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  • Why We Shouldn’t Confuse Philanthropy and Welfare

    Why We Shouldn’t Confuse Philanthropy and Welfare0

    In chapter 14 of The Road to Serfdom, “Material Conditions and Ideal Ends,” Hayek focuses on the path forward now that the Second World War was coming to an end. Specifically, he explains that calling on the state to coercively act in the name of the “greater good” is not a moral act worthy of

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  • Why We Shouldn’t Abandon Our Institutions

    Why We Shouldn’t Abandon Our Institutions3

    I recently was invited to attend an event hosted by my alma mater—a college that is outspokenly conservative and so generally attracts young conservatives and libertarians—in order to speak to incoming college freshmen about their transition into higher education. While sharing my experience about how my liberal arts education set me up for professional success

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  • Why We Should Take Greta Thunberg Seriously

    Why We Should Take Greta Thunberg Seriously0

    At this point, there’s hardly any need to repost the video of Greta Thunberg speaking at a U.N. press conference earlier this week, so widely has the footage been spread on social media. Fighting back tears and with a trembling voice, the 16-year-old issued an emotional call to fight climate change that has captured people’s

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  • Why We Should Study Philosophy

    Why We Should Study Philosophy1

    When I tell people I’m in school for philosophy, they usually respond with one of two extremes: admiration or ambivalence. Either they give me an impressed look, a shake of the head, and an awed comment like “I could never do that”; or they give me a pair of raised eyebrows, a polite nod, and

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  • Why We Should Stop Referring to the Brain as a Computer

    Why We Should Stop Referring to the Brain as a Computer0

    If you study the long history of science, it’s striking how the thought of each age is dominated by some-or-other ruling metaphor that eventually gives way to another. That’s especially true when it comes to explaining human intelligence. (You can learn how in this book.) Ever since computer technology took off after World War II, our ruling metaphor for the human brain is

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  • Why We Should Stop Drugging Our Kids

    Why We Should Stop Drugging Our Kids8

    Maybe it’s time to stop drugging our children. A new study from the Medical Journal of Australia has found that the youngest kids in any given class are twice as likely to be receiving medication for behavioral disorders as the older kids in the class. And the proportion of boys receiving such medication was three

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