Stephen R. C. Hicks
@SRCHicks
Philosophy, Business Ethics, and Entrepreneurship
New: Palantir's CTO and several early employees are raising money to launch Founders Films, a film and TV production studio that aims to "say yes to projects about American exceptionalism, name America’s enemies, back artists unconditionally, take risk on novel IP.”
How Art Became Ugly Great talk by @SRCHicks on the philosophical roots of contemporary art and what may be next youtube.com/watch?v=EEZeOC…
Important observation about kids and schools.
Observe any six‑year‑old carefully: • Building forts • Starting projects • Eyes full of wonder Observe that same child at thirteen: • Exhausted after school • Hours of homework • Scrolling social media to decompress The difference does not lie within the child. It…
If you want a “quick” (1 hour) extremely helpful overview of the genealogy & origins of collectivist philosophy. To better understand our current ENEMY: WOKE ideology 🦠 With its many factions both on the left & on the right. Please listen to this podcast by @SovMichael…
Plus, Rousseau is foundational in identifying property as a root cause of social inequality and injustice, setting the stage for Marx, who expands on this critique within the context of historical development and class struggle. From Discourse on the Origin of Inequality.
Patting ourselves on the back—but w/ evidence. : ) "students w/ stronger verbal abilities, & who are more curious, open-minded, & intellectually rigorous, are more likely to study philosophy. Nonetheless, after accounting for such differences, philosophy majors outperform all…
Indeed.
From @SRCHicks’ great book Explaining Postmodernism Choose your side, comrade
Good one.
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
The Urdu edition of *Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault*. Published in Pakistan. Publisher Muhammad Fahad.
Data.
Venezuela used to be twice as wealthy as Chile. Then Chile introduced free market principles, while Venezuela was ruled by socialists. Now Chile is the wealthiest large country in South America and Venezuela the poorest. Difference between capitalism and socialism visualized.
Instant classic variation on the Trolley scenario. (But it makes me feel like Buridan's Ass (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%2….))
Thank you, Fred. The live recording is good fun, and we're making a course with strong and provocative material. Excellent questions from studio audience too. Love the interaction.
3p Starting Lecture 6 on "Philosophy of Education." @SRCHicks is an amazing teacher. A couple of @PetersonAcademy members say, "You are the best and they can't wait for this course to drop." Passing that to ya. See you tomorrow for wrap up.
True.
You could post a clip every day of an academic saying something like this—that they don’t care about scholarship and that universities are mere tools for laundering leftwing politics—and you’d never run out of examples. Hard to convince non academics how common this attitude is.
Next week in Phoenix. Live studio audience invitation.
We are delighted to announce the return of Dr. Stephen Hicks, Professor of Philosophy, to Peterson Academy. @SRCHicks will teach two separate courses, Philosophy of Education, on how major thinkers shaped teaching and schooling, and Logic, on how to analyze arguments, spot…
Thanks, TBN.
Now is a good time to revisit this wonderful critique of rent control by @SRCHicks . Pay attention NYC 🧵 Part 1: "Standard Buyer Seller Relationship"
My view: The scandal is that we don't have many, many more billionaires. Young people's boundless capacity for creativity and innovation is stifled by awful politics and disgraceful education.
“I don’t think that we should have billionaires” — Mamdani
PHILOSOPHY of POLITICS: From the French Revolution to World War II — Course Syllabus. stephenhicks.org/2025/06/29/syl…
