Here are this weeks editions of the podcasts I try to listen to each week.
Philosophy in Action – Dr. Diana Hsieh and Greg Perkins take on questions on marriage vows, animals as property, the problem of overwork, and more.
Peikoff.com Episode 317 – Dr Yaron Brook answers questions on antisemitism, Switzerland, high-speed stock trading, and whether bitcoin or an equivalent could be put on a gold standard.
I am continuing to work on the classes I mentioned last week, primarily on
Here are this weeks editions of the podcasts I try to listen to each week.
Philosophy in Action – Dr. Diana Hsieh and Greg Perkins take on questions on Objectivism as a closed system, buying books containing military secrets, and giving back an engagement ring.
Peikoff.com Episode 316 – Dr Leonard Peikoff answers questions about the morality of buying sex, the value of animals (pets) to human beings, and telling
One drawback to being busy at work is I have been able neither to post much nor even to listen to the podcasts I like. Now that my schedule is evening out, I am able to fit them in again.
Philosophy in Action – This week Dr. Diana Hsieh talks about evolution’s ethical implications, body image, studying theology and more.
Peikoff.com: Episode 315 – This week Yaron Brook answers questions on Bitcoin, inflation from Quantitative Easing, China, and more.
I am also making an effort to
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:
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
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.Here are this week’s episodes from the Objectivism related podcasts I try to listen to. They are all great sources of information and insight on applying objectivist principles to everyday life.
Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh