In this episode, we dig into the complicated question of philosophical legacy. When a thinker contributes both brilliance and deeply flawed ideas, how do we evaluate their work (i.e. Immanuel Kant was racist af, y'all. Like, what do we even do with that? And WHY DID NO ONE TELL US THIS???)?

*ahem*

We explore how history curates and preserves knowledge, why some ideas survive while others fade, and whether so-called 'cancellation' actually achieves anything. We also discuss what it means to inherit intellectual frameworks and how we decide what to keep, what to discard, and what to rebuild from scratch.

Topics Covered:

• Philosophy and Moral Contradictions: Can we separate valuable insights from deeply flawed beliefs? Should we?

• The Canonization of Ideas: Why do certain philosophies endure while others are erased? Who decides?

• The Illusion of Cancellation: Does deplatforming a person or idea actually remove their influence, or does it just push it underground?

• Intellectual Inheritance: When we realize that some of our foundational beliefs have problematic origins, do we discard them entirely, or refine them?

  
  

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