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Colleges are teaching economics backwards
…here’s one temporary fix for introductory economics: teach it backwards. Reversing the order in which introductory economic classes are taught today might be the easiest way to respond to the crisis in undergraduate education. Plus, the history of how it… Continue reading
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Beware of the Philosopher: the Cynics | History of Philosophy
This is a nice quick lecture on the Ancient Cynics. Since the speaker references “The Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book, I also include that song below. You might watch it before you listen to the lecture. In this episode we… Continue reading
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Red Headed Gypsy Lover
Yea!!! A new video by one of my favorite local artists, Collin Hauser! Listen to this song, visit his site. Get to know him. Continue reading
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Silencing the Mind Will Be Heeded by the Cosmos
I don’t really think old Laozi actually ever said this. But, it is a great quote. Related articles John Cage: Silence yet not silencing (pilimi200.wordpress.com) Silence the music (sounddesign2013.wordpress.com) Daodejing 1 (keithwaynebrown.com) Daodejing 35 (keithwaynebrown.com) Daodejing 38 (keithwaynebrown.com) Daodejing 71 (keithwaynebrown.com) Continue reading
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The Logic of Stupid Poor People | tressiemc
Great article on an issue that is close to my heart as a person who was born poor and has done many ridiculous things as well as savvy things to get out of perception of poverty. I know that being… Continue reading
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Willingness and Will
A great philosopher–like Plato or Kant, Laozi or Nietzsche–does not give doctrines for memorization, provide answers to life’s problems, nor demonstrate proofs that will forever explain being human. That such has often been taken away from the greatest minds in… Continue reading
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Suffering help
Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Continue reading
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The Elusive Search for Certainty
Amen, amen! As I say to my young friends, philosophy is the willingness to embrace uncertainty combined with the will to ask questions. Continue reading
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