Todd Rose is the CEO of the nonpartisan think tank Populace and former director of the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality at Harvard University. His bestselling books include The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness and Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on October 3, 2024, to discuss his latest book, Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions, which draws on cutting-edge neuroscience and social psychology research to demonstrate how so much of our thinking is informed by faulty assumptions—making us dangerously mistrustful as a society and needlessly unhappy as individuals.
What’s really holding back innovation? How do fearmongering and heavy regulation impact economic growth? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski answers these questions, among others, in a recent article exploring Marc Andreessen’s techno-optimist manifesto and the reactions from both critics and “pro-growth” progressives.
Last April, 45 leaders of prominent religious and secular organizations met in Philadelphia to explore the need to forge a common cause to unite against the forces arrayed against freedom, individualism and capitalism. The purpose wasn’t to convert participants to either belief or atheism, but explore what principles we do share across the secular-religious divide when it comes to personal agency and responsibility, and the implications for issues like free speech, free markets, and freedom of association.
James Lindsay, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, mathematician, and cultural critic who has written six books on subjects including religion, the philosophy of science, and postmodern theory. He first famously teamed up with Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose to submit some 20 academic hoax papers, with 7 of them getting published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. His most famous book (so far), co-authored with Helen Pluckrose is Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender and Identity -- and Why This Harms Everybody. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on June 22, 2022 to discuss his book Race Marxism, which explores the origins of Critical Race Theory as a reinvention of Marxism focusing on race instead of class. Watch the entire video HERE or check the transcript below.
“What is the origin of ‘cancel culture’? Who created this Frankenstein monster?” These questions are topics covered in a recent article by Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski. We invite you to read through as he pulls from Ayn Rand’s 1973 talk “Censorship: Local and Express” to explore the surprising roots of the authoritarian reactionary culture’s response to ideological dissent. Join Tracinski as he takes a closer look at how the conservative push for regulating morality laid the groundwork for today’s cultural climate and where the suppression of speech has taken on a new form.
Why are so many international athletes flocking to American universities for training? What drives U.S.-born athletes to compete for other countries? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski explores these questions in a recent article covering the 2024 Olympics in France. We invite you to read the article and see if you agree with America’s enduring influence on the Olympic stage.
What destructive arguments are being made by pro-Palestine protesters today and how can we best understand and counter them? What do these protests have in common with those of the 1960s? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski covers these questions in a recent essay that grapples with protestors, defense, and even celebration of the vicious October 7th terrorist attacks on Israel.
My late Uncle “Boots” Van Pelt was almost killed 80 years ago. He went ashore on Omaha Beach with the 29th Infantry Division on D-Day.
Who today sets the world price of gold? It is not the United States and not Europe. The concept of the marginal purchaser becomes germane, here. It is a bit complicated, but it means the party who at a given time, at a given price, is always a buyer, but at a higher price is not. Some will want to debate that definition, but put simply we are talking about the prime, dominant buyer. And that, today, is the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Todd Rose is the CEO of the nonpartisan think tank Populace and former director of the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality at Harvard University. His bestselling books include The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness and Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on October 3, 2024, to discuss his latest book, Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions, which draws on cutting-edge neuroscience and social psychology research to demonstrate how so much of our thinking is informed by faulty assumptions—making us dangerously mistrustful as a society and needlessly unhappy as individuals.
What’s really holding back innovation? How do fearmongering and heavy regulation impact economic growth? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski answers these questions, among others, in a recent article exploring Marc Andreessen’s techno-optimist manifesto and the reactions from both critics and “pro-growth” progressives.
Last April, 45 leaders of prominent religious and secular organizations met in Philadelphia to explore the need to forge a common cause to unite against the forces arrayed against freedom, individualism and capitalism. The purpose wasn’t to convert participants to either belief or atheism, but explore what principles we do share across the secular-religious divide when it comes to personal agency and responsibility, and the implications for issues like free speech, free markets, and freedom of association.
James Lindsay, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, mathematician, and cultural critic who has written six books on subjects including religion, the philosophy of science, and postmodern theory. He first famously teamed up with Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose to submit some 20 academic hoax papers, with 7 of them getting published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. His most famous book (so far), co-authored with Helen Pluckrose is Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender and Identity -- and Why This Harms Everybody. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on June 22, 2022 to discuss his book Race Marxism, which explores the origins of Critical Race Theory as a reinvention of Marxism focusing on race instead of class. Watch the entire video HERE or check the transcript below.
“What is the origin of ‘cancel culture’? Who created this Frankenstein monster?” These questions are topics covered in a recent article by Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski. We invite you to read through as he pulls from Ayn Rand’s 1973 talk “Censorship: Local and Express” to explore the surprising roots of the authoritarian reactionary culture’s response to ideological dissent. Join Tracinski as he takes a closer look at how the conservative push for regulating morality laid the groundwork for today’s cultural climate and where the suppression of speech has taken on a new form.
Why are so many international athletes flocking to American universities for training? What drives U.S.-born athletes to compete for other countries? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski explores these questions in a recent article covering the 2024 Olympics in France. We invite you to read the article and see if you agree with America’s enduring influence on the Olympic stage.
What destructive arguments are being made by pro-Palestine protesters today and how can we best understand and counter them? What do these protests have in common with those of the 1960s? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski covers these questions in a recent essay that grapples with protestors, defense, and even celebration of the vicious October 7th terrorist attacks on Israel.
My late Uncle “Boots” Van Pelt was almost killed 80 years ago. He went ashore on Omaha Beach with the 29th Infantry Division on D-Day.
Who today sets the world price of gold? It is not the United States and not Europe. The concept of the marginal purchaser becomes germane, here. It is a bit complicated, but it means the party who at a given time, at a given price, is always a buyer, but at a higher price is not. Some will want to debate that definition, but put simply we are talking about the prime, dominant buyer. And that, today, is the People’s Republic of China (PRC).