reflections of a pragmatic optimist, lover of freedom
Academy of Ideas brings us a timely and well-articulated warning. The ancient game of debasing currency and inflating the money supply should not be expected to produce different results in our own time.
Watch on YouTube or listen on Apple Podcasts. Transcript here.
Pretty horribly, it seems, if what their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed is any indication. Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying get to the heart of it in this on-point Dark Horse clip:
See the full episode on YouTube, or listen on Apple Podcasts.
And lest you retain an intact shred of hope that once-functioning and crucially important institutions haven’t been compromised, Bret and Heather assure us in episode 144 that “It’s even worse than that” (YouTube, Apple Podcasts). We’ve got some real work to do, if we’re to restore our knowledge-building capabilities to a semblance of sanity and trustworthiness.
Freedom is a tremendous and precious inheritance. To develop our potential, thrive in it, and pass it along to each successive generation is our highest calling. I write here to give my thanks, and to seek ways we can cultivate the resilience, independence, courage, and indomitable spirit necessary to sustain a culture that cherishes liberty.
I produce the “No Fear Pioneer” podcast, post on X, GETTR, and Gab, and frequent The Stratosphere Lounge and Bill Whittle’s site.
More about me here.
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