I was very pleased yesterday when I saw a link for a new talk from one of my favorite speakers, Eric Daniels. In this video of a talk from OCON 2015, he discusses the problems he sees in science education today, the historical roots of those problems, and potential solutions to them.
He gives a quote from an historian that summarizes one way in which science education has gone wrong.
In the relatively short time between 1893 and 1920, the justification for science in the curriculum had shifted
The Ayn Rand Institute has been publishing a number of video recently of lectures given on various topics, the most recent being a talk by Adam Mossoff on property rights. In this fascinating talk he discusses how the concept of the right to property arose, reaching its peak in the early to mid 19th century in the United States and how since that time these rights have been protected less and less.
This is an area I have been particularly interested in over the past few years, having come
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.
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:
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
Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 296
There are tons of great lectures and presentations available from the Ayn Rand estore. This week I have been listening to:
While listening to a lecture by Eric Daniels, The History of America – Part 4: The Industrial Republic, 1877-1920, I was intrigued by a topic he mentioned so I looked up the speech he was referring to.
The speech Acres of Diamonds by Christian minister Russell H. Conwell is concerned with, essentially, encouraging people to become successful by their own efforts, wherever they happen to be. While I don’t agree with all that is in the speech, the view of wealth and the wealthy it expresses
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
Yaron Brook on Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 292 – More Foreign Policy Questions
I have also been listening to recorded lectures available from the Ayn Rand estore. This week I have been listening to:
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 Radio with Dr. Diana Hsieh
Philosophy in Action with Dr. Diana Hsieh
Dr. Leonard Peikoff’s Podcast – Episode 290
I have also been listening to a variety of lectures available from the Ayn Rand estore.