In this unit of Atlas University’s course on Socialism: Rand analyzes a major shift in leftist strategy—the narrative shift from Old Left to New Left defenses of socialism as the ultimate moral system. Their fundamental principles of “mysticism-altruism-collectivism” have not changed—rather the New Left is “cruder and more honest” in its explicit goals and practical
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“This excellent little volume, by an objectivist philosopher possessed of acute understanding and broad learning, asks and answers two pertinent questions: First, why have ‘postmodernist’ intellectuals of the kind you find in English departments and Women Studies programs, but not the Chemistry department, rejected Enlightenment belief in reason while embracing epistemological relativism and metaphysical nihilism
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Silicon Valley entrepreneur and MIT and Harvard graduate John Chisholm wrote this public letter. Re-posted here with permission. In the last few days, I have heard from more alumni (and non-alumni) than I can recall at any time since my term as alumni president/chair. Their reaction to the cancellation of Professor Abbot’s Carlson Lecture ranges
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A link to our full conversation during the summer of 2021. We discussed Dr. Rectenwald’s Springtime for Snowflakes, along with my Explaining Postmodernism, and this series of topics: 00:00 Intro 00:51 Is the current contemporary left Rousseauian? 03:56 Anti-reason, anti-truth movement 06:39 Postmodernism as a crisis of faith in Marxism 12:05 Herbert Marcuse & the
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Lucro: bueno, malo y obsceno Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. A nadie le gusta perder dinero, pero el lucro genera actitudes polarizadas. Como ocurre con la mayoría de los fenómenos con carga moral—la competencia, la riqueza, la pobreza, la propiedad—lograr superar las discusiones confusas, requiere algunas distinciones sutiles. Para más artículos en español: https://www.stephenhicks.org/espanol/ Original article in
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“The number of men enrolled at two- and four-year colleges has fallen behind women by record levels, in a widening education gap across the U.S.” “A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’” More at The Wall Street Journal. Two thoughts: This is a bad thing. Boys and young men
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Selected U.S. statistics: 73.1 life expectancy at birth for women in 1960 79.7 life expectancy at birth for women in 1999 80.5 life expectancy at birth for women in 2020 66.6 life expectancy at birth for men in 1960 74.1 life expectancy at birth for men in 1999 75.1 life expectancy at birth for men
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Compare these two lists of Top Ten corporations in the United States, 2000 on the left and 2020 on the right: 8 out of 10 companies dropped out of the list, replaced by new companies, most of which had only come into existence in this generation.
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