In this fourth episode of the Searching for the Self in an Age of Simulation series, Stephen G. Adubato, host of Cracks in Postmodernity, joins Katherine Dee, internet subculture chronicler, Esmé Partridge, writer…
Regan Arntz-Gray, who's been hosting a Sam Harris podcast discussion group for the past 6 years, is hosting a 4-month Interintellect Salon series on his body of work. Episode 4: The Power of Conversation Sam Harris is known for having diverse and difficult conversations with many people he disagrees with. While he doesn't believe one has…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for a series in which…
Katherine Dee joins Robin Hanson to explore the phenomenon of cultural drift and its impact on modern society, guided by insights from Robin's research. This is the second episode of…
Writer Henry Oliver continues the Western Canon Book Club series with a salon about one of the greatest ever novels. Jane Austen is often seen as a writer of romantic comedies and social manners. But she was also a great innovator. Emma is her most important novel and shows her at her most experimental. Her development of narrative technique…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for a series in which we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie. I’m definitely not thinking about death anymore. The movie opens with…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for a series in which we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie. 'We’re all being played with, babe! But usually there’s some kind of separation: there’s the Girl…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie. 'You’re supposed to want to know.' Weird Barbie’s insistent demand echoes the famous beginning of…
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie. 'Is that a mirror in your pocket?' Does gender reflect biological sex, or stand on…
How are you here? You’re like an idea. A great idea. Sasha assumes, like most of us, that ideas are impoverished abstractions of material reality. Plato, however, held the opposite…
Are you striving to live someone else's definition of a good life? When you've got an atypical brain, you got to have atypical ambitions. Too often we unintentionally inherit an…
About Robin Hanson's book Elephant In the Brain (co-written by Kevin Simler): "Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains are therefore designed not just to hunt…
