Welcome to the ARC Conference 2023! This was the opening speech at the ARC Conference, from day 1 of the ARC Conference. Baroness Philippa Stroud is co-founder and CEO of ARC and Member of the House of Lords. Previously, she was CEO of the Legatum Institute and the Centre for Social Justice, and served as Special Advisor for both the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Prime Minister David Cameron.
“Traditions are experiments that worked. What we have found, having rejected the sexual norms of the past, is that they were there for a reason… The winners of the sexual revolution have not been women…and the great losers of the sexual revolution are children” – Louise Perry 00:00 – 01:35 Jordan Peterson’s Introduction 01:36 – 05:44 Louise Perry on the Sexual Revolution 05:45 – 11:25 Mary Harrington on Transhumanism 11:26 – 14:46 Louise Perry’s advice to women 14:47 – 19:02 Stephen Blackwood on Human Flourishing 19:03 – 21:31 Jordan ends
The dropping of the moral codes was the beginning of the breakdown of our civilsation and an opening for the Marxists to push their ideology – hence the dawn of the secular world which came at the cost of our Christian world and its boundaries and guideline as people turned their backs on God and relished the birth of anything goes comment by Nelle
“Western Civilisation is a cut flower, and cut flowers die… but we have the remnants, the symbols of Western heritage, and their seeds. All we have to do, those of us who inherited it, is to go and see them, grow them, nurture them, water them”. 00:00 – 2:09 Introduction & Os Guinness: The Nature of Narrative 2:10 – 8:04 Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Adopting a Civilisation 8:05 – 12:12 John Anderson: Why do we have a sense of lostness? 12:13 – 27:14 How should we interpret the discourse of Power and Oppression? 27:14 – 35:09 Our Relationship to the Transcendent Good 35:10 – 44:02 John Anderson: The danger of making government God 44:03 – 49:29 Ayaan’s closing remarks A panel discussion with Jordan Peterson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, John Anderson, and Os Guinness on identifying the problem of cultural decay as well as the way forwards.
Indeed don’t teach the country’s history and accept the consequences -we have been played by Marxist interlopers disguised as politicians , academics priests, bureaucrats planning our future and starting with and indoctrinating our children while being blithely unaware of the insidious betrayal until here we are -there are always consequences for actions and we are paying for our inability of being vigilant and aware of what was happening in the world because we were too interested in our own world and so the die was cast but we are awake now so do we accept the diabolical changes in our world or fight for a return to normality-comment by Nelle
Jordan Peterson’s introductory speech on the vision for the ARC Conference.
This man is a threat to the absurdity of woke but a blessing to all of us who love and believe in God and in Christ our saviour -comment by Nelle
Michael Shellenberger is an energy expert, author, and leading intellectual in the pro-human environmental movement. He is a co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition, and founder of Environmental Progress.
“Decline is not inevitable. ARC offers a compelling hope filled vision for the future!”. Kevin McCarthy, the 55th Speaker of the US House of Representatives, speaks on the 1st day of the ARC Conference 2023.
A panel discussion with Greg Sheridan, Niall Ferguson, Rebeccah Heinrichs, and Andrew Hastie on the Liberal Democratic ideal and how we can save it.
Greg Sheridan AO has been the Australian’s foreign editor since 1992 and has written eight books. His journalism has appeared all over the world, and he appears frequently on television and radio. Mostly his books have concerned international affairs, with two on Christianity. Dr Niall Ferguson FRSE is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. Rebeccah L Heinrichs is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute and founding director of its Keystone Defense Initiative. She specialises in US national defence policy with a focus on strategic deterrence. The Hon Andrew Hastie MP is the Australian Shadow Minister for Defence. Previously, he chaired the Joint Parliamentary Committee for Intelligence and Security and served as an Army officer in the Special Air Service Regiment.
“Freedom, prosperity, and happiness are not values, they’re not a map, not even principles. They may be the fruits of a successful society but not its roots.”
