JTOL0019 A Fascinating Read of Thomas Sowell Intellectuals and Society

Thinking of purchasing the book? http://amzn.to/2fVed2Z 00:00 Intro (bla bla bla) 00:44 Lefties are Idiots. And Righties are Mean 02:15 A strategic alliance 02:46 What do those who study the social sciences and humanities have in common? 03:08 Specialised knowledge vs. distributed knowledge 04:46 Physical products vs. Ideas 04:13 Narratives and filtering knowledge, and the people involved in the situation 06:06 How to make peace not war 06:56 Which countries tend to be totalitarian or fascist? 07:13 My opinions 08:08 I don’t want to be slave Thank you for watching! REFERENCES: Le livre Intellectuals and Society: Revised and Expanded Edition Sears case http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-02-04/business/8601090435_1_eeoc-sears-discrimination It was a lacrosse team, not football or rugby. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/16/books/review/Rosen-t.html This is an example of an article shaming the women who came to the male team’s defense. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/26/sports/othersports/at-duke-freedom-of-speech-seems-selective.html Intererestingly, some of the articles he cited weren’t to be found on the internet. Also some articles linked to on the Duke website are also nowhere to be found. (today.duke.edu/2006/05/clips052506.html) Re Charity. I have not read this book myself. It was a citation by Sowell https://www.amazon.com/Who-Really-Cares-Compassionate-Conservatism/dp/0465008232 Originally Published on July 14, 2017 ********Follow Twitter: https://twitter.com/desiraethinking Instagram: https://instagram.com/desiraearts YouTube: https://YouTube.com/justthinkingoutloud ********Ways to Support: ▸ www.JUSTTHINKINGOUTLOUD.TV/DONATE Patreon: https://patreon.com/justthinkingoutloud Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/justthinkingoutloud Buy My Art: http://ow.ly/3ghY30gGAjM