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Reason, Purpose and Self-Esteem: Keys to a Better Life and Society

Posted December 16, 2020 • 00:54:35

Recorded live as part of Ayn Rand Conference Europe 2020.

How Did Freedom Fare in the Supreme Court This Year? (2018) with Amy Peikoff, Larry Salman, Steve Simpson

Posted December 9, 2020 • 01:31:01

Gay wedding cakes. Compulsory union dues. Mandatory disclosures for pregnancy centers. Police searches of cell phone records. These are just a few of...

Music in Stone: Architecture and Sense of Life by Barry Wood

Posted December 2, 2020 • 01:00:56

Architecture is in a class of its own among the arts, combining utilitarian function and expressive power. How, though, can a building, which is nonrepresentational,...

“Crypto Currencies” Panacea or Ponzi Scheme–or Neither? by Jim Brown, Lars Christensen, Carter Laren, Lawrence White

Posted November 25, 2020 • 01:20:36

Bitcoin. Ethereum. Litecoin. Ripple. These and other digital currencies have fired the imagination of free-market advocates. Can crypto currencies replace...

Creativity Comes from the Subconscious — or Does It? by Edwin A. Locke

Posted November 18, 2020 • 01:12:38

This talk argues that the prime mover in creativity is the conscious mind even though the subconscious plays a critical role. The conscious aspect includes:...