Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Dharma (Guruspear) in the Mahabharata - Ep. 10
A selection from the Mahabharata that presents a completely different relationship between man and the gods than is generally present in the western world. It also expresses the deep Hindu belief in t...
2 Touko 202513min
No, we're not becoming dumber.
No, we’re not becoming dumber. However, because of the incentives of the few major companies that have a disproportionate impact on how content is exposed to us, what we encounter IS remarkably awful....
30 Huhti 202530min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 7
CAPITALISM: EP. 7The new entity created with the rise of the corporation was created under an old set of values and philosophies that had no precedent for thinking about what was coming with the rise ...
28 Huhti 202540min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵 : Two Monks and a Woman - Ep. 9
This classic Zen tale asks us to consider the nature or our attachments and how what we carry in our minds is as important - perhaps even more important - than the experiences we have.Sign-up for Wes’...
25 Huhti 20259min
No Left Wing! (The utter absence of a Liberal party in the USA)
No Left Wing!In many of my conversations with folks here in France I realize that there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the political spectrum in the US and this lecture is a brief reflection on ...
23 Huhti 202535min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 6
CAPITALISM: EP. 6We have met Capitalism and it is US. The co-evolution of modern conceptions of the individual and capitalism makes it difficult for us to recognize or act on values outside the Capita...
21 Huhti 202548min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵 : Heidegger's Hammer - Ep. 8
From Being and Time, this example highlights the very different ways we relate to objects in the physical world. We rarely reflect on how we interact with physical objects and how they impact our expe...
18 Huhti 202510min
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Conclusion
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA"So why would a governor of a Russian enclave denounce Kant 200+ years later? Kant’s undercutting of metaphysics fundamentally questions all of the assumptions n...
16 Huhti 202523min
