This session—part lecture, part class discussion—explores the fact that, and the ways in which, the guidance offered by the Objectivist ethics flows from the recognition of certain universal facts about human nature and the nature of the world in which man lives. The purpose of the session is to highlight the connection between facts and values from a uniquely Objectivist perspective.

Recorded live at OCON on June 24, 2019

The goal of this talk is to help you fall in love – or more in love – both with poetry and with love itself. With a symphonic integration of all the resources of language, great love poets take the most elusive nuances, thrills, mysteries, and motifs of love and throw them into sharp relief. During this talk, you will see these facets illumined by such timeless poets as Tennyson, Donne, Millay, and Browning.

You will experience the power of poetry to sharpen our vision, intensify our feelings, deepen our souls, and expand our capacity to love.

Recorded live at OCON 2018.

The goal of this talk is to help you fall in love – or more in love – both with poetry and with love itself. With a symphonic integration of all the resources of language, great love poets take the most elusive nuances, thrills, mysteries, and motifs of love and throw them into sharp relief. During this talk, you will see these facets illumined by such timeless poets as Tennyson, Donne, Millay, and Browning.

You will experience the power of poetry to sharpen our vision, intensify our feelings, deepen our souls, and expand our capacity to love.

Recorded live at OCON 2018.

Mr. Christensen, co-founder of Denmark’s Saxo Bank and founder of the private equity firm Seier Capital, has had a long, successful career as an innovator in banking and finance. In this talk, he discusses his business career and the role that Objectivism has played in his personal and professional development.

This talk was recorded at Objectivist Summer Conference 2018.

Traditional Chinese philosophy continues to influence the thinking and values of Chinese Communist Party leadership, and informs a system of Chinese strategic thought that differs significantly from that of the West. This talk introduces the fundamentals of Chinese philosophy, their relationship to Chinese strategic culture, and their influence on PRC security policy, in order to demonstrate the importance of understanding an adversary’s philosophy and shed light on the nature of the PRC’s campaign against the United States.

This talk was recorded at Objectivist Summer Conference 2018.

Art is a universal need of man qua man, yet most people's awareness of art is limited to the Western tradition. This horizon-expanding lecture offers an introduction to the culture of medieval Persia. Dr. Wood analyzes, in Objectivist terms, the ways in which the poets, painters and architects of that era distilled their sense of life into concrete form. The reward is an increased appreciation of Ayn Rand's insights into art, as well as of a lesser-known legacy of human creativity.Recorded live at OCON 2019

Erik Torenberg interviews Jason Crawford and Yaron Brook. They discuss:

- What can destroy — or save — Silicon Valley.

- What Rand would say about Silicon Valley if she could see it today.

- How to reconcile egalitarianism and meritocracy.

- How to make her ideas more mainstream.

- Objectivism, libertarianism, and individualism.

- Progress as a human achievement and how to appreciate it.

This podcast was recorded live in January 2020 at AynRandCon.

Is one of your goals as a parent or teacher to nurture a passion for reading in your children? Do you wonder about the role of reading instruction or screen time on the decline of reading in our culture? This presentation offers inspiration and practical advice for: - Building intrinsic motivation in children - Developing critical skills through a phonetic base and "total reading" - Choosing books (includes suggested reading lists by age) - Preparing your home or classroom environment - Exploring morality through literature.The reading list mentioned can be found here: http://bit.ly/reader2019

Recorded live on June 24, 2019 as part of OCON 2019

Hugo was a giant. He created brilliantly Romantic novels, poetry and plays, and he did so with dedicated purpose: "Everything in a work of art is an act of will." Learn about the life, works and impact of the man Ayn Rand considered "the greatest novelist in world literature." His writing, he said, "knocks on the door and says, Open up, I have come for you." Let's accept his invitation.This talk was recorded live on June 25th as part of OCON 2019.