Events
Technology and Statecraft
Parnassus House will run a nine-part seminar series entitled, "Technology and Statecraft: the Perennial Problems," from July 22nd to September 16th, 2025.
We will explore several core concerns at the intersection of technology and governance, reading excerpts and some entire works from some of the greatest minds – from Plato and Aristotle to Francis Bacon and John Locke – and include works from contemporaries such as Samo Burja and Marc Andreessen. These core concerns include:
- Innovation vs. Stability (Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch)
- Enhancement vs. Dependence (Plato, Rousseau, Neil Postman)
- Industry vs. Decadence (Plato, Locke)
- Adaptation vs. Domestication (Darwin, Matt Ridley, Christopher Ryan)
- Spontaneous Order vs. Centralized Control (Hobbes, Hayek)
- Social Technology and Civilizational Collapse (Samo Burja)
- Exploration of Core Themes in The New Atlantis (Francis Bacon)
- Exploration of Core Themes in The New Atlantis (cont.)
- The Future of Western Civilization: Progress or Return? (Douthat, Andreessen)
Read more about the series in our announcement post:

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Machiavelli's The Prince
Parnassus House ran an eight-part seminar series on Machiavelli's The Prince from March 4th through April 22nd, 2025. Read more about the series here:

Plato's Republic
Parnassus House ran an eight-part seminar series on Plato's Republic from October 22nd through December 17th, 2024. Read our review of that series here:
