GEORGE GILDER: INTRODUCTION
TO HIS LIFE AND WORKS
Taught by George Gilder, Gale Pooley, and Jay Richards
George Gilder is one of the greatest thinkers of our age. He has written 20 books on family and society, economics, and technology over a 55-year career. He has traveled the world and written hundreds of articles, appeared on a variety of television programs, and debated a host of public thinkers. The objective of this course is to introduce you to his life and works. In 17 short and engaging videos, we provide summaries of his major books and the profound ideas they advance. Each unit is followed by a short quiz, and a digital certificate of completion is offered for those who finish the course.
Video 1 | Welcome from George Gilder
Course Syllabus
Video 2 | Jay Richards: Who is George Gilder?
Video 3 | Nini Gilder: My Life with George
Video 4 | Overview of Wealth and Poverty
Video 5 | George Gilder Answers Key Questions about Wealth and Poverty
Video 6 | Why Capitalism Works (PragerU)
Video 7 | Jay Richards: Greed, Self-Interest, Altruism, and Free Enterprise
QUIZ | Unit 2
Video 8 | Overview of Knowledge and Power
Video 9 | George Gilder Answers Key Questions about Knowledge and Power
Video 10 | Gale Pooley: Measuring the Growth of Knowledge with Time
Video 11 | Marian Tupy: Countering Doom with Superabundance
QUIZ | Unit 3
GOING DEEPER (Optional) | Gale Pooley on Knowledge Versus Doom
GOING DEEPER (optional) | Superabundance: The Age of Plenty with Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley (Jordan Peterson Episode 284)
Video 12 | Overview of Life After Google
Video 13 | George Gilder Answers Key Questions about Life After Google
Video 14 | George Gilder: Forget Cloud Computing, Blockchain is the Future (Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson)
Video 15 | Jay Richards Addresses Whether AI will Replace Most Human Workers
QUIZ | Unit 4
GOING DEEPER (optional) | Artificial Intelligence: Will Machines Take Over? (Science Uprising, Episode 10)
GOING DEEPER (optional) | AI panel from COSM 2019 featuring Oren Etzioni, Bob Marks, and George Montañez
GOING DEEPER (optional) | Gaming AI by George Gilder
Video 16 | George Gilder on “Emergency Socialism” & Separating Power from Knowledge (American Thought Leaders, Epoch TV, Jan. 2, 2023)
Article | George Gilder: Life After Capitalism (National Review, Oct. 14, 2021)
QUIZ | Unit 5
Video 17 | Thank You from George Gilder