Fauxlosophers

Is it wrong to do things the easy way?

Everything We Do is Wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7yvjH8vmx0

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This week, we review and analyze Ira Levin's novel This Perfect Day.

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What makes a country? How are countries born? Will our future extraterrestrial colonies declare independence from their Earth mother countries?

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Political extremism is vilified in our culture, but it seems like nobody is hated more than those who haven't taken a side on a given issue. What's going on here?

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This week, we consider the consequences of how our society is placing less and less importance on owning the things we use.

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Intro and outro music by your best friend jippy: https://jippy.bandcamp.com/

This week we're departing from our usual moral/political philosophy topics to discuss something a bit different: old stuff. What counts as "retro" or "classic" or "vintage"? Can it even be rigorously defined?

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Risk is often associated with reward, and defenders of capitalism will justify business ownership using reasoning based on risk and reward. Is this how it should be?

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Humans achieve much greater things when they work together, but our tendency to think in group terms can also get us in big trouble.

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Intro and outro music by your best friend jippy: https://jippy.bandcamp.com/

This week, we contemplate what it means to be smart, whether or not that's different from being intelligent, and if it's really better to be smart.

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If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods:

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Intro and outro music by your best friend jippy: https://jippy.bandcamp.com/

This week, we discuss two types of minimalism: the classic type that seems to have been forgotten amidst the minimalist art aesthetic, and digital minimalism. Both of these philosophies will have us examine how we allocate our time and whether or not that is conducive to achieving our goals.

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If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods:

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Intro and outro music by your best friend jippy: https://jippy.bandcamp.com/