Today, OSI cofounder and executive director Craig Biddle released the trailer for his video podcast Under Standing. Watch it here. Also, you can get live updates of new episodes by subscribing to his channel and hitting the notification bell here. Under Standing is a...
Most of us know we should get about eight hours of sleep a night. But few people actually do. According to Fitbit’s 2017 sleep statistics (from about twenty five million users), the average person spent seven hours and thirty three minutes in bed and only slept for...
LevelUp began in 2018 (as “TOS-Con”) in Richmond, VA, run by The Objective Standard (OSI didn’t yet exist). The theme of the conference was “Philosophy for Freedom and Flourishing.” The tagline was: “Sharpen your mind. Fuel your soul. Excel in life. Fight for...
After sharpening your mind and fueling your soul at LevelUp 2024, what better way to extend the fun than by joining OSI for a vacation in Lake Rabun? The stunning Lake Rabun and the breathtaking Tallulah Falls, with their impressive gorge scenery, are just a two-hour...
Last week, OSI fellow Kiyah Willis published her second YouTube video “Why I Stand with Israel.” This video performed tremendously, bringing in more than 15,000 views and nearly 1,300 comments as of writing this. (For those unfamiliar, it’s extremely rare to see...
The internet and social media are awash with contradictory advice on how to lose fat, build muscle mass, and stay healthy. Some say you should go paleo, others say go vegan. Some say cut out sugar, others say dairy. Some say you should hit the gym every day, others...
One day, I was using Duolingo to practice German and my sister walked by. “You’ve always been so good at languages!” she exclaimed enviously. I was dumbfounded. I wasn’t born with some natural talent for speaking other languages—I’d spent countless hours taking...
Since childhood, I’ve adored the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. It takes place in an Asian-themed world with four nations named after the four classic elements of nature: the Fire Nation, the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, and the Air Nomads. In each...
In “Think Twice,” a posthumously published play by Ayn Rand, the characters are gathered for a birthday celebration for Walter Breckenridge, an inventor and philanthropist. All the guests are connected in some way to Breckenridge. When he’s murdered, the district...
We need freedom in order to live as we see fit, without other people using force to control or influence our lives. The question is: How do we defend and achieve freedom? Adam Smith and Ayn Rand famously addressed this question, but in fundamentally different ways....
