Hard Obscurantism

Hard Obscurantism episodes

February 28, 2022 Steven Pinker, Part 3
Steven Pinker slowly drains our will to live as we continue to discuss his book Enlightenment Now
1 hr 15 min
February 12, 2022 Steven Pinker, Part 2
Our conversation about the upstanding intellectual Steven Pinker and his book Enlightenment Now continues.
1 hr 19 min
November 09, 2021 Steven Pinker, Part 1
We begin our discussion of Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now and set off on our quest to save the Enlightenment from the evil hordes of populists and postmodernists.

You can check out Pinker's book here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Enlightenment_Now/J6grDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0.
52 min
October 12, 2021 Malcolm Gladwell, Part 3
We finish our discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's The Bomber Mafia with a little assist from a scathing review from the LA Review of Books. Check that out here: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-pop-history-bombs-a-response-to-malcolm-gladwells-love-letter-to-american-air-power/
46 min
September 28, 2021 Malcolm Gladwell, Part 2
We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly in Malcolm Gladwell's newest book, The Bomber Mafia. And its mostly bad!
45 min
September 21, 2021 Malcolm Gladwell, Part 1
An introduction to Hard Obscurantism and a discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Sure Thing" and "Thresholds of Violence". Articles: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/18/the-sure-thinghttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/thresholds-of-violence
45 min

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