Today’s ancient Greek wisdom
Our culture seems intent upon reviving the wisdom of those other ancient Greek philosophers: Mediocrates, Toiletes, and Idiocratus.
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Big Ideas podcast, hosted by Erik Torenberg
Erik Torenberg is co-founder of Village Global, an early-stage venture capital fund backed by the founders of Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook, and other leading companies. He hosts a podcast whose guests have ranged from Bill Gates to Tyler Cowen to Terry Gross to Deirdre McCloskey. In our discussion, we cover the content and impact of postmodern
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Educating for violence — Portland example
From Aaron Mesh’s interview with Gregory McKelvey: “We must put ourselves in the minds of someone who probably rightfully believes the world is ending or, at a minimum, is on the brink of being unrecognizable with incredible amounts of death, pain and climate chaos. If the world is ending, some people are going to act
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Urdu translation of Explaining Postmodernism
Professor Nazi Azad is working on a translation into Urdu of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault.
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Harris interview on science, progress, and liberal education
Bradford Harris is a Ph.D. from Stanford University in History of Science and Technology. Our 59-minute conversation ranges over these topics: Locations: everywhere podcasts are found, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. YouTube link follows:
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Embrace Being Offended at University
Courage, rather than cowardice and intolerance, in seeking truth.
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GameStop and short-sellers
What’s the ethics of driving up the price of GameStop stock?
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Real Liberal Education: interviewed by Marsha Enright
I was interviewed for the “Conversations with Marsha” series, part of The Great Connections program. Our theme is The Liberal Arts, What They Are and Why You Need Them. Video is below, and a rough transcription is coming soon.
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