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 Apr 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 Apr 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 Apr 202523min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 5
CAPITALISM: EP. 5When this new concept of man and new structure of political relations is let loose on the North American continent history starts to be rewritten. While the history and social norms o...
14 Apr 202535min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵 : The Ox in the Alley from Chuang Tzu - Ep. 7
In this tale, originally from the work of Chuang Tzu, a simple problem illustrates two different kind of thinking errors we make in day to day life and how Taoism seeks to help us avoid them.Sign-up f...
12 Apr 202513min
Reading Kant's "Prolegomena" - Ep. 7
READ ALONG SERIES - KANT'S "PROLEGOMENA"Having moved on from Empiricism and Idealism, Kant now undercut the foundations of Metaphysics by putting strict limits on the power of its insights while simul...
9 Apr 202538min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 4
CAPITALISM: EP. 4The birth of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 is a watershed moment in the history of capitalism. A new power is brought into the world that the Dutch political powers used to cre...
7 Apr 202532min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: The Yaksha Prashna in the Mahabharata - Ep. 6
In a very simplified version of the famous Yaksha parable from the Mahabharata, we encounter the strangely rich and human nature of Hindu stories. In the original, there are something like 30 differen...
5 Apr 202515min
