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April 14, 2022
“Socialism: Impractical & Immoral”: Students for Liberty with Stephen Hicks [In Case You Missed It]
Atlas Society Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks & Elizabeth Hayes of Students For Liberty Discuss The Immorality & Impracticality of Socialism. What is Socialism? Is it moral or immoral? What explains its continued popularity despite its history of failures? Recorded in Washington, DC, Professor Hicks responds to interviewer Elizabeth Hayes in this interview. Related: “The Crisis …
April 13, 2022
TODAY: The Anti-Capitalism Course: “Next Generation Socialism?”
With Stephen Hicks, Ph.D The fourth session of The Anti-Capitalism Course will be “Next Generation Socialism?” Link to register for the session at Kazm. Reading in preparation for the session: Robert Heilbroner, “Socialism” (1993). And for the ambitious, Heilbroner’s earlier “What Is Socialism?”, Dissent Magazine (1978). You can also check out the first three sessions at Kazm.
April 12, 2022
“Friedrich Nietzsche in Three Parts” — Sprouts Schools animation
Trailer/excerpt here. From the description: “Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher and cultural critic whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual history. Unfortunately, Nietzsche was often misunderstood, demonized, and later misused by the Nazis. “Many of you repeatedly asked us to cover Nietzsche’s thought-provoking ideas. We very lucky to have collaborated on …
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April 11, 2022
Today: Brazil: Fórum da Liberdade: Voçê é Livre para Discordar?
My talk on the theme: Are the Culture Wars the new Cold War? 6:15 PM (BR) Inscrição (link to site).
Mis artículos en español (My articles in Spanish): “El populismo triunfa donde falla la educación”
El populismo triunfa donde falla la educación Por Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D. Para Hicks, estas escuelas de pensamiento están en constante conflicto. Por un lado, se encuentran los ídolos del sistema educativo de América Latina: Rousseau, Marx, Hegel, Heidegger, Foucault, Sartre, Kant, Nietzsche y Derrida. Por el otro, tenemos a Bacon, Locke, Newton, Smith, …
April 10, 2022
On big egos and small egos
Most people accused of having big egos have, in fact, small and fragile egos. Don’t let little-ego stop you. Unleash your big-ego — the one that thinks ambitiously, faces facts, admits mistakes, and goes for it—it being the best version of you possible. Related: “What Entrepreneurship Can Teach Us about Life.” The Wall Street Journal.
Question: How Can I Find My Own Voice? [Philosophy for Real Life, 21 of 22] Stephen Hicks
Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. “Postmodernism”. My favorite artist? I cheat and name five. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond …
April 9, 2022
Art and Ideas: Michael Newberry & Stephen Hicks [In Case You Missed It]
Stephen Hicks with TAS CEO Jennifer Grossman and artist Michael Newberry. Newberry is a neo-romanticist painter based in Idyllwild, California. He blends a variety of influences, notably Rembrandt and the French Impressionists, and is the author of the outstanding new book Evolution Through Art. Related: Professor Hicks’s classic essay, “Why Art Became Ugly.” And this …
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Tomorrow: “Democracy and Freedom — Compatible?” talk upcoming at Conferēncia Atlantos, Brazil
I will be speaking (in English!) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, tomorrow afternoon.
Today: “Democracy and Freedom — Compatible?” talk upcoming at Conferēncia Atlantos, Brazil
I will be speaking (in English!) in Porto Alegre, Brazil, TODAY.
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