Our current education system is based on a conception of the job market that was developed during the industrial age. Schools are set up to instil skills, knowledge and attitudes that best position us to fit in within that system. But innovations in technology and culture mean that the world new graduates step into may be very different from the one they have been trained to perform in. Should we rethink our whole approach to education? I discuss this with philosopher Maarten van Doorn, whose recent article on Medium inspired this episode.

Links:

Medium article: https://medium.com/the-polymath-project/studying-history-is-more-important-than-ever-in-todays-economy-c99fde4be7d0

Maarten van Doorn: https://medium.com/@maartenvandoorn/latest

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Happy birthday Roma! It's the anniversary of the founding in 753 B.C. of Rome, perhaps the single city that has most influenced way we live and think about the world today in the West.

TGE celebrates the occasion by exploring various perspectives on Rome, its history, national character and most famous dish - Carbonara! Today I am joined by Brian Marshall and Timothy Brady, two experts in Roman history to discuss aspects of Roman culture that have worked their way into our own way of life.

Links:

Tom Holland, "Rubicon" - https://www.amazon.com/Rubicon-Tom-Holland/dp/1400078970

Where The Gods Live - https://www.facebook.com/WheretheGodsLiveCrafts/

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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 - 1519) was a scientist and inventor whose extraordinary ideas and breadth of imagination were centuries ahead of their time. In his spare time, he did some pretty good paintings too.

The quintessential Renaissance Man, Leonardo's approach to life and learning is only extraordinary for the heights he reached. But his tendency to branch out and apply himself to new disciplines was profoundly human. In our age of ultra-specialisation, there's a lot we can learn from Leonardo, to unleash the polymath within us.

Polymath Lifestyle: http://www.thegreateverything.com/polymath-lifestyle-living-wide/

Simone Luccichenti: https://www.instagram.com/simone_luccichenti/

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In this diary edition of TGE, I discuss the importance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, and a couple of Aeon articles on how the notion of trust plays into our post-truth landscape.

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TGE #51 - Holocaust Remembrance Day: https://anchor.fm/tge/episodes/051---Holocaust-Remembrace-Day-e121tj

TGE #59 - Fake News, Descartes and the Power of Narrative: https://anchor.fm/tge/episodes/059---Fake-News--Descartes-and-the-Power-of-Narrative-e1a51c

Aeon Articles:

Diana Popescu - https://aeon.co/ideas/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-post-truth

C Thi Nguyen - https://aeon.co/essays/why-its-as-hard-to-escape-an-echo-chamber-as-it-is-to-flee-a-cult

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Some reflections on the Holocaust, Hannah Arendt and the banality of evil.

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Our age is frequently referred to as "the fake news era" or "post-truth". However we want to call it, we all sense this uncertainty as to which sources of knowledge to trust and what truth even means. The philosopher René Descartes lived during a similar time of doubt and fragmentation of traditional narratives. What was his approach to finding certainty in an age of uncertainty? Find out how to update your mental toolkit to deal with the fake news era, in this epic (and rambling) journey through 1,000 years of history, weird metaphors, racist dogs and casual Batman references! Hello.

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It's the anniversary of the birth in 1483 of one of the greatest painters of all time - Raffaello Sanzio, "the Prince of the Arts". Here's my brief reflections on his extraordinary genius and his place within the context of the other Renaissance greats.

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A call from Michael Conway on free speech "triggers" me into a reflection on what our attitudes should be towards those who believe that others' right not to be offended should take precedence over our right to freely express. Also, it's the birthday of two pop culture Greats - director Quentin Tarantino, and Duke Ellington's legendary saxophonist Ben "The Brute" Webster.

For this episode I edited music I don't own - some for purposes of parody (Safed Musli by MF Doom), some for education (the Ben Webster stuff) and I hate to say it, some just because (Rumble, by Link Wray). I have no money, please don't sue me :(

Ben Webster at work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH1Fru-RttA

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This week in the inexorable decline of free speech, a Scottish court of law sentenced comedian "Count Dankula" over a joke involving a pug called Buddha doing a Nazi salute.

The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro2aKSUIezY

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This Bach guy, he's gonna be a big deal someday.

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