Podcasts about pragmatists

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In Episode 103 of Bionic Planet, titled "Purists, Pragmatists, and the Science-Based Targets Initiative," we delve into the complex world of emission reduction targets and the challenges companies face to reach net zero emissions by 2050. The episode explores the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTI), a program designed to assist companies in setting emission reduction targets aligned to achieve net zero emissions. The episode begins by highlighting the significant increase in companies committing to SBTI since January 2023, with many not submitting their plans until January 2025. We learn about the distinction between purists and pragmatists in the climate realm. Purists advocate for the complete elimination of fossil fuels in value chains, while pragmatists emphasize the use of offsets to achieve emission reductions. Guest speaker Jen Jenkins, Chief Science Officer at Rubicon Carbon, provides valuable insights into the challenges faced by companies in reducing emissions and the balance between pragmatism and purity. Jenkins discusses the importance of understanding a company's value chain, the complexities of emission reduction strategies, and the role of offsets in achieving carbon neutrality. The episode delves into the debate surrounding the use of offsets in emission reduction strategies, focusing on the conflicting perspectives of purists and pragmatists. Jenkins emphasizes the need for flexibility and practicality in climate action, highlighting the importance of using the available tools to address the climate crisis effectively. As the discussion unfolds, the episode touches on the need for clear guidelines and standards in emission reduction efforts, the role of the voluntary carbon market in conservation efforts, and the challenges of balancing purity with practicality in climate action. Jenkins and the host explore the complexities of achieving net zero emissions and the importance of finding a middle ground between purist ideals and pragmatic solutions. The episode concludes with a call to action for companies to engage in emission reduction efforts, highlighting the significance of the voluntary carbon market in driving climate action. Jenkins' insights shed light on the complexities of emission reduction strategies and the importance of practical approaches in addressing the climate crisis. Join us in exploring the dynamic landscape of emission reduction targets, the role of offsets in climate action, and the ongoing debate between purists and pragmatists in pursuing a sustainable future on Bionic Planet. Timestamps Introduction to SBTI: 00:00:09-00:00:19 Interface Carpets Case Study: 00:00:23-00:00:33 Dependence on Fossil Fuels: 00:01:22-00:01:32 Global Emission Reduction Targets: 00:01:43-00:02:04 Pragmatic Approach to Emission Reduction: 00:02:24-00:02:34 Scope 3 Emissions and SBTI Controversy: 00:02:45-00:03:07 Purists vs. Pragmatists: 00:03:36-00:03:48 Jen Jenkins Background and Role: 00:05:52-00:06:03 Transition to Private Sector: 00:07:39-00:07:50 Jenkins Equations and Carbon Stock Estimation: 00:09:56-00:10:07 Net Zero vs. Carbon Neutral: 00:11:23-00:11:34 Challenges in Emission Reduction Planning: 00:13:38-00:13:49 Renewable Energy Options: 00:16:47-00:16:57 Customized Emission Reduction Plan: 00:17:39-00:17:50 Carbon Neutrality by 2030: 00:18:18-00:18:28 Carbon Neutral vs. Net Zero: 00:32:18-00:32:29 Purity vs. Pragmatism in Climate Action: 00:36:24-00:36:34 Role of Voluntary Carbon Market: 00:38:33-00:38:43 Quotes "The purist approach would say, no, no, I need to hold everybody's feet to the fire and ensure that no matter how much it costs, ensure that these companies sort of suss out every single source of fossil fuel in their value chain and obliterate it immediately." - (00:03:48-00:03:58) "But we can restore it, make it better, greener, more resilient, more sustainable. But how? Technology? Geoengineering? Are we doomed to live on a bionic planet, or is nature herself the answer?" - (00:04:50-00:05:00) "The purists have just been better at communicating. Because pragmatism is about probabilities, uncertainties. Science itself is not about absolutes. It's about finding the concurrent views of most experts." - (00:36:34-00:36:45) "We kind of need to use the tools we have, we need to address the problem with what we've got at hand. And I think that's a very pragmatic look at the problem." - (00:37:56-00:38:06) "If you do take a purist view, especially in an environment in a market that is voluntary, you're not going to get the action you need." - (00:38:16-00:38:27) "The atmosphere is well mixed, we need to reduce emissions globally." - (00:30:58-00:31:09) "The voluntary carbon market right now in the near term is a fantastic way to help conserve those existing forests so that we retain both their carbon stocks and the important biodiversity." - (00:32:07-00:32:17) "The U.S. government earlier this week made a strong show of support for the voluntary carbon market." - (00:34:30-00:34:40) "We all want to get there. We're all motivated to get to net zero. But a pragmatic approach would say, look, if you're in an industry where the next least costly abatement action is going to cost you more than it would cost to purchase an offset, then you should go ahead and buy the offset." - (00:30:05-00:30:15) "We need to reduce emissions globally. The purest approach would say, no, no, I need to hold everybody's feet to the fire and ensure that no matter how much it costs, ensure that these companies sort of suss out every single source of fossil fuel in their value chain and obliterate it immediately." - (00:31:20-00:31:33)

