity vs. objectivity Related: Stephen Hicks in conversation with Jordan Peterson (U. of Toronto), John Anderson (former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia), and the Triggernometry duo, Francis and Konstantin (London, England).

Destructive body virus unleashed upon the world: Covid 2020.Destructive mind virus unleashed upon the world: Pomo 1960. Simultaneously, each denies/destroys the other: Pomo rejects the objectivity of biological cause-and-effect claims, and Covid-19 encourages those who wish to live to re-think their pomo skepticism.

By Stephen R. C. Hicks The many Scrooges // Robin Hood analogy // Scrooge as villain of Socialism // as anti-Christian // as Savvy Investor // as Environmentalist // as Malthusian // as anti-Commercialization // Scrooge’s Aristotelian hero’s journey We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Or do we? Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol