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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

"It takesconsiderable knowledge just to realize the extentof your own ignorance." Thomas...

"It takes
considerable knowledge just to realize the extent
of your own ignorance." [ music ] Thomas Sowell may be
an academic by training, but he is not one
to rely solely on books

Full Transcript

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"It takes considerable knowledge
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just to realize the extent of your own ignorance."
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[ music ]
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Thomas Sowell may be an academic by training,
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but he is not one to rely solely on books.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:51
Uploaded
May 19, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.
To gather material for his extensive writings - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
To gather material for his extensive writings
As an amateur photographer, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
As an amateur photographer,
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He went around the world and analyzed - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
He went around the world and analyzed
One of Tom's discoveries was that - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
One of Tom's discoveries was that
Too often the influence of geography on wealth - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Too often the influence of geography on wealth
But important as such differences are, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
But important as such differences are,
Why did Europe conquer Africa instead of vice versa? - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
Why did Europe conquer Africa instead of vice versa?
Well, there are a number of ways in which civilizations - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
Well, there are a number of ways in which civilizations
Sophisticated cultures are ones that sit - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:24
Sophisticated cultures are ones that sit
A lot of his research, as you mentioned, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
A lot of his research, as you mentioned,
But that curiosity is not necessarily appreciated - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:16
But that curiosity is not necessarily appreciated
Someone else is keeping them down, or, you know, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
Someone else is keeping them down, or, you know,
What Tom did when he talked about comparative cultures, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:16
What Tom did when he talked about comparative cultures,
So when people who were critical of Tom would say, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:26
So when people who were critical of Tom would say,
And most historians, you know, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And most historians, you know,
"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
"The first lesson of economics is scarcity:
The first lesson of politics - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:20
The first lesson of politics
A perfect example can be found in Salt Lake City, Utah, at Overstock.com. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
A perfect example can be found in Salt Lake City, Utah, at O...