The Metagame

#11 - Zak Stein | The Metaphysics of Love


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Zak Stein. Is a writer, educator and futurist. He’s working to bring a greater sense of sanity and justice to education.

He has a background in philosophy, educational neuroscience, human development, and the philosophy of education. While a student at Harvard, he co-founded what would become Lectica, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to the research-based, justice-oriented reform of large-scale standardized testing in K-12, higher-education, and business.

Topics include:

* Why the current moment demands a new kind of civilization.

* Why love is an ontological truth and not just random chemicals firing in your brain.

* What even is metaphysics? How is it directly related to your daily, personal life?

* Why Nick Land, Sam Harris and Yuval Noah Harari are deeply confused.

* “Would you teach this to your child?” as a litmus test for true beliefs.

* Eros and vitality.

* The missing piece of the prisoner’s dilemma.

* The major advantage angels always have over demons.

Resources:

* Love In A Time Between Worlds: On the Metamodern “Return” to a Metaphysics of Eros

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