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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

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[ music ] [ Song ends ] [ Applause ] Just the fact that he would care
about this five-year-old said a lot to me
about who he sees himself as

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Just the fact that he would care about this five-year-old
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said a lot to me about who he sees himself as.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:43
Uploaded
May 10, 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.
"The course of history is determined - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:15
"The course of history is determined
The development of skills and habits - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
The development of skills and habits
And a good example of what he's talking about - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And a good example of what he's talking about
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We still follow the tenet that Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
We still follow the tenet that Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg
They were living in Seesen - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
They were living in Seesen
At that time, there was a lot of political upheaval in Germany, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
At that time, there was a lot of political upheaval in Germa...
I think you would call it the apprentice system today. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
I think you would call it the apprentice system today.
And Heinrich was just so full of ideas - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:15
And Heinrich was just so full of ideas
On his own, Heinrich created a few pianos. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
On his own, Heinrich created a few pianos.
And while they were favorably received, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
And while they were favorably received,
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They created an instrument that within 10 years, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
They created an instrument that within 10 years,
Very often people talk - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
Very often people talk
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"It's amazing how much panic one honest man can spread - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
"It's amazing how much panic one honest man can sp...
"The Thomas Sowell Reader," 2011. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
"The Thomas Sowell Reader," 2011.
"Intellectuals and Race," 2013. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
"Intellectuals and Race," 2013.
A new edition of your classic work - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
A new edition of your classic work