Are the best church leaders pragmatists? Is it okay to even be pragmatic in the church? Is there grey in the Bible? Or is everything black and white in the Bible? Proverbs 17:10 talks about two different types of people, the wise person, and the fool. In this episode, we're talking all about this concept for church leaders—what are the things that are "open-handed" in the Bible, that we have made "closed-handed." How have we seen this play out at Mercy Hill? Obviously, there are things in the Bible that are black and white, but what about the things around leadership that fall into the wisdom bucket? Website: https://breakinggrowthbarriers.com Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/breakinggrowthbarriers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breakinggrowthbarriers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakinggrowthbarriers

Experience is a great teacher, but without reflection, guidance and support we can learn negative lessons. IQ doesn't predict how well we will learn, but we can accelerate our ability to learn. I describe the problem of passive learning and how we can engage with new ideas so we internalize them.Experiment: Learning how to learn using the four stage learning cycle: • Activists like to jump in to new experiences • Reflectors step back and review events • Theorists make mental models and predictions • Pragmatists like to plan how to apply ideasExperiment: Journaling to make reflection a habit using six-way reflection • Backward (what worked in the past) • Forward (where am I going?) • Inward (values and attitudes) • Outward (intention vs. impact) • Downward (the view from the balcony) • Upward (using your imagination) Experiment: Forming a Personal Board of Directors with key advisors: • Thinking partners you value for their objectivity • Allies who will support you when you need it • Advocates who have a seat at the table • Mentors and coaches who will give new perspectives Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the series continues, John, Alex, and Allen look at how our culture clings to the belief that practical information is the way to salvation. Yet as this information on the Internet is continually contradicted and undermined, we grow more fragile, vulnerable, and cynical. It has made weary skeptics of us all. Even in the area of faith, we try to make God and his kingdom 'practical' by stripping it of all wonder, mystery, and power. Thankfully, there is a way out of the madness._______________________________________________Support the mission or find more on our website: ⁠WildAtHeart.org⁠  or on our app.Apple: ⁠Wild At Heart App⁠Android: ⁠Wild At Heart App⁠Episode Number 767Watch on ⁠YouTube⁠More pauses available in the One Minute Pause app for Apple iOS and Android.Apple: ⁠One Minute Pause App⁠Android: ⁠One Minute Pause App⁠

Christians mustn't settle for short-term solutions when our whole lives bear eternal significance. In this episode, R.C. Sproul illustrates the danger of pragmatism by contrasting the lives of Abraham and Lot. A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Donate: https://www.ligonier.org/donate/ Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

Join Alex Tapscott and Andrew Young as they decode the world of DeFi and Web3. Listen in as they discuss the crypto market rally following Binance's $4B settlement last week, key signals of growing confidence in Bitcoin ETF approvals, the controversy encompassing Ethereum layer-2 (L2) Blast, the potential upcoming Cosmos fork, and more!

