Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: (Zen Koan)The Sound of One Hand Clapping - Ep. 11
The "sound of one hand clapping" is a famous, now seemingly trite and often ridiculed, Zen Koan that is quite profound. The Koan asks to pause and reflect on how much of our world is filled by ghosts ...
9 Mai 202512min
Your are not a digital nomad.
The concept of Digital Nomadism misrepresents both the concept of digital and of nomad. By confusing these concepts a narrative is created that argues for a mode of life that is exploitative of others...
7 Mai 202523min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 8
CAPITALISM: EP. 8We reach the end of the narrative arc for the Neo-Liberal global order only to discover we have no idea what comes next. The nearly alien nature of the modern corporation combined wit...
5 Mai 202552min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵: Dharma (Guruspear) in the Mahabharata - Ep. 10
A selection from the Mahabharata that presents a completely different relationship between man and the gods than is generally present in the western world. It also expresses the deep Hindu belief in t...
2 Mai 202513min
No, we're not becoming dumber.
No, we’re not becoming dumber. However, because of the incentives of the few major companies that have a disproportionate impact on how content is exposed to us, what we encounter IS remarkably awful....
30 Apr 202530min
Capitalism: How did we get here? And where are we going? Ep. 7
CAPITALISM: EP. 7The new entity created with the rise of the corporation was created under an old set of values and philosophies that had no precedent for thinking about what was coming with the rise ...
28 Apr 202540min
Philosophical Fireside Chats 🔥 🪵 : Two Monks and a Woman - Ep. 9
This classic Zen tale asks us to consider the nature or our attachments and how what we carry in our minds is as important - perhaps even more important - than the experiences we have.Sign-up for Wes’...
25 Apr 20259min
No Left Wing! (The utter absence of a Liberal party in the USA)
No Left Wing!In many of my conversations with folks here in France I realize that there is a fundamental misunderstanding of the political spectrum in the US and this lecture is a brief reflection on ...
23 Apr 202535min
