After listening to a number of videos by Yaron Brook on Vimeo (links are here) I came across another video featuring Dr. Eric Daniels, another of my favorite speakers. He gives a great historical perspective on how capitalism is viewed and how it should be viewed.
Eric Daniels: The Revolutionary Case for Capitalism from The Undercurrent on Vimeo.
So work has been pretty danged crazy this past month, not leaving me much time to put anything up on the blog.
Things are finally starting to calm down some, so hopefully I will have time to work up some new posts. I do have some ideas I hope to develop in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, here are a few videos from Yaron Brook, one of my favorite speakers.
Yaron Brook from Chicago Ideas Week on Vimeo.
In searching through Youtube for more presentations from Dr. Eric Daniels I found his presentation from the 21 Convention in Austin, TX. In it he describes the idea, and changes in this idea, of the self-made man in American history. Definitely worth the hour to watch it.
http://www.youtube.com/v/RTXab_Fp3bM?autoplay=0One of my favorite discoveries since I began studying objectivism is historian Dr. Eric Daniels. I first encountered him via lectures on various aspects of American history. (Links to them below the video.)
This video is a presentation he did in 2010 on the morality of the free market at TEDxGreenvile.
Lectures by Dr. Eric Daniels:
Who would have thought that Senator Sanders (I-VT) hates young people? That is the only conclusion I can make from his recent op-ed advocating an increase to the immoral and impractical minimum wage, which will result in higher youth unemployment which in turn tends to trap them in poverty.
Man is called the rational animal, meaning his mind, his ability to think, is his sole means of survival. One only has to look around to see that everything that enables a man to live as a man required someone
A link to one of these videos came across my timeline today, so I thought I would share all three parts of the interview in one place. This is a slightly different topic than Yaron’s usual interviews and presentations, health and how Ayn Rand’s philosophy applies to it.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
[Author’s note: I almost did not complete this post as Ari Armstrong at The Objective Standard posted a couple articles (here and here) that cover the much same ground, but I decided that it was worth doing my version to continue my efforts to improve my writing.]
The internet is on fire these days with the recent suspension by A&E of Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson. The suspension was triggered by his comments during an interview with GQ magazine. The
Recently the Vermont GOP held a gala event featuring New Jersey Governor Christ Christie. While the press was barred from the event, a couple of articles (they are available here and here) are available from people apparently at the event that gives some idea of what took place. These two articles highlight the real problem faced by the Republican party.
After recent election losses and receiving most of the blame for the government shutdown,
A capture of Yaron Brook’s brief 20 minute talk today at The New York Meeting. He spoke and answered questions on inequality and why attempting to achieve equality of outcome or opportunity is both impossible and immoral. Was great to hear the great positive response from the audience.
http://www.youtube.com/v/VJaWNFWcUs4?autoplay=0 Captured with Microsoft’s Expression Encoder from the live presentation via LiveStream.In today’s local paper, the front page contained a story about an upcoming debate about private schools vs public schools taking place next week. Sadly the debate topic is something of a false alternative: Should Vermont school districts use tax money to fund public schools or pay tuition to private schools? Obviously missing is the idea that tax money should not be used at all for education and that government has no legitimate role in education.
What peaked my attention though was a quote