This week we're joined by Scott Sievewright!  Scott is the head coach at Primal MKE in Milwaukee and the host of the Primal MMA Coaching Podcast.  In this episode, Scott shares his pragmatic take on ecological dynamics for beginners and coaches alike.It's a great gentle introduction to eco, covering topics such as: how eco differs from traditional methods, the importance of making mistakes, and why we shouldn't be afraid of developing bad habits.Follow Scott and Primal MKE on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/primal_mke/Listen to Scott on the Primal MMA Coaching podcast:https://theprimalmmacoachingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Mental models discussed in this episode:Ecological Psychologyhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/ecological-psychology/Growth From Discomforthttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/growth-from-discomfort/Keep it Playfulhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/keep-it-playful/Habits Over Resultshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/habits-over-results/Psychological Safetyhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/psychological-safety/Self-Organizationhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/self-organization/Intentionhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/intention/Train With Purposehttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/train-with-purpose/Constraints-Led Approachhttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/constraints-led-approach/Incremental Learninghttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/incremental-learning/Feedback Loophttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/feedback-loop/Training Handicapshttps://bjjmentalmodels.com/training-handicaps/Don't forget to check out BJJ Mental Models Premium!If you love the podcast, you'll definitely love our premium membership offerings. The podcast is truly just the tip of the iceberg – the next steps on your journey are joining our community, downloading our strategy courseware, and working with us to optimize your game.  We do all this through memberships that come in at a fraction of the cost of a single private.Sign up here for a free trial:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/Need more BJJ Mental Models?Get tips, tricks, and breakthrough insights from our newsletter:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/newsletter/Get nitty-gritty details on our mental models from the full database:https://bjjmentalmodels.com/database/Follow us on social:https://facebook.com/bjjmentalmodels/https://instagram.com/bjjmentalmodels/Music by Enterprize:https://enterprize.bandcamp.com/

We dive into an often overlooked area of Enneagram study and learn about the Harmony Groups! Whether you're framing it through the centers of intelligence, through Object Relations, or something else, this will be a helpful break down of the Pragmatists, Idealists, and Relationalists! www.consciousenneagram.com www.patreon.com/consciousenneagram www.kimberlyandcoach.com  

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Malcolm Collins is a parent, polymath serial entrepreneur, education nerd, pronatalist and a 5x bestselling author, including the Pragmatists' Guide series.He has a podcast and YouTube channel called Based Camp.In this episode, we talk about a wide range of topics including:Demographic Collapse: At current fertility rates in developed countries, there will be 5 grandchildren per 100 people. This demographic trend is not economically sustainable and will lead to fundamental transformations of society.Pronatalism: Pronatalism is a movement that Malcolm and his wife Susan are well, known for as the founders of Pronatalists.org. The analogy is with climate change: it's not about freezing the planet, it's about countering an unsustainable trend - population decline - by having more children.Charter Cities: Malcolm views charter cities as key for the pronatalist movements as incubators for a different culture that is not influenced by "urban monoculture".Some of Malcolm's surprising theses are:The collapse is coming when markets price in lack of population growth and divest from assets that losing money to places that grow. These shifts in market sentiments typically happen gradually, and then suddenly.The winning cultures need more than high birth rates. The Amish people have high birth rates, but little clout. The winning cultures need to have high birth rates and be technophilic and be at the forefront of technologyThe key for charter cities or special jurisdictions to attract Malcolm are: a) a guaranteed right to use reproductive technologies, and b) a harsh environment, like a space colony, that nurture a culture of hard work to surviveThis is a kaleidoscopic episode with insights into the frontiers of humanity.

