EssayCast is a podcast dedicated to critical essays which I've written. I will read them, talk about them, and discuss them with others. I am a physicist, composer, and author interested in looking at the narrative of the history of ideas on our planet. I encourage commentary, critique, and collaboration.
When Benjamin Franklin wrote his autobiography, he made the interesting choice to include a graph that detailed his weekly schedule. In giving himself the solitude to work, he accomplished much. As we have grown accustomed to having fewer and weaker boundaries, interiority has declined. In this time the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be a perfect time to begin a habit of the great creators and plan our days.
29 Apr 2020
Altruism and the larger self
Typically, people view altruism as the opposite of selfishness. If we reimagine our notions of self and other and imagine that one's sense of self is developmentally dynamic, altruism is simply as state of self so large that it encompasses more than the physical being possessed of consciousness. With sociopathy and narcissism on the small side of self, we can choose greater solipsism or larger community.
14 Apr 2020
Documentary film as a tool for peace
For a long while, it seemed that there were two categories of homemade videos; cute videos of cats and babies and those that appeal to schadenfreude where bears fall from trees or people are hit by cars. The documentary, once marginal, has become the great usurper. Serial programming must now vie for budgets against the docuseries. As a result, the world has grown more intimate and the exotic has become familiar. In this essaycast, I suggest the potential for film as a tool for world peace.
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