Taoism: Ep. 12 - Taoism and Tranquility
While Taoism emphasizes knowing and being nothing, it does have a positive value - tranquility. Virtually ignored as a value in the Western tradition with its powerful focus on “meaning” and “knowing”...
25 Sep 30min
No History For You! - Ep. 3
NO HISTORY FOR YOU!In my second lecture I explore the bizarre and necessary historical amnesia that besets American culture. For the first 200 years of American settlement, the Native American culture...
24 Sep 42min
The Joy of Resistance: Ep. 3 - Revolution is a Trap
The overriding narrative of revolution features a defined enemy inhabiting a defined space that we can, with courage, suffering and sacrifice, overthrow and inaugurate a new and better world. However,...
21 Sep 42min
Taoism: Ep. 11 - Taoism and Nihilism
Taoism posits that the meaninglessness of life is not a basis for Nihilism but for Joy and Liberty. The palpable despair imparted by the advance of science and the increasing awareness of the triviali...
18 Sep 27min
The Joy of Resistance: Ep. 2 - You are Not A Resource
2,000 years ago Cicero warned us against the idea that other people are functionally prey from whom we extract the profit. Unfortunately, his arguments have been forgotten and we inhabit a society tha...
14 Sep 44min
Taoism: Ep. 10 - Socrates was NOT a Taoist
While Taoism emphasizes ‘not knowing’ it does so in a very different way than Socrates’s claim of knowing what he does not know. In Chapter 17 of Chuangtzu we encounter a classic example of both the l...
11 Sep 28min
What is an American? - Ep. 1
WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?In my introductory lecture I explore the uniquely powerful role America plays in the contemporary world and the history that underlies its global dominance. 250 years ago, the Unit...
9 Sep 53min
