Why does nothing seem to make sense, anymore? Why do all of our important words seem so slippery, and our definitions ever harder to define? What is a liberal? What really is a conservative? And what does 'liberalism' - the philosophy that undergirds the foundation of American society - actually mean today? Writer and filmmaker Jay Shapiro has spent much of his life trying to figure out society's most confounding dilemmas.

Criticizing Freedom: Food First, Philosophy Later, by Jay Shapiro

S02E17: Atheistic Search for God - Dilemma Podcast

Talking $*** About Tech, Capitalism, Culture, & Philosophy - Talking $#!t Podcast

"Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;" - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

Dogs' Eyes Evolve to Appeal to Humans - BBC News

Walden, by Henry David Thoreau

"God is dead." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road, by Matthew B. Crawford

After Riding With Spanish Speakers, White Commuters Favored Anti-Immigration Policies - Big Think

Chesterton's Fence: A Lesson in Second Order Thinking, by Shane Parrish

Ethics Explainer: Deontology

Ethics Explainer: Consequentialism

Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society, by Peter McWilliams

The Actual Abortion Debate, by Jay Shapiro

Fundamental Attribution Error - Ethics Unwrapped

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael Sandel

On Directing Film, by David Mamet

Original Position (Veil of Ignorance) - John Rawls

"Abby Singer" - Filmmaking slang for 'Second to last shot of the day'

Optimistic Nihilism - Kurzgesagt

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World, by David Deutsch

How to Build a Dyson Sphere - Kurzgesagt

The Fermi Paradox - Wait But Why

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