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The 21 Convention Documentary Channel

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Interviews, The 21 Convention

For empire-building/world-domination reasons of my own, I have created a small network of Youtube channels. Chief among the new additions is a secondary channel for The 21 Convention (click here to subscribe) . It’s currently called “The 21 Convention Documentary” because I plan to publish, for the time being, strictly content from the ongoing documentary series.

In particular, the channel is going to be home to small “libraries” pertaining to each interview. What these will look like are 40-50 video playlists for each interview. Here is the Socrates interview library.

Why so many videos, and what could they be of anyway?

It’s simple. Each individual segment of the interview has been cut out and uploaded as it’s own video. Well mostly. Currently there are 36 clips on that playlist (released once daily), but there are another half a dozen videos to produce for Sock’s library to be complete.

This might sound redundant at first, but there is a method to the madness, and independent of that, I think…

A Proud Moment

By Anthony Dream Johnson in The 21 Convention

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In spite of my efforts to explicitly state the contrary, I suspect many people are still confused as to why I run The 21 Convention (and why it is run in the manner it is). They see the institution help so many people, to such a high degree, that it becomes easy to conclude that the reason I operate it is to do, said helping.

The reason I get out of bed in the morning and run the organization however, has little to nothing to do with helping people. That is a consequence of what I do, and of the way I do it. It has no direct relevance to the purpose of my existence, or to the exercise of my productive effort.

To even state some sort of indirect or distant connection, is by my judgement, a stretch of the imagination, and perhaps in some cases, a confession of a person’s own psycho-ethical conflicts for the work they do.

I wake up and live my life…

Recent Must Watch Videos

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking, The 21 Convention

Just a quick post today with links to new “must watch” videos from around the web.

I realize this is a lot to watch, but, these are worth the time investment to sit down, and watch (or even listen to via audio only).

Skyler’s full length 21 Convention talk will be out this Sunday as well at 12pm EST. It is really, really good. McGuff hyped this speech up in his own talk, and rightly so.

Skyler absolutely knocked it out of the park. Do your self justice and watch it this Sunday on the Youtube channel.

(The 21C version will be published Monday).

[Photos] The 21 Convention 2012 of Melbourne Australia

By Anthony Dream Johnson in The 21 Convention

With over 14 of the world’s best speakers, and marking the 10th consecutive 21 Convention live event, The 21 Convention 2012 of Melbourne Australia kicked off November 30th 2012 at the Spring Street Conference Center of downtown Melbourne.

Select pictures can be viewed below.

Over 800 additional photos can be viewed on Facebook or Flickr.

Links to each speaker’s website are also posted at the bottom of this web post.

Behind the scenes interviews will be released soon, followed by full length HD presentations The 21 Convention is known for, in coming months.

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Full Length Video Release : Why be Selfish? with Yaron Brook

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking, The 21 Convention

 
About :

Dr. Yaron Brook (M.B.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Finance, University of Texas at Austin) is the executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute and a leading advocate of Rand’s ideas. A former finance professor, he speaks internationally on such topics as the causes of the financial crisis, the morality of capitalism, and ending the growth of the state. Yaron is a columnist at Forbes.com, and his articles have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, and many other publications.

A frequent guest on a variety of national television programs, he is co-author of Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea and contributing author of Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism. His newest book, Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government, co-authored with Don Watkins is now available. To follow Yaron and see his most current activities, please check out Yaron Brook and Don Watkin’s blog Laissez-Faire: The Uncompromised Case for Capitalism.

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