Elan Journo interviews Peter Schwartz about his book “The Tyranny of Need,” and the rational alternative to the prevailing morality of self-sacrifice. Recorded January 26, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5cJ1X-j_JI
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With hospitals once again overburdened amid the pandemic, Ben Bayer and Elan Journo discuss the strains and "moral distress" felt by healthcare workers, driving some to quit the profession. Recorded January 19, 2022. https://youtu.be/3_H6UYXzAyU
What does it mean to be “selfish”? Being “selfish” is the easiest thing in the world, many people believe, since it means being thoughtless, emotion-driven, predatory. The terms “selfish” or “egoistic” bring to mind the image of an unscrupulous, deformed character. Think of the jerks, crooks, and villains of novels, movies, and TV — and … Continue reading Can an Egoist Be Virtuous?
The highly trafficked “Philosophies for Life” Youtube channel released a video attempting to distill “9 Life Lessons from Ayn Rand.” The 25 minute video has gained more than 44,000 views so far: how well does it succeed at its goal? Compared to how Rand is often treated by professional intellectuals, the video is remarkable for … Continue reading What “9 Life Lessons from Ayn Rand” Gets Right (and Wrong)
The magazine Quillette has gained prominence as a home for “free thought” and bills itself as relying “on reason, science, and humanism as our guiding values.” How has the magazine approached the 20th century’s leading philosophic advocate of reason, Ayn Rand? Recently, it ran a piece about Rand that flouts its own guiding values and … Continue reading Quillette’s Anti-Intellectual Treatment of Ayn Rand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBmk_90W5gA Onkar Ghate and Elan Journo sit down with John McWhorter, author of Woke Racism, about his new book. Recorded December 1, 2021. Photo by Victor on Unsplash
The prominent conservative intellectual Jonah Goldberg went out of his way recently to set the record straight: he’s definitely no fan of Ayn Rand. This was prompted by questions he received after an episode of FX’s drama Impeachment depicted his apartment as including a poster of the cover of Atlas Shrugged. What are Goldberg’s reasons? … Continue reading What Jonah Goldberg’s Rejection of Ayn Rand Reveals
“White supremacy” defines our society. Our nation’s founding was actually in 1619 with the coming of the first ship carrying African slaves. If you’re “white,” check your “privilege.” The sheer fact of disparate outcomes in schools is obvious proof of racism. To deny that you’re complicit in racism only proves that you are. Such ideas … Continue reading The New Religion of “Woke”
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