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Episode 8: Standing on the Shoulders of a Child (The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - Ursula K. Le Guin)
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas is a powerful work of short-fiction that raises many questions about happiness, utilitarianism, and utopia. If the condition for an idyllic world to exist was that one child should be subjected to eternal torture, would you support that world? We'll do you one better: what if this child was you?
In this episode, we discuss the nature and implications of Ursula K. Le Guin's acclaimed text, both for our current reality and the future.
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