The Wisdom Of

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The Wisdom Of episodes

October 15, 2025 Byung-Chul Han and Fromm - Clean shiny machines and our Necrophilia!
We prefer machines to people and mechanical precision to messy human qualities. What is this but our love of death over life! Or so argue Byung-Chul Han and Erich Fromm! ... 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/
10 min
October 12, 2025 Kant vs. Aristotle - Duty vs. Character!
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/
14 min
October 09, 2025 The rise and the danger of binary thinking
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/
11 min
October 06, 2025 Montaigne's self-fashioning vs. the curated facade of today's self!
The French philosopher Montaigne made the exploration of selfhood the most important thing in his life. How does his project compare to today's version of self-fashioning? ... 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/
13 min
October 03, 2025 Optimize this! - The cost of constant improvement
Beneath today's trend of optimizing everything lies some deep philosophical and existential problems. ... 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/
10 min
September 30, 2025 Three famous philosophers who were practically unknown in their own time!
Ahead of their age, awaiting ours: Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche! ... 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
September 26, 2025 The death of expertise is the demise of civilization!
Our growing distrust of expertise and of universities is terminally stupid. We will all pay the price.... 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/
13 min
September 23, 2025 David Abram's The Spell of the Sensuous - Living in attunement with the earth!
Abstract time and space sever our ties to place, rhythm, and responsibility! Or so argues the philosopher and ecologist, David Abram! .... 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/
14 min
September 18, 2025 When Religion becomes Shallow
When religion becomes shallow it's no longer truly religion. Many philosophers have warned us of this, of religion being reduced to self-serving functions.... 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/
14 min
September 15, 2025 Julian Jaynes - The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, and AI!
The American psychologist argued that before modern consciousness, we heard and obeyed the voices of the gods. With AI, is it any different today? ... 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

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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…