Wise Hypocrite

Wise Hypocrite

By Patrick DanielSociety & CulturePhilosophy
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Wise Hypocrite episodes

  • Hannah Arendt: "We Refugees"
    Some thoughts on the great philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt's landmark essay "We Refugees". Also, where does totalitarianism come from?
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    12 min
  • The Atomic Age
    Nuclear proliferation means we have the ability to annihilate the entirety of our, and every other species in the blink of an eye. The podcaster Dan Carlin compared this situation to our kneeling "with a gun at our heads". What are the issues and ethics surrounding atomic warfare? And what would it be like to be in an atomic explosion?
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    14 min
  • On Childlike Wonder
    The children's books Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince) and Sophie's World serve as an excellent introduction to some of the great philosophical questions of all time. More importantly, they are a perfect illustration of how looking at the world with a sense of childhood wonder is the key to awakening the philosopher in each of us.
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    13 min
  • The dangers of A.I.
    Back from when this podcast used to be called "Pop Philosophy", a series of ponderings on A.I. Should we fear A.I.? What is "General Intelligence" Could you be more useful as a paper clip?
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    13 min

About Wise Hypocrite

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A podcast on The 10 Questions of Human Existence.