Today we continue our discussion of Foucault's "The History of Sexuality" with volume II today, which discusses the Ancient Greek's perspectives on things having to do with sex. For them it was framed in terms of pleasure (aphrodesia) to be moderated (sophrosyne) through self control (enkrateia), rather than as a multiplicity of sexualities, like in modern times.

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Today we discuss Richard Posner's article "The Law & Economics of Intellectual Property" published in Daedalus in 2002. This discusses some of the rational for why we have IP laws and the incentives one needs to be mindful of when constructing them.

Full issue: https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/daedalus/downloads/Daedalus_Sp2002_On-Intellectual-Property.pdf

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Today we discuss Carla Hess's article
"Intellectual property, 700 B.C. - 2000 A.D." published in Daedalus in 2002. This details the history of intellectual property up to the modern era.

Article: https://www.amacad.org/publication/intellectual-property-700-bc-ad-2000

Full issue: https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/daedalus/downloads/Daedalus_Sp2002_On-Intellectual-Property.pdf

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Today we pick up on our discussion of Foucault from ~6months ago by diving into another one of his books, "The History of Sexuality"...how provocative. We start with Volume I today, which discusses the repressive hypothesis, the West's development of Sciencia Sexualis, and how this all relates to power.

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Today we continue our discussion of Murray Rothbard's "The Case Against the Fed" by talking about the final 3rd of the book (~pages 100-150). This section focuses on the formation of the federal reserve, its real world consequences, and what Rothbard thinks should be done about it.

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Today we continue our discussion of Murray Rothbard's "The Case Against the Fed" by talking about the second 3rd of the book (~ pages 50-100). This covers the history of central banking in the US and how it ultimately won the day. Listener discretion is advised for this one, because at the end we cover a provacative topic. So 18+ only please....

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Today we begin our discussion of Murray Rothbard's "The Case Against the Fed" by talking about the first 1/3rd of the book. This covers what money is, fractional reserve banking, and how the federal reserve basically counterfeits and embezzles money.

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Today we finish Nietzsche's essay "Shopenhaur as educator", part of his Untimely Meditations. We continue to discuss how most people today, and during Nietzsche's time in the 1870s, are trained to just regurgitate information rather than synthesize it into something new. No culture, with a buncha automatons man...

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Today we continue our reading of Nietzsche's Untimely Meditations by discussing sections 1-4 of his "Shopenhaur as Educator" essay. Basically he discusses how most people are too afraid to speak honestly, because it would lead to a life of isolation and constant confrontation with others.

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Today we discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Use and Abuse of History" from his Untimely Meditations. The title is basically the motto of the monumental historians. We discuss what these are and how it relates to consciousness, etc.

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