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Four Facts for Human Achievement Day

July 20 is the anniversary of one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments, the first lunar landing...

Jul 20, 2015
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5 Mins
How anti-individualist fallacies prevent us from curing death

A recent Washington Post feature documents the “Tech titans’ latest project: Defy death. “ Peter Thiel, PayPal co-founder and venture....

Apr 22, 2015
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Edward Hudgins
6 Mins
Google, Entrepreneurs, and Living 500 Years

A Bloomberg Markets piece on “Google Ventures and the Search for Immortality” documents how the billions of dollars Maris invests each year.

Mar 12, 2015
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Transhumanism vs. a Conservative Death Ethos

Zoltan Istvan, author of the"License provocative novel The Transhumanist Wager (I’ll review it soon), recently suggested in Wired that...

Aug 20, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
Suicide and Reasons to Live

The death of entertainer Robin Williams has again brought to public discussion the serious matter of suicide.Robin Williams hope for those

Aug 15, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Rand Paul Revolution in Silicon Valley

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, recently spoke at the “ Rebooting Congress, Causes and Campaigns 2014 ” conference in Silicon Valley...

Jul 25, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
The First Moon Landing 45 Years On

On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first human beings to land and walk on the Moon. Armstrong is no longer with us

Jul 18, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
2 Mins
Climate Kerfuffle on Cosmos

I’m a big fan of the Cosmos reboot series, just as I was of the Carl Sagan original. But the host Neil deGrasse Tyson recently stumbled very

May 23, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
NASA Wastes Money on Doomsday Report

A NASA-commissioned study predicting civilization’s imminent collapse actually demonstrates what’s wrong with both government and academia.

Mar 28, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
Cosmos Reboot and Sagan's Legacy

Fox and the National Geographic Channel are broadcasting a reboot of astronomer Carl Sagan’s classic 1980 TV series Cosmos: A Personal Journ

Mar 10, 2014
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Edward Hudgins
5 Mins
FDA Stopping the Genetics Revolution

Dec 11, 2013
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Minecraft, Video Games, and Objectivist Values

Thanksgiving evening at home — snow on the ground outside, the hum of the dishwasher in the kitchen, half-eaten pies on the counter. The ...

Dec 10, 2013
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3 Mins
Amazon Prime Air: What Are You Waiting For?

Amazon Prime Air. Wow. Jeff Bezos, the man behind Amazon.com, announced last night that his company is working on plans to deliver its merch

Dec 2, 2013
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3 Mins
Internet is not a Human Right

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a new initiative to promote the spread of internet usage world wide. He titled his

Aug 26, 2013
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2 Mins
Leaving America for Freedom, Earth for Mars

America is a country built by immigrants, but immigrants did not come here to build this country. Rather, they wanted—and still want...

Aug 15, 2013
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Hyperloop: Get Out of the Way!

It's hard for an Objectivist not to be fan of Elon Musk...

Aug 13, 2013
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Lavabit Founder Shrugs, Closes Snowden Email Service

In 2004, Ladar Levison founded a business to produce a product he believed in: private email . He encrypted messages before storing them..

Aug 9, 2013
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3 Mins
From Apollo 11 to Martian Missions

On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made those historic first footprints on the Moon. But the ensuing decades have been

Jul 18, 2013
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins
Crony Capitalists in Space?

It's make or break time for the private space industry to show that it isn't essentially the new crony capitalism. In this "State of the...

Jun 19, 2013
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Edward Hudgins
2 Mins
Republicans Help Virginia Evolve to Democrats

Republican Party self-destruction is on display in Virginia as the E.W. Jackson, the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor, is looking...

Jun 12, 2013
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Edward Hudgins
4 Mins

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