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The Wisdom Of episodes

May 09, 2025 Why We Can't Avoid Making JUDGMENTS—And Why That's a Great Thing!
So as we all know, there’s the popular or cliched idea that we should be “nonjudgmental”. But by and large, I don’t think that’s right! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
15 min
May 07, 2025 Adorno on Animals - "The degradation of a creature to the status of a mere thing"
The philosopher Theodor Adorno lays a powerful groundwork for thinking ethically about animals! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
16 min
May 05, 2025 Humour as Social Critique - Let's keep LAUGHING at POWER!
Humour can have real revolutionary force! Ask the philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin. Let's keep laughing at the powerful. It will work! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
16 min
April 30, 2025 Tolstoy vs. Dostoevsky - Some major DIFFERENCES!
These giants of literature, they're often viewed as similar from afar. But they're not. Especially when it comes to how they see the human soul and the road to salvation! ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
18 min
April 30, 2025 Miles Davis - Why LESS IS MORE!
In our world of more and faster and louder, we might do well to remember that less is often more! Just ask Miles! ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
15 min
April 30, 2025 Heidegger - The death of the LOVE LETTER in the time of the digital message!
The love letter has become an extinct species! This is a symptom of a much larger problem - at least according to Heidegger! ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
15 min
April 20, 2025 Buddhism and NON-ATTACHMENT - Some Objections!
Is human well-being and flourishing really all about detachment? I would argue, no! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
17 min
April 16, 2025 Byung-Chul Han and Plato on the POWER of BEAUTY!
Modern beauty has become tepid and smooth. It lacks the depth and friction and power of genuine beauty! Or so say Han and Plato! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
12 min
April 16, 2025 What does it mean to be a GOOD FATHER?
Inspired by Gabriel Marcel and Martin Buber, I argue that being a good father requires the invisible labor of presence.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
15 min
April 10, 2025 Foucault and Kierkegaard - Where the heck has YOUTHFUL REBELLION gone?
When I was growing up teenage rebellion seemed to be everywhere! Where is it now? At the heart of this decline: social media and technology! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/
20 min

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In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or…