Jamie Whyte (VV#4)
from Vacuous Vocation Hosted by Matthew James Geiger
Dr Whyte is a philosopher and an author of several works of philosophy, economics, and public policy. He is the author of Quack Policy, Free Thoughts, A Load of Blair and Crimes Against Logic. He has published more than two hundred opinion columns in newspapers including The Wall Street Journal, The Times, and The Financial Times. Dr Whyte won the prestigious Bastiat Prize for Economic Journalism. As a young philosophy don at the University of Cambridge, Dr Whyte was awarded a prize for the best academic article in the world by a philosopher under the age of thirty. 00:00 Introduction 3:48 Creating Value 5:13 How to find what is meaningful in life 9:25 Thomas Sowell and the Critique of Modern Economics: A Holistic Approach 15:32 Human Action and Austrian Economics 22:20 The Pursuit of Happiness: Attitude and Life Satisfaction 26:25 The Impact of Modern Culture on Mental Engagement 34:35 The Significance of Achievement and Struggle 41:08 The Challenges of Academic Writing 47:25 Navigating the PhD Writing Process 51:36 Exploring Truth and Belief 55:06 Challenges to Free Speech and Information Skepticism
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