“Children need a childhood where technology use is regulated… institutional care is not and never will be a good option for children under the age of three” Erica Komisar LCSW is a clinical social worker, author, psychoanalyst, psychological consultant, and parent guidance expert who has been in private practice in New York City for over 30 years.
Freedom for excellence is “not self-determination. It is the disciplining of desire so as to make the achievement of the good first possible and then effortless.”
“We should not be turning anything off until we are ready to turn something else on, and we are not ready to turn on the technologies we have been transitioning to” – Gerard Holland. @RobertBryce
00:00 – 01:47 Magatte Wade introduces the African trade-offs 01:48 – 04:06 Björn explains the trade-offs in Europe 04:07 – 08:10 Gerard explains the fundamental question of energy trade-offs 08:11 – 09:42 Robert Bryce 09:43 – 12:41 Magatte on the importance of energy for women 12:42 – 16:25 Björn on energy in Germany 16:26 – 18:10 Magatte speaks out against energy mixes apathetic to women 18:11 – 19:45 Gerard explores Nuclear Energy 19:46 – 24:02 Magatte and Björn on electric foreign aid
This talk is from the first day of the ARC Conference 2023 where Paul Marshall launched the ‘Free Markets and Good Governance’ stream. To protect true free market Capitalism, which has brought untold prosperity to the world, we might fight against its mutant siblings – Monopolies, Cronyism, and Woke Capitalism. Sir Paul Marshall is CIO and Chairman of Marshall Wace LLP, founder and owner of UnHerd Media, and an investor in GB News Ltd. He is a founding Trustee of Ark, the children’s charity, and Chairman of Ark Schools.
“There are some people whose brains have been broken. To them our past is abominable and our future is one of managed decline. My message is simple. How Dare You!? You will not steal my son’s future with empty words”. Konstantin Kisin started day 2 of the ARC Conference 2023 with a bang. Konstantin Kisin is a Sunday Times bestselling author, satirist, social commentator, and creator and co-host of the free speech podcast TRIGGERnometry. In 2022, he published An Immigrant’s Love Letter to the West.
The first of three Spoken Word performances by Joshua Luke Smith written specifically for the ARC Conference. Josh is a pastor, poet, producer and published author. He founded Orphan No More, a record label and a creative community, and The Psalmists, a charity helping the lives of offenders. Find out more about Josh here: https://www.joshualukesmith.com
Makoto Fujimura is a leading contemporary artist whose work has been featured in galleries and museums around the world. He has also authored 4 books, Art+Faith: A Theology of Making, Silence and Beauty, Refractions, and Culture Care. At the ARC Conference, We were delighted to be able to display the artwork of renowned contemporary artist Makoto Fujimura. Makoto is an expert in the art of ‘Kintsugi’ – the ancient art of renewing broken ceramics by repairing them with gold. Either side of the ARC Conference main stage, two of Makoto’s artworks were displayed: Water Flames and Charis. These stunning works were chosen because they depict the journey from darkness to light, from decline to renewal, from lament to glory. They also tell the story that noble and beautiful things in this world (Charis), are forged in the furnace of trial and perseverance (Water Flames).
In the final session of the final day of the ARC Conference, @JordanBPeterson gave the most inspiring talk we have ever heard. We encourage you, to please make time to watch this talk from beginning to end. Turn your phone off, go full screen, and let the words speak to your heart. It has been a week of big ideas, strategic relations, and deep conversations. However, Jordan reminded us that “we have so many people in the world that are lost in ways that are nearly unimaginable” and urged all those in the room to lay aside all of our “hedonic whims”, to take up, cling to, and insist upon the divine responsibility given to us to work for the betterment of our societies. “There is no desert we can’t make bloom”. The inaugural ARC Conference has been a special time. While those in the room were a community of senior thought-leaders from around the world, we want to allow all of you to engage fully in the ideas and speakers of the conference. We will ensure that all the talks and content are available to you, for free, here on YouTube.
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