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The Vision of the Anointed
- Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
- Written by: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Vision of the Anointed is a devastating critique of the mindset behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years. Thomas Sowell sees what has happened not as a series of isolated mistakes, but as a logical consequence of a vision whose defects have led to disasters in education, crime, family disintegration, and other social pathology. In this book, "politically correct" theory is repeatedly confronted with facts-and sharp contradictions between the two are explained in terms of a whole set of self-congratulatory assumptions held by political and intellectual elites.
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Essential 2022 reading. all about Trudeau
- By Mike on 2022-07-21
- The Vision of the Anointed
- Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
- Written by: Thomas Sowell
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
Solid insifht into societal thinking patterns.
Reviewed: 2023-06-21
One of the more useful concepts in the book is the inmate bias of media and politics towards visible stories as opposed to invisible consequences of trade-offs. An interesting look at the limitations of discourse at certain levels due to human nature.
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Fossil Future
- Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less
- Written by: Alex Epstein
- Narrated by: Alex Epstein
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
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For over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be outweighed by the unique benefits of fossil fuels to human flourishing--including their unrivaled ability to provide low-cost, reliable energy to billions of people around the world, especially the world’s poorest people. And contrary to what we hear from media “experts” about today’s “renewable revolution” and “climate emergency,” reality has proven Epstein right.
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Clearly a salesman paid for by big energy.
- By Ben on 2022-10-04
- Fossil Future
- Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less
- Written by: Alex Epstein
- Narrated by: Alex Epstein
Unique and Persuasive Perspective on Energy
Reviewed: 2022-09-22
An extremely persuasive look at energy and the scientific/political biases currently embedded in the conversation surrounding the issue. The human flourishing framework put forth, taking into account benefits and drawbacks, is a realistic standard upon which energy decisions should be based moving forward.
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