Episode Notes Ron Watson and Rosie Pasqualini discuss the factors that led to the increasing popularity of atheism in the US, and the complex relationship between faith and social justice. Our discussion references and expands upon this 2019 Atlantic article by Derek Thompson. There are occasional construction sounds in the background and Ron is we…

Episode Notes In 2010, Kwame Anthony Appiah tried to guess which common practices would be deemed reprehensible in the future. With almost a generation between then and now, Sarah Rose Ezelle and Rosie Pasqualini revisit his predictions. View full article on The Washington Post

Can an algorithm replace a market system? In this episode, I’ll talk to my friend Aidan Paradis about economics, politics, and the role that information technology plays in mediating the two. We’ll discuss lightbulbs, grocery stores, and communism (sort of). There will be exactly one pun in the episode. My interview with Aidan is centered on Sophie…

- cantunread.com - Episode Notes The thoughtful detachment of Stoicism is, as philosophical theories go, fairly popular among denizens of the Internet. Why? This week we’ll examine Lary Wallace’s “Indifference Is a Power” alongside OG Stoic Epictetus’s Enchiridion. We’ll discuss how this school of thought has evolved and/or devolved across the year…

Episode Notes cantunread.com Chinese room argument – John Searle (and others?), Scholarpedia“#MeToo and John Searle, a Year Later” – Claire Newfeld, Medium “Our shared condition — consciousness” – John Searle @ TEDxCERN “UC Berkeley Was Warned About Its Star Professor Years Before Sexual Harassment Lawsuit” – Katie J.M. Baker for Buzzfeed News “…Jo…

cantunread.com What makes this iconically soul-destroying short story so iconically soul-destroying? "A Good Man is Hard to Find" - pdf