Curtis Yarvin, Christoper Rufo, Patrick Deneen, and Christopher Caldwell gather together for Episode 01 of Project Cosmos, ISI's new flagship series that grapples with the future of civilization.
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Hello John,
I am excited to announce that the first episode
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of ISI's new flagship series, Project Cosmos, is now available on YouTube. Project Cosmos gathers together today’s leading thinkers in intimate, living-room-style conversations where they tackle the deepest political and cultural challenges facing America. Episode 01 covers the themes of executive power and the common good in broad strokes, focusing specifically on topics such as the origins of the administrative state, the role of bureaucracy, the effectiveness of DOGE, and more.
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I facilitated the Episode 01 discussion between four thought leaders who cover a broad spectrum of political conservatism.
Christopher Rufo is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, where he spearheaded national legislation to end critical race theory, which led to the resignation of former Harvard University president Claudine Gay. He is the author of America's Cultural Revolution (2023) and a contributing editor for City Journal.
Patrick Deneen is the author of Why Liberalism Failed (2019), a critique of liberalism's social fragmentation. He is a professor of political science at Notre Dame, and he has written for First Things, The American Conservative, and The New Atlantis.
Christopher Caldwell is a journalist and author. He has been published in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and is best known for The Age of Entitlement (2020), which critically examines immigration, Islam, and the legacy of the civil rights movement.
Curtis Yarvin, formerly known by the pen name Mencius Moldbug, is a political theorist, blogger, and software developer. He created the computing platform Urbit and co-founded Tlon. His philosophies have influenced right-wing intellectuals such as Peter Thiel and JD Vance.
Watch the whole conversation on YouTube
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, or listen on Spotify
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or Apple Podcasts
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is available on our newly-launched Substack
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Best regards,
Johnny Burtka
President and CEO
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