How long does one need to work, on average, to afford a given thing? Measuring the (mostly) falling costs of various goods across time.
Most stuff is getting cheaper: Cost of goods measured in labor time needed to buy Read More »
Plato’s Idealism: “If we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself … no pure knowledge is possible in the company of the body … so long as we are alive, we shall continue closest to knowledge if
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15-lecture series by Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University. Part Nine: Pragmatism and Education. What did the great Pragmatist philosophers, and John Dewey in particular, believe and how they apply it to education? Previous lectures in the series: Part One: Introduction: What is the purpose of education, and what is philosophy’s relevance? Part Two: Reality:
Education Theory 9: Pragmatism and John Dewey Read More »
Excerpt from Charles Taylor on Sebastian Haffner’s memoir Defying Hitler, including his experience as a law student early in the National Socialist regime. If by now the incidents that follow are familiar—the intimidation, the erosion of press freedom, violence in the streets, people fleeing or attempting to flee—it’s their novelty to Haffner that carries the
On self-dissolution under the Nazis — a student’s memoir Read More »
I’m speaking to students today at a high school in Wisconsin, and using this chart comparing the top ten in year 2000 with the top ten in 2020. Also this from professor Steven Rogers; My theme for the students is: You are the entrepreneur of your life. That’s good news — let the adventure begin.
Churn in top 10 of Fortune 500 companies Read More »
More information forthcoming, but for my friends in South America here is the rough itinerary: São Paulo, April 7-9 Porto Alegre: April 10-12 Buenos Aires: April 13-17 Related: the pages with my writings translated into Portuguese and into Spanish.
Argentina and Brazil lecture tour, April 2022 Read More »
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
Clear and concise statement by B.J. Dichter, one of the organizers and spokesmen, of what the trucker protesters want. Hosted on JBP’s channel.
Trucker spokesman BJ Dichter on what they do and don’t want Read More »