If all Marxists were as pro free speech as Brendan O’Neil, we’d probably be more favorably disposed towards them, but unfortunately these days, Brendan is an outlier. ~Independent Man Read more »
My Favourite Marxist
The Freedom of Speech and the Right to Offend
The Motion: This House Believes the Right to Free Speech Always Includes the Right to Offend. Read more »
How to Spot Politically & Financially Motivated Science
Here is how to spot politically and/or financially motivated science, which is science that furthers political and/or financial agendas and interests. Motivated science could be used as propaganda for an agenda, or could be supported by propaganda in the form of advertising and media coverage, to ensure financial and other forms of gain. “The product of scientific achievements should be for sale. The scientist should not.” ~A.E. Samaan True science […] Read more »
Brendan O’Neill: The Problem with Equality
“Equality is about unleashing people’s potential, not shackling them.” ~Brendan O’Neill Excerpted from a Battle of Ideas Forum in 2012. Read more »
Identity Politics is Narcissism – author Joanna Williams at the Battle of Ideas
Joanna Williams is author of “Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity: Confronting the Fear of Knowledge” and “Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can’t Be Bought”, and other books. She is also Director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Kent, UK and Education Editor for Spiked Online. Read more »
Brendan O’Neill: Identity Politics is fragile, needy, and intolerant
Brendan O’Neill discusses why identity politics reinforces a fragile, needy, and intolerant sense of identity and self. Read more »
Jordan Peterson: A history lesson for political radicals
Hate speech laws criminalizes people’s right to open dialogue on sensitive issues, which not only violates our right to free speech, it also cultivates fringe hate groups, while removing our ability to learn how to stand up for our personal values as mature human beings. We absolutely need free speech and the ability to offend others, so that we can encourage dialogue about difficult and emotionally charged topics. Such dialogues […] Read more »
Joe Rogan Experience #877 – Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. ~Joe Rogan Experience Read more »
The Gulag Archipelago and The Wisdom of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
In this video we examine some of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s fascinating insights on communism, the nature of evil and the power of truth. ~Academy of Ideas Read more »
How the brain works with PTSD & Trauma
Aline and I are available for sessions with those who are suffering from trauma, PTSD, and CPTSD, as we utilize the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT / Meridian Tapping) to neutralize the core memories and re-pattern them so that they are no longer felt in the body, but just a memory. If you are interested, or know somebody who might be, please contact us, or refer them to us. https://youtu.be/HQZnlyPFMas Read more »
Carl Jung and The Achievement of Personality
In this video we examine a chapter from Carl Jung’s Collected Works in which he investigates the achievement of personality, describing it as: “the prototype of the only meaningful life, that is, of a life that strives for the individual realization of its own law.” ~Academy of Ideas How to Support the Academy of Ideas: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/academyofideas PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/academyofideas Carl Jung and The Shadow: https://gum.co/jung-shadow Amazon Affiliate Link: http://amzn.to/2kI9BuL Read more »
Interview with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson | Free Speech & Social Justice
In this very exciting stream, I (Roaming Millennial) interview University of Toronto professor Dr. Jordan Peterson about the controversy surrounding his opposition to Bill C-16, the importance of free speech, gender issues (including non-binary identities and pronouns), and the current prominence of social justice in academia. ~Roaming Millennial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27dshxbbPlg Read more »
The Psychology of Obedience and The Virtue of Disobedience
This is extremely relevant to the current drama playing out on the world stage. Are you willing to develop your inner sense of Self to the degree that is necessary to leave behind this corrupt system of external rule? Are you willing to take responsibility for yourself, and learn how to work together with others in a Voluntaryist manner; with those who also desire self-rule? When push comes to shove […] Read more »
Social Conditioning: Is Pop Music Holding You Hostage?
This video clearly demonstrates how our music tastes are engineered, and how we rarely get to discover what we like for ourselves. It’s not a stretch to think that the “trending now” section in social media searches is also using the same formula for pushing what is and is not news to the unsuspecting masses. Incidentally, this is also the formula for the nightly news, morning news, newspapers, magazines, etc… […] Read more »
What is Shadow Work?
Some people think that shadow work is screaming into a pillow, or allowing full expression of their emotions, but this is a gross oversimplification of the role of emotions, and of the nature of shadow work. Our emotions are the messengers that communicate the current state of our alignment between our thoughts and our inner being (Source), and they provide us with detailed information, much like we would receive from […] Read more »