Join crypto investor Li Jin in conversation with investor and writer Packy McCormick (The Great Online Game) and Harvard economist and poet Zoë Hitzig (Co-author of A Flexible Design for Funding Public Goods with Vitalik and Glen Weyl) for a discussion of the philosophic underpinning of crypto. We'll delve into John Rawls, political philosophy, and…
Pursue the philosophical foundations of addiction in a series hosted by John T. Maier, psychotherapist and philosopher. This is the 3rd session in the philosophy of addiction series, and will focus on addiction and trauma. In the law, addiction is understood as a kind of disability. This view gives us an alternative picture of how to think…
Join Alex Criddle for the seventh salon in the Breakthroughs series and explore breakthroughs in scientific theory and paradigms. In this first of two salons following Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of…
As an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Razan Baabdullah has thought about what hope means for her, her patients, and her team during tough times. So, she wrote a piece about…
Anyone who’s had an argument about politics with a friend may walk away wondering how this friend could possibly hold the beliefs they do. A few self-reflective people might even… Continue reading The Philosophy of Political Beliefs – With Oliver Traldi
Hi, I’m Gina! I’m a therapist, avid learner and educator. I’ve spent time in many settings, ranging from mental hospitals to jails and schools and most recently I’ve been coaching… Continue reading Philosophical Origins of Creative Pairs
As science discovers more and more about the universe and human beings, many conclude that free will is an illusion. In 'Free Agents', leading neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell argues that there… Continue reading Free Agents: A Conversation on Free Will with Kevin J. Mitchell
Join authors of What Are Children For? (and editors at The Point) Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman and novelist/theologian Tara Isabella Burton for a conversation about parenthood, purpose, and the possibility of embracing…
