Academy of Ideas https://academyofideas.com Free Minds for a Free Society Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:34:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://i0.wp.com/academyofideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/aoi_favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Academy of Ideas https://academyofideas.com 32 32 Academy of Ideas false episodic podcast Academy of Ideas https://academyofideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AOI-Logo-Hand-Icon-Only.png https://academyofideas.com 103866533 What to Make of a Life – Jim Collins https://academyofideas.com/2026/11/what-to-make-of-a-life-jim-collins/ https://academyofideas.com/2026/11/what-to-make-of-a-life-jim-collins/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:30:41 +0000 https://academyofideas.com/?p=15751 Drawing on years of research, Jim Collins explores how to build a deeply fulfilling life by discovering your innate encodings, turning money into fuel rather than the goal, and focusing your inner fire on One Big Thing.

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The post Can We Escape the Machine? first appeared on Academy of Ideas.]]> https://academyofideas.com/2026/11/can-we-escape-the-machine/feed/ 3 15742 Solitude: A Philosophical Encounter – Philip Koch https://academyofideas.com/2026/10/solitude-a-philosophical-encounter-philip-koch/ https://academyofideas.com/2026/10/solitude-a-philosophical-encounter-philip-koch/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:43:43 +0000 https://academyofideas.com/?p=15735 A profound exploration of the value of solitude and its importance for psychological health.

The post Solitude: A Philosophical Encounter – Philip Koch first appeared on Academy of Ideas.]]> https://academyofideas.com/2026/10/solitude-a-philosophical-encounter-philip-koch/feed/ 1 15735 Kakistocracy – Are We Ruled By the Worst? https://academyofideas.com/2026/10/kakistocracy-are-we-ruled-by-the-worst/ https://academyofideas.com/2026/10/kakistocracy-are-we-ruled-by-the-worst/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2026 19:16:15 +0000 https://academyofideas.com/?p=15726 “Is ours a ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people,’ or a Kakistocracy, rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools?” (James Russell Lowell, letter in 1876)  Kakistocracy is a word that means “rule by the worst”. It is derived from the Greek words kakistos, meaning “worst,” and kratos, […]

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The post The Cry for Myth – Rollo May first appeared on Academy of Ideas.]]> https://academyofideas.com/2026/10/the-cry-for-myth-rollo-may/feed/ 3 15718 The Machine and the Battle for the Soul https://academyofideas.com/2026/10/machine-battle-for-the-soul/ https://academyofideas.com/2026/10/machine-battle-for-the-soul/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:08:55 +0000 https://academyofideas.com/?p=15712 We live in a world where machines are omnipresent, and most activities are mediated by their use. But the machine not only dominates modern society in its physical manifestations, rather, as we explored in the first video of this series a machine model of life dominates the cultural zeitgeist. This model posits that living organisms, […]

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