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Author Archives: Steven Yates
What Intellectuals Get Wrong. (Contrasting Nietzsche, Hoffer, Marx; and the Mindsets of the Masses, Intellectuals, Elites.)
Nietzsche disdained the masses. Eric Hoffer loved them. How should we navigate the vast differences in mindset between intellectuals such as Nietzsche, the masses as Hoffer saw them, and elites who oversee society. What should intellectuals do if they are serious about helping to build a better world? Continue reading
Posted in applied philosophy, personal development, Philosophy, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged building society from the bottom up, conspiracism, elites and intellectuals, Eric Hoffer, focus on what you can control, Frankfurt School, Friedrich Nietzsche, identity politics and division, intellectuals and elites, intellectuals and personal development, intellectuals and resentment, intellectuals versus the masses, last men, longshoreman philosopher, masses and intellectuals, nature of power, Nietzsche and overman, power elites, Stoic principles, stoicism, the masses, Top-down planning is wrong
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The Controlled Demolition of Trumpism
“…What we have just seen is, of course, unprecedented. Not once in U.S. history has a former president been accused of federal crimes committed while in office. This sort of thing happens in second world banana republics. Although in backhanded fairness, the U.S. is looking more and more like a second world banana republic with each passing day….” Continue reading
Posted in Media, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Donald Trump, Election 2020, Jan 6 Committee, Jan 6 Committee executive summary, Jan 6 Committee findings, Jan 6 Committee hearings, Jan 6 Committee report, Jan 6 insurrection, Jan 6 Select Committee, January 6 Committee, January 6 Committee executive summary, January 6 Committee findings, January 6 Committee hearings, January 6 Committee report, January 6 Select Committee, Patrick Byrne, The Deep Rig, Trump and January 6, Trump criminal referrals, Trump to be prosecuted?, Trumpism
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The Year 2022: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Beginning with a hefty list of the converging crises of the 2020s, we look back on 2022 and then look ahead at what we can expect in 2023 and beyond. Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Culture, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Media, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged 2020s crises, Brazil election, censorship of scientists, converging crises, Deep State and Russia, Donald Trump, election denial, election skepticism, elections, Gavin Newsom 2024, Globalism and Covid, Globalism and Leftism, Herschel Walker, lockdowns and censorship, Peru unrest, Predictions for 2023, Ron DeSantis 2024, Russia and Ukraine, Sleepy Joe, Steve Bannon, Trump 2024, Trump and Constitution, Trump announces, Trump's NFTs, Ukraine war
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Nietzsche, Materialism, and Eugenics: A Brief History of the Connection
Was Friedrich Nietzsche the first visible eugenicist? We explore that question, and the connections to today’s situation with the World Economic Forum globalists. Continue reading
Posted in Christian Worldview, Philosophy, Science and Technology, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged eugenics, eugenics and philosophy, Fabian socialism, Fabian Society, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Bernard Shaw, globalism, Klaus Schwab, materialism, Nietzsche, Nietzsche and eugenics, philosophy and eugenics, Yuval Harari, Yuval Noah Harari
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The Philosophy of Responsible Freedom – Announcing An Online Course / Tutorial with Jack Carney and Steven Yates
An online Philosophy course / tutorial, an adventure in ideas presented by Jack Carney and Steven Yates, starting next weekend (Fri Oct 21 – Sun Oct 23 depending on your time zone) Continue reading
Posted in applied philosophy, Education (Independent) - Course Materials, Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged Academic of Ideas, August Comte, Christian Worldview vs Atheism, Christianity vs materialism, Conservative Populism, Fifth Stage of Civilization, Jack Carney, Law of Three Stages, Nietzsche and Nihilism, nihilism, Philosophy Classes Online, Philosophy Courses Online, Philosophy Online, Philosophy Tutorials Online, Responsible Freedom, Responsibly Free, Stages of Civilization, Steven Yates, Voluntarism
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Saul Kripke, R.I.P
Leading analytic philosopher Saul Kripke passed away last month at the age of 81. Continue reading
Is Alex Jones Defensible? A Look at Heresy.
Is Alex Jones defensible, or is this heresy? Paul Craig Roberts has an interesting article on the matter, and we discuss it here because Facebook has censored some of the URLs referenced. Continue reading
Posted in Media, Political Economy, Workarounds
Tagged Alex Jones, approved narratives, Big Tech censorship, Cass Sunstein, cognitive infiltration, corporate media failure, Facebook censorship, government lies, Lew Rockwell, media indoctrination, official narratives, Paul Craig Roberts, Ron Unz, Sandy Hook conspiracy theories
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Who Are We, Really?
“Who Are We, Really?” presents a brief overview of attempts by philosophers and psychologists to answer this question which is as old as the disciplines themselves. Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Science and Technology
Tagged Are we sinners?, Enlightenment Philosophy, Existentialism and Human Nature, History of Ideas, Human Nature, Human Nature and History, Man the Rational Animal, Philosophy, pragmatism, Problem Solving, Theories of Human Nature
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Superpowers (With Notes on Rules Versus Controls)
What are superpowers? Do we all have them? How do we develop them? How does formal education interfere with them? How has industrial civilization interfered with their free development and use within populations? Do the activities of ruling elites have something to do with this? How do we take our lives back? Continue reading
Posted in personal development, Philosophy, Political Economy, Political Philosophy, Science and Technology, Science Fiction, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged alienation, alienation in industrial civilization, dystopian science fiction, economics of abundance, free energy, free energy technology, Horace Mann, industrial civilization, kindergarten word origin, Nikola Tesla, psychology motivation, public education criticisms, public schools criticism, ruling elites, scarcity and abundance, superpowers, utopia and dystopia, writing as a career
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Back to Basics (3). Self-Improvement As a Core Value
Self-improvement is the final core value, and so this completes this series of three articles. Stoicism is the ancient philosophy that merges philosophy generally with self-improvement, and perhaps this is why there is so much interest in Stoicism today. Continue reading
Posted in applied philosophy, personal development, Philosophy
Tagged applied philosophy, better every day, core values, Dale Carnegie, Darren Hardy, David Hume, Four Cardinal Errors, influence and persuasion, Is man a rational animal, Medium, personal development, self help and philosophy, self improvement, Steven Yates, stoicism, systems theory, systems thinking, What Should Philosophy Do?, Zeno of Citium
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Lost Generation Philosopher 