Heather MacDonald is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including The Diversity Delusion, The War on Cops, and her latest book, When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives. As the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she joined our CEO, Jennifer Grossman, on August 30, 2023, covering how disparate impact analysis and race-mania are sabotaging the institutions of Western civilization, from the arts to academia to criminal justice.

Feb 6, 2025

|

Anthony Pompliano is the author of How To Live An Extraordinary Life, a compilation of 65 letters to his two young children (with his wife Polina, a previous guest on The Atlas Society Asks), drawing on lessons learned in his life as a soldier, entrepreneur, investor, and founder & CEO of Professional Capital Management. A well-known Bitcoin investor, Pompliano joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on December 4, 2024, to discuss his book and his thoughts as Bitcoin passes its historic $100K mark—and also shares what he loves about Ayn Rand’s literature and philosophy.

Jan 7, 2025

|

Is U.S. manufacturing on the decline? Why does America lag behind China in global manufacturing output? How has manufacturing employment changed, and what does it mean? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski answers these questions, among others, in an article arguing that the narrative of U.S. manufacturing decline is based more on myth than reality.

Nov 25, 2024

|

Robert Tracinski

Todd Rose is the CEO of the nonpartisan think tank Populace and former director of the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality at Harvard University. His bestselling books include The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness and Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on October 3, 2024, to discuss his latest book, Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions, which draws on cutting-edge neuroscience and social psychology research to demonstrate how so much of our thinking is informed by faulty assumptions—making us dangerously mistrustful as a society and needlessly unhappy as individuals.

Nov 19, 2024

|

What’s really holding back innovation? How do fearmongering and heavy regulation impact economic growth? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski answers these questions, among others, in a recent article exploring Marc Andreessen’s techno-optimist manifesto and the reactions from both critics and “pro-growth” progressives.

Oct 28, 2024

|

Robert Tracinski

Last April, 45 leaders of prominent religious and secular organizations met in Philadelphia to explore the need to forge a common cause to unite against the forces arrayed against freedom, individualism and capitalism. The purpose wasn’t to convert participants to either belief or atheism, but explore what principles we do share across the secular-religious divide when it comes to personal agency and responsibility, and the implications for issues like free speech, free markets, and freedom of association.

Sep 18, 2024

|

James Lindsay, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, mathematician, and cultural critic who has written six books on subjects including religion, the philosophy of science, and postmodern theory. He first famously teamed up with Peter Boghossian and Helen Pluckrose to submit some 20 academic hoax papers, with 7 of them getting published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. His most famous book (so far), co-authored with Helen Pluckrose is Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender and Identity -- and Why This Harms Everybody. He joined CEO Jennifer Grossman on June 22, 2022 to discuss his book Race Marxism, which explores the origins of Critical Race Theory as a reinvention of Marxism focusing on race instead of class. Watch the entire video HERE or check the transcript below. ‍

Sep 10, 2024

|

“What is the origin of ‘cancel culture’? Who created this Frankenstein monster?” These questions are topics covered in a recent article by Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski. We invite you to read through as he pulls from Ayn Rand’s 1973 talk “Censorship: Local and Express” to explore the surprising roots of the authoritarian reactionary culture’s response to ideological dissent. Join Tracinski as he takes a closer look at how the conservative push for regulating morality laid the groundwork for today’s cultural climate and where the suppression of speech has taken on a new form.

Aug 26, 2024

|

Robert Tracinski

Why are so many international athletes flocking to American universities for training? What drives U.S.-born athletes to compete for other countries? Atlas Society Senior Fellow Robert Tracinski explores these questions in a recent article covering the 2024 Olympics in France. We invite you to read the article and see if you agree with America’s enduring influence on the Olympic stage.

Aug 19, 2024

|

Robert Tracinski