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Recommended Reading: Napoleon (the Great?)

by robertrosenkranz on April 21, 2015

Let me begin with a disclosure: Andrew Roberts is a good friend, and a member of the Intelligence Squared Advisory Council.  He is a brilliant historian, but has been called a shameless name-dropper.

Thus, I am sure he wouldn’t mind my mentioning that at a dinner I hosted in honor of this book he more than held his own in debate with Henry Kissinger and Boris Johnson. His recent biography is titled Napoleon in America and Napoleon the Great in Britain.  And therein lies the debate.

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The Future of Innovation with Peter Thiel

by robertrosenkranz on April 9, 2015

Peter Thiel is one of our more interesting public intellectuals, who is often willing to take stances that challenge the conventional wisdom.

“Too many kids go to college” he argued in an Intelligence Squared U.S. debate (pictured above). There, he made the point that less able students in second tier schools might be better off with vocational training (the model successfully followed in Germany and Switzerland), and that the most able students at top schools might be pushed to follow conformist career paths rather than express their entrepreneurial creativity.

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The Debate Continues: Ban College Football?

by robertrosenkranz on March 23, 2015

Star rookie Chris Borland’s retirement is causing reverberations this week, leading many to ask, are football’s risks worth its rewards? In 2012, Intelligence Squared U.S. debated the risks of college football with Malcolm Gladwell, Buzz Bissinger, Tim Green and Jason Whitlock. The debate sold out so quickly and garnered so much pre-debate publicity, even we were taken by surprise. Once again, a growing concern over safety has put football’s future back in the spotlight.

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Russia: An Evolving Debate

by robertrosenkranz on February 20, 2015

Ridicule, ostracization, a failing economy – The Economist admits that regarding Putin “as a success might seem bleakly comical.” But is the West misjudging him? There are two Intelligence Squared U.S. debates that have explored Russia’s power struggle in depth over the last decade: “Russia Is Becoming Our Enemy Again” (2007) and “Russia Is A Marginal Power” (2014).

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Celebrating 100 IQ2US Debates: Watch Live

by robertrosenkranz on February 11, 2015

This evening, Intelligence Squared U.S. will celebrate a tremendous milestone: we will present our 100th debate.  That includes about 465 debaters. We’ve presented debates in 7 cities, and on dozens of stages, totaling more than 10,000+ minutes of rigorous public discourse and reaching millions along the way. Thanks to our brilliant staff who made it all possible, and to our loyal community for watching, listening, and, most of all, for being open to debate.

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