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The Death of Reason: What Happens When The Voters Stop Thinking

November 4, 2010
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It’s official, the end is nigh, buy the casket and get the embalming fluid running, reason is dead. Oh how displeased Plato would be to discover that instead of people breaking out of “The Cave” and helping others to do so, we’re setting up recliners with mini beer fridges attached and strapping ourselves in for [...]

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Death of the Printed Book?

September 30, 2010

Will print books be obsolete within a short time?  Will book stores only be used book stores in the near future?  Every avid reader I speak to has tried an ebook reader of some sort, kindle, kudos, the vaunted ipad, and all say the same thing: “I like it but this electronic gidgamagag will never [...]

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The Emptying of the Self

September 23, 2010

It is a great irony that in an age where humanity has reached new heights of self-gratification and feelings of personal entitlement, we have also developed the nasty practice of emptying ourselves of all responsibility. We are quick to shout in protest but slow to think about what is being said. We are proud of [...]

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Everyone is a Philosopher on some level

September 19, 2010

When people think of philosophy they usually think of abstract concepts that mean little to what happens everyday. However, this high level philosophy is only one dimension of the discipline. Really there are three levels of philosophical discussion and almost everyone participates on at least one level everyday. Here are the three levels: Level 1. [...]

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