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Why Steve Jobs hated school, and how not to sabotage the young future entrepreneurs of the world

Reprising this opening to my essay “How Can We Make Entrepreneurs?”: “As a kid, Steve Jobs hated school. Many of us can relate, even if we are not brilliant business innovators. School bored the young Jobs painfully, and he reacted by engaging in acts of disobedience and defiance. ‘I was pretty bored in school,’ he …

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Interview with director Jeffrey van Davis on Heidegger and Nazism

Reprising this earlier post about Only a God Can Save Us, and my 40-minute interview with van Davis about his documentary on philosopher Martin Heidegger’s involvement with National Socialism: Part 1: Part 2 is here: See also Chapter Three of Explaining Postmodernism. Related:

Apology of Socrates | Plato | *Philosophers, Explained* by Professor Stephen Hicks

Who are the great philosophers, and what makes them great? Episodes: The full playlist. Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian …

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Las sociedades Capitalistas Liberales son aburridas [Liberalism: Pro & Con en Español]

Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. EN CONTRA Argumento 6: Las sociedades Capitalistas …

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Today: The Philosophy of History with Stephen Hicks & Robert Tracinski

Join The Atlas Society for a special webinar discussion with Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks and Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski on Wednesday, March 15 @ 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET where the duo will discuss the philosophy of history and explain the questions: What causes historical change? What’s the role of ideas, knowledge institutions, or …

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Coming soon in Milwaukee: Stephen Hicks Speaks at University of Wisconsin

Atlas Society Senior Scholar and renowned philosopher, Dr. Stephen Hicks will travel to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on March 28th to speak at an open event hosted by the university’s Turning Point USA Chapter. His topic is: Good Woke, Bad Woke (Our Debates Over Liberty, Equality, and Progress).‍ All are more than welcome to attend. The …

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The Rise of Authoritarianism Panel [In case you missed it]

Related: Close readings of authoritarian thinkers in the Philosophers, Explained series: Hegel, Gentile and Mussolini, Marx and Engels, Heidegger, Dugin, Nietzsche.

Is Alexander Dugin Fascist, Neo-Marxist, or What? — Professor Hicks lecture in Gdánsk, Poland now online

33-minute lecture delivered by Dr. Stephen Hicks at the Museum of World War II, December 2022: Related: Martin Heidegger (“What Is Metaphysics?”) and Alexander Dugin (“Fascism—Borderless and Red”) in the Philosophers, Explained series.

Next week: The Philosophy of History with Stephen Hicks & Robert Tracinski

Join The Atlas Society for a special webinar discussion with Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks and Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski on Wednesday, March 15 @ 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET where the duo will discuss the philosophy of history and explain the questions: What causes historical change? What’s the role of ideas, knowledge institutions, or …

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Tomorrow in Chicago: Jefferson Dinner with Stephen Hicks

Get your tickets today at Reliance College’s site. Live in or near the Chicago area? You’re invited to join Professor Stephen Hicks, Ph.D., for a night of ideas and discussion on the topic “What Entrepreneurial Education Is and Why We Need it Now.” Hosted by Reliance College, a new liberal arts college — opening September …

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