Waterfall is a guided series of courses for everyone interested in issues upon which Objectivism has something distinctive and important to say. The first course: Money. Examine the essential role that money plays in production, trade, and investment with thinkers such as Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises as your guide—as well as explore the hostility […]
Mises’s “The Theory of Money and Credit” [Waterfall] Read More »
Two intelligent, non-professional responses to my book Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. A study in contrast — content, method, and civility. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast. Bitchute: http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast. Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2. SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast/ep-25-thales-revolution. Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks. Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast. Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw The mentioned Cato Unbound articles on Kant and Classical Liberalism: https://www.stephenhicks.org/2017/09/20/immanual-kant-versus-liberalism-my-three-posts-collected/ Contact Dr. Hicks
Defending *Explaining Postmodernism*: Cuck and Multiversity [Open College podcast] Read More »
“One does not make a revolution by halves … . We must not only punish traitors, but all people who are not enthusiastic.”
Saint-Just at *The New York Times* Read More »
We’re posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the sixth: OC6: Nietzsche’s Sister and The Will to Power. “The story of The Will to Power all by itself has the makings of a dramatic documentary film. It has this tormented genius, Friedrich Nietzsche, already recognized as one of the great
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The American Founders sign the Declaration in Philadelphia. Adam Smith of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, publishes The Wealth of Nations. In Paris, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier demonstrates the composition of air. In Salzburg, 20-year-old Mozart begins work on Piano Concerto No. 9. The Bolshoi Ballet is founded in Moscow. What a year.
1776 in Moscow, Paris, Salzburg, Philadephia, and Kirkcaldy Read More »
RESCHEDULED FOR JULY 17. In May, I led a discussion with the Atlas Intellectuals on George Orwell’s review of The Totalitarian Enemy. The question Orwell asked was: Are the Nazis really Socialist? I’m returning to the group on Friday, JulY 17 at 2 pm CT to discuss the new Waterfall campaign on Objectivity, beginning with
TAS livestream upcoming on Mill, Objectivity, and Liberal Education Read More »
Waterfall is a guided series of courses for everyone interested in issues upon which Objectivism has something distinctive and important to say. The first course: Money. Examine the essential role that money plays in production, trade, and investment with thinkers such as Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises as your guide—as well as explore the hostility
Rand’s “Francisco’s Money Speech” [Waterfall] Read More »
Happily, due to the volume of very good questions I’ve been getting, I’m doing regular Q&A livestream sessions at thinkspot. The next one (free) is July 11 at noon Central. It will be an open session focusing on the questions (so far) about toppling statues, violence from Right and Left, free will, Marxism, BLM, and
July 11 free Q&A at thinkspot Read More »