OCON 2026: A Preview of 6 Talks

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OCON 2026: A Preview of 6 Talks

June 4, 2026

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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Elan Journo talks with Ben Bayer, Robertas Bakula, Alex Silverman, Audra Hilse, Sam Weaver, and Keith Lockitch about their upcoming talks at OCON 2026 in New Orleans.

Speakers include:

Bayer: Ayn Rand on progress
Bakula: antitrust is anti-production
Silverman: metaphysics of productiveness
Hilse: publishing We the Living
Weaver: Milton’s Paradise Lost
Lockitch: Descartes and Newton on the rainbow

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