There’s a peculiar comfort in believing that things simply happen by accident. That the powerful don’t conspire, that institutions don’t coordinate. I’ve come to call these people “accidentalists” – those who find refuge in randomness, who dismiss patterns as paranoia.
An Accidentalist’s Guide to Denying the Obvious Continue Reading
Everything we do as humans is provisional. Because of time’s eroding power, everything is revisable. Every decision represents an acknowledgment that we have to act with incomplete, provisional knowledge, and that more information could lead to a different decision.
The Philosophy of Provisionality Continue Reading
IP is inherently statist, an artificial manufacturing of pseudo-rights even as it systematically violates property rights. The West should not foist its destructive IP laws onto developing countries and certainly should not link it to free trade.
Decouple Trade and IP Protection Continue Reading
We have to wait now before enough people realize that Science – the central ideology of our civilization – is in ruins. Christianity was saved by the separation of Church and State. To save Science, an equally daring step will be needed.
The Rise and Fall of Western Science Continue Reading
Getting the truth, realizing justice for the wrong done, restoring health, and fighting through the thicket of lies to secure the blessings of freedom now and in the future. This is the meaning of your investment in the work of Brownstone Institute.
The Rebuilding Begins Continue Reading
The answer lies in the dignity of living according to our principles, engaging with our communities, and maintaining the courage to think independently. As the emperor-philosopher and the fictional street warrior understood, what matters is the integrity of our code.
From Marcus Aurelius to Omar Little: A Man’s Code is Vital Continue Reading
At my polling place, I valued my privacy when completing a ballot behind a partition. I have been independent for a long time but couldn’t help but wonder this time why the Democratic Party seemed so surprised that it lost.
Privacy in Voting Is a Treasure Continue Reading
RFK Jr. rightly asks questions about an intervention based on evidence going back to the 1930s. In the meantime, there have been growing concerns about harm and little contemporary evidence evaluating the effectiveness of water fluoridation in preventing caries.
Fluoride in the Water Continue Reading
We’re not just losing skills and privacy; we’re losing the ability to recognize what independence feels like. The question isn’t whether convenience is worth the cost of liberty—it’s whether we’ll recognize what we’ve lost before we forget we ever had it.
How Engineered Dependency Erases Our Autonomy Continue Reading
Jay’s nomination, after years on the “fringe” of public health and health policy, restores a sense that there is in fact justice in the world. Now he moves on to the significant task of reforming health research policy.
Justice Is Served: Jay Bhattacharya Chosen to Be NIH Director Continue Reading
It’s been a very long journey lasting nearly five years, but here we are, the man who led the opposition to the worst-imaginable public health policies now in a position to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again.
The “Let It Rip” Canard: Reflections on Jay Bhattacharya Continue Reading
In a report handed down on Tuesday, Australia’s federal Covid Inquiry found that extreme public health restrictions, coupled with a lack of transparency about the evidence informing these decisions, has led to a major slide in public trust.
Federal Covid Inquiry Finds Public Trust Plummeted Continue Reading
