On the intellectual weakness but institutional destructiveness of Critical Race Theory: Judge Richard Posner wrote this strong review (PDF) of two law professors’ Beyond All Reason. Farber and Sherry’s is one of four books that I recommend frequently for those studying the postmodern challenge in specific intellectual areas: * Literature: John Ellis, Literature Lost: Social […]
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We’re posting serially the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the 18th. My second discussion with Professor Peterson ranges over postmodernism, language, power, and what makes for a genuine education. Open College podcast published a 40-minute audio excerpt of the discussion; the full video discussion is available at Dr. Peterson’s site. Here is a
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Here’s a link to my panel discussion on Critical Race Theory and Pipeline Cyber-Threats and Politics. Vickie Oddino hosted me and economist Richard Salsman. I contrast individualist anti-racism to the new Postmodern- and Critical-Theory-derived strategies. Along the way I discuss these three revealing descriptions of (1) postmodern anti-individualism, (2) the structural part of “structural racism”,
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This week in the Atlas Intellectuals course on Capitalism we consider the continuing impact of Vladimir Lenin’s Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. We here summarize Lenin’s “Preface,” in which he presents his core themes. The full course: https://www.atlassociety.org/course/capitalism. Other Atlas Intellectuals courses on Socialism, Objectivity, Money, Robotics, and more: https://www.atlassociety.org/atlas-university/atlas-intellectuals
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Here are the seven standard diagnostic criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder. If five are met the full diagnosis of NPD is warranted. As you read through the list of seven, keep in mind your image of the stereotypical social justice warrior type. 1. Believe they are “special” 2. Sense of entitlement 3. Envious of others
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Stephen R. C. Hicks Traducido al español por Fermín Elizalde. Artículo original en inglés y Kindle. Introducción: los negocios y la sociedad libre Los defensores de la sociedad libre piensan en los negocios como una parte integral de la sociedad dinámica y progresista que defienden. En Occidente, el surgimiento de una cultura hospitalaria para los
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Sebastian Lenk is a smart student in Germany, and he invited me to this conversation at his new podcast series, available on a variety of platforms via this link at his site. “I invite Stephen Hicks for a thought-provoking discussion on the post-enlightenment evolution of philosophy.“
Sebastian Lenk and me on post-Enlightenment philosophy Read More »
… and while I have some follow-up beseechings and complaints, I am pleased also to get emails like this from a student in my Bio-medical Ethics course:
Semester’s over and final grades are in … Read More »