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December 19, 2022 100 mins

In today’s episode, I share with you my experience of the Academic Freedom Conference which took place at Stanford University on November 4th and 5th.

Here are some resources which will enhance your enjoyment of the episode:
1) Here's a LINK to the Academic Freedom Conference website.
2) Here's a LINK to the Youtube channel for the conference.
3) Here's a LINK to the book "Positioning: the Battle for your mind."
4) You can find Greg Lukianoff and FIRE HERE.
5) You can find the University of Austin HERE.
6) Frederic Bastiat's essay the Parable of the Broken Window can be found HERE.
7) Link to Sowell's Fourth of July essay HERE.
8) The opening song was arranged and performed by the rock band Boston and you can watch them perform it live HERE.
9) The closing song was arranged and performed by Lada Gaga at the 2016 Super Bowl and you can watch it HERE.
10) $8/month refers to the cost of a Twitter bluecheck.

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