In this episode we explore the question of art, its definition and boundaries. Must it involve the concept of beauty? Must it be visual? And should we be able to pee on it? No, seriously - can we? Please?

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Should we judge the art based on the artist?

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In this episode, social media has connected the world, bringing us an unparalleled speed of communication and exposure to new people, places and ideas. But what is the cost of this unprecedented access? Social anthropology suggests that we may not be cognitively structured to build social relationships with the number of people we routinely interact with, and studies conducted by Harvard Professor Cass Sunstein indicate that worrying groupthink mechanisms emerge when like-minded people interact. Finally, Tristan Harris, “Silicon Valley’s conscience”, tells us that tech companies are deliberately designed to take advantage of our basic human flaws. Could something intended to bring us together, actually be tearing us apart?

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What moral values can help us survive and build a better society for future generations? Overpopulation, climate change, A.I, egomaniacs with their fingers on red buttons... in a global world, the threats we face are no longer to on group of humans or another, but to our entire species. Which ethical principles can bind us together and better equip us to survive this crucial checkpoint in human evolution?

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The online backlash against Matt Damon’s seemingly uncontroversial remarks on the sexual harassment scandal reveal the emergence of an Orwellian “goodthink” vs “crimethink” approach to social issues, where any attempt at nuance is seen as a threat to orthodoxy, that must be shamed or silenced.

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Life is full of suffering. Even the most comfortable lives will feature some pain and anxiety. And in general, the intensity of suffering seems to be more acute than any pleasure or enjoyment. So would we have been better off never being born? This is the uncomfortable question asked by anti-natalist philosophers, who believe that it is immoral to bring new beings into the world. In this episode, we explore anti-natalism, it’s suicidal counterpart pro-mortalism and the general question of whether life is worth living.

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Hey, have you heard about the #MeToo movement? Yeah, Me Too. So let's talk a little about Celebrity Sex Monsters! Is there a spectrum of sexual misconduct? And is this moment a Great Awakening or a Moral Panic?

We see the world as atomised, composed of objects, things, with clear extensions, shapes and boundaries. But as Zeno showed us, this intuition leads us to all sorts of paradoxes which defy our common intuitions about the world. Is it perhaps more helpful to think of the world as instead being composed of processes, with no boundaries but only continua in a flux of constant change? And if so, what can that tell us about the human condition? Could Becoming be the whole point of Being? Feat. “Cherub Rock” by the Smashing Pumpkins, “Where” by Ennio Morricone and call-ins by multitudes.

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In our post-facts world, it’s become increasingly urgent to distinguish between belief and knowledge. On philosopher Robert Nozick’s birthday we ask the question: what is knowledge? How do we define it? Music by Anderson Paak

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A classic existentialist theme is that we are paralyzed by te enormity of our freedom of action, so we avoid the angst of choosing by narrowing our options to the point of self-entrapment: “I don’t change because I’m stuck”. In this episode we discuss ways to evade the paralysis of choice, and the opportunities that become possible when we make authentic life decisions. Intro tune- Sumac Berries by MF Doom.

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