The ladder of knowledge
What we claim as ‘true’ is not a ceiling we are forever failing to reach but something that changes as we climb toward it. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays...
15 Okt 19min
Deskilling the body
We are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make...
13 Okt 24min
Is everything conscious?
If the question makes no sense to you, try spending some time with the principle of sufficient reason. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make s...
12 Okt 29min
The ghetto on the lagoon
Sixteenth-century Venice wanted to expel its Jews but couldn’t do without them. Its compromise was the world’s first ghetto. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essa...
8 Okt 24min
How to assemble science
Humanity produces a staggering amount of new knowledge every day. The question is how to make sense of it all. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help u...
6 Okt 25min
A life in episodes
For a decade, I’ve posted episodes of my memoir to Facebook. My readers correct my understanding of my past. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us ...
5 Okt 33min
Life on a hair trigger
A world of violence sustains itself through guns, poverty and other social ills, but also through the minds it creates. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
2 Okt 25min
Reason is more than a tool
If intelligence is merely optimisation then machines will outrun us. Kant tells us why human reason is so much more. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that ...
1 Okt 24min
