The Fragility of Free Speech: A Historical Perspective

“In fact, free speech may well be the most powerful engine of equality ever devised by human kind.”

Free Speech by Jacob Mchangama presents a thorough and fascinating look at the history of free speech through the ages. What’s amazing is that free speech is a rather recent phenomenon, is quite fragile, and most of the people I consider to be the bulwarks of free speech were not as principled as I thought.

I got to meet Jacob last week and hear more about this book at an event at Landmark Booksellers. I talk a bit about that and the question I asked him as well as cover some key themes from his book.

If you’d like to watch the event at Landmark, you can do so here:

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