Steven Pinker slowly drains our will to live as we continue to discuss his book Enlightenment Now
12 Feb 2022
Steven Pinker, Part 2
Our conversation about the upstanding intellectual Steven Pinker and his book Enlightenment Now continues.
9 Nov 2021
Steven Pinker, Part 1
We begin our discussion of Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now and set off on our quest to save the Enlightenment from the evil hordes of populists and postmodernists.
You can check out Pinker's book here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Enlightenment_Now/J6grDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0.
12 Oct 2021
Malcolm Gladwell, Part 3
We finish our discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's The Bomber Mafia with a little assist from a scathing review from the LA Review of Books. Check that out here: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/when-pop-history-bombs-a-response-to-malcolm-gladwells-love-letter-to-american-air-power/
28 Sept 2021
Malcolm Gladwell, Part 2
We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly in Malcolm Gladwell's newest book, The Bomber Mafia. And its mostly bad!
21 Sept 2021
Malcolm Gladwell, Part 1
An introduction to Hard Obscurantism and a discussion of Malcolm Gladwell's "The Sure Thing" and "Thresholds of Violence". Articles: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/18/the-sure-thinghttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/thresholds-of-violence
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