Myths and Problems

I discuss the current approach to scientific discovery and innovation and the challenges and dangers of our current approach

I go through a short history of war and offer some problems for our modern understanding of it

I discuss Isaiah Berlin’s biographical sketch of Karl Marx and also explain ways in which Karl is no longer relevant and also potentially ways in which he still is

I describe it a little bit more depth how Frankenstein supports a kind of discussion of political monsters and in particular the French Revolution, eight a textual reading that was actually closer to Mary Shelley and the world she was living in then one might first assume

I talk about first the nature of mythology in a more general or literature framed sense. That I discuss whether in front infinite progress using science is actually one of these myths. What evidence do we have that we’re not thinking about science correctly?

I explain the basic problem of freedom and security as articulated by Isaiah Berlin. Some unresolved problems with political theory, some practical consequences in the French Revolution

On the third segment I do some comedy about the Iraq war

I explain a little bit about the history of Cyprus and then get a small travelogue as I lived on the island for about a month and a half.

I think that I should fill in some gaps in the roots of Europe in particular the development of the Roman empire in BCE and also some of the early development in CE. So I will leave that up but I need to put out a “The roots of Europe Part Two” which I will do as soon as I finish the research.

I describe the beginning of what we now think of as Europe starting with ancient Greek and Roman civilization. Up to about 1500 A.D..