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LevelUp is about principles and practices for excelling in life and fighting for liberty. And, when you think about it, these are the most important things in the world.

Although Slow Productivity is somewhat derivative of Newport’s other work, it is nonetheless an exceptionally important book that will be particularly valuable to those not yet familiar with his ideas.

Most of America's founders came to despair that things had gone dreadfully awry and that their creation would soon crumble. What can their disillusionment teach us about America's future?

David Hardy was flourishing. Then tragedy struck. His eldest daughter was killed by a drunk driver. Most of us can’t even imagine the pain and suffering that followed. But we can learn vital lessons from someone who has experienced such anguish.

I was delighted to see that Alex O’Connor recently debated Sam Harris about whether ethics is objective and, if so, on what grounds.

The story of Governor Ron DeSantis’s prolonged battle against Disney’s legal independence has shown that many conservatives will choose egalitarianism over freedom when they find it politically expedient.

The first comprehensive book on the Japanese war crimes trial, Judgment at Tokyo is an exceptional feat of political, legal, and historical scholarship.

The Biden administration is heralding a new demon-haunted world in which the backward mysticism of a handful of tribes is injected into nearly every federal agency and, thereby, all of our lives. Let’s not tolerate a slide back into the Dark Ages.

LevelUp 2024 is just around the corner (June 19–22)—and if you register now you’ll save 40% with April Ascent pricing.

Ivan Ko fled Hong Kong following China’s imposition of the national security law. Now he's working to create a new city with the goal of preserving and developing Hong Kong’s freedom-loving culture away from the influence of the Chinese Communist Party.

If we can’t support and defend the ideals of classical liberalism, we will lose them, one and all. Hence this vital discussion at LevelUp 2024 (Atlanta, GA, June 19–22).

The success of many of today's popular musical artists evinces a broad cultural trend: the triumph of defeat—that is, the near-universal acceptance that we are but confused and helpless creatures.

Carl Barney’s book-in-progress, “The Happiness Experiment,” explains his general approach to achieving success and happiness. And his talk at LevelUp 2024 (Atlanta, GA, June 19–22) will present a strategy he calls “Happiness Planning.”

Welcome to the Spring 2024 issue of The Objective Standard. This begins the journal’s nineteenth year in publication, and I’d like to thank everyone who subscribes and supports our work. It’s because of you that all of us at TOS get to do what we love doing, supporting reason, egoism, and capitalism.

Whatever supports and furthers human life is morally good. Capitalism is the system that, from every standpoint and perspective, preeminently supports human life.