In this episode, Aaron and Bethany (sans Jp) discuss the value of originality. Does originiality necessarily enhance the significance of a work, or do we overestimate the value of novelty? Are we afraid of being original because it would require vulnerability, and so choose irony? Is sincerity, perhaps, a superior quality than originality?

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Text: Jacques Derrida, The Beast & the Sovereign, Volume I, trans. Geoffrey Bennington (Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2009), 5-6