Is the US a Democracy?
Not a rhetorical ploy, but an actual question. The strange form of American ‘Democracy’ today raises the very real idea that at some point a lack of competition in elections, the duopoly of the hold o...
10 Apr 47min
Values: Ep. 2 - Health
Often discussed as an ‘implicit’ good, health is nonetheless a relatively low priority in many modern societies. We have both a poor understanding of what constitutes health as well as a strong cultur...
6 Apr 57min
The Power of Abstraction
A reflection on our capacity to overwhelm our actual experience of the world with abstract concepts that somehow is often more powerful than even our immediate physical surroundings. I was prompted to...
3 Apr 28min
Values: Ep. 1 - Introduction
A brief introduction to the field of values and why they matter as a subject of reflection. Fundamentally, we understand the world through our values so reflecting on our values and potentially even c...
30 Mar 45min
Biography
A brief argument in favor of reading biographies as a warmup for a new series that will be coming very soon!Sign-up for Wes’s PATREON community to get your questions answered by Wes! (Yes, Wes is very...
27 Mar 36min
Commodification vs Financialization
A long footnote to the Late Capitalism series in which I discuss the, at least to me, very important difference between these two concepts. While commodification is still going on, it is really the ad...
23 Mar 37min
How to be Wrong and Why!
An invitation to explore the power of being wrong. In a culture that emphasizes the importance of rightness over a whole range of other possible values like harmony, beauty, health, fabulousness, insp...
20 Mar 33min
Late Capitalism: A Survival Guide, Ep. 18 - Conclusion 2 "Us"
While our particular brand of history is unique, people have been living history for a long time. By looking back to some earlier patterns of living that were more health-giving and joy-supporting tha...
16 Mar 1h 1min