In this video, Jason discusses bankruptcy filings and provides statistics to debunk the claim that bankruptcy rates are skyrocketing. He compares recent bankruptcy filing statistics to previous years, including pre-COVID and 2016. The numbers show that bankruptcy filings have actually decreased over time. In the first quarter of 2022, there were 400,000 new filings, compared to over 800,000 in 2016. He emphasizes the importance of comparing statistics to get a clear understanding of the situation. Get your tickets to Jason's upcoming virtual event, "Creating Wealth," on July 21 &22 where he will discuss macroeconomic issues and real estate investment strategies. Then Jason continues his conversation with Malcolm as they discuss various topics related to societal changes, economic collapse, and the future. They talk about the broken marketplace in terms of relationships and the value people place on themselves. They also touch on the Mormon culture and its sense of community. The conversation then shifts to the decline in fertility rates and its impact on the economy. They explore how traditional ways of storing assets may not be effective in a collapsing population scenario. They speculate on the future value of assets and highlight the importance of building communities and cultural groups in a shrinking world. The discussion concludes with a mention of AI and its potential role in the posthuman world. Malcolm encourages listeners to think ahead and adapt to the upcoming societal change. #BankruptcyFilings #Statistics #Debunking #Comparison #VirtualEvent #CreatingWealth #RealEstateInvestment #societalchange #economiccollapse #relationships #Mormonism #fertilityrates #assetvalue #AI #posthumanworld #communitybuilding Key Takeaways: Jason's editorial 1:53 Bankruptcy filings from UScourts.gov 10:01 Get your tickets to our Creating Wealth Virtual Event on July 21 & 22 Malcolm Collins' interview Part 2 13:25 Dating is a marketplace failure 17:32 Religion and views on population 19:45 Social Technology in relationships 21:27 What does this all mean to the economy 23:09 Intergenerational value of wealth 25:31 A different economic system for our grandkids 28:54 America is the safest island in the midst of the coming demographic storm 30:13 The advent of AI as humanity stops breeding 34:05 Check out the Pragmatists' Guide Books      Follow Jason on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM & LINKEDIN Twitter.com/JasonHartmanROI Instagram.com/jasonhartman1/ Linkedin.com/in/jasonhartmaninvestor/ Call our Investment Counselors at: 1-800-HARTMAN (US) or visit: https://www.jasonhartman.com/ Free Class:  Easily get up to $250,000 in funding for real estate, business or anything else: http://JasonHartman.com/Fund CYA Protect Your Assets, Save Taxes & Estate Planning: http://JasonHartman.com/Protect Get wholesale real estate deals for investment or build a great business – Free Course: https://www.jasonhartman.com/deals Special Offer from Ron LeGrand: https://JasonHartman.com/Ron Free Mini-Book on Pandemic Investing: https://www.PandemicInvesting.com

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Tony Ingesson fortifies the academic landscape as an Assistant Professor of Intelligence Analysis at Lund University in Sweden. Seasoned by military service in the Swedish Armed Forces, his experiences now fuel his academic pursuits. Tony's research orbits around real-world problems; his Ph.D. in Political Science, for instance, was on tactical decision-making in combat scenarios. Nowadays, he brings similarly energetic curiosity to unconventional fields of research, such as applying intelligence analysis to cancer treatment strategies. Tony's work is, hence, a cocktail of multi-disciplinary scholarship, practical experiences, and an unwavering passion for exploration.-----------Click on the links below to read some of Dr. Ingesson's incredible work in applying intelligence analysis.Wargaming cancer: a strategy for future precision oncology?The Politics of CombatAnticipating the Zombie Apocalypse: Using Improbability to Teach Intelligence AnalysisBeyond Blame: What Investigations of Intelligence Failures Can Learn from Aviation SafetyInnovators, Copycats, or Pragmatists? Soviet Industrial Espionage and Innovation in the Military Aerospace Sector during the Cold WarClandestine communications in cyber-denied environmentsLund University-----------Get your discount on a brand new BlendJet2 by going to our link: https://zen.ai/analytics12subscribe and follow us: https://linktr.ee/AucoinAnalytics---------------------Disclaimer:The views and opinions expressed on the podcast 'This Week Explained' are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any organization or entity. The information provided on the podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice or a substitute for independent research and analysis. Each individual listener should research and identify their own opinions based on facts and logic before making any decisions based on the information provided on the podcast. The podcast hosts and guests are not responsible for any actions taken by individuals based on the information provided on the podcast.

Welcome Simone and Malcolm Collins! Coauthors of the book "The Pragmatist's Guide to Governance". Enjoy the ride as they take us down the governance rabbit hole. Take the green pill anon. ------ ✨ Subscribe to the Green Pill Podcast ✨ https://pod.link/1609313639

This episode features Dr. Jay Schulkin, a noted author and neuroscientist with training in philosophy. We explore the connections between the development of neuroscience as a discipline and the rise of the classical pragmatist philosophers, including John Dewey, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, as well as the proto-pragmatist jurist Oliver Wendell Jones, Jr. What are the connections between the start of experimental psychology in the U.S. and the rise of classical pragmatism? Dr. Schulkin discusses Holmes' interest in behavioral sciences, statistical inference, rigorous experimental design, and the prediction of human behavior, including the actions of judges. We explore how one might draw the line between neuroscience and other disciplines. Finally we explore the perennial question: What are the alternatives to determinism as an orientation for neuroscience?

"Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment." - Exodus 7:4 (ESV) So we read early on in the account of God telling Moses and Aaron to go and speak to Pharaoh, telling him to let the people of Israel go out of the land of Egypt. That is to say, there is not even a possibility of success, humanly speaking, in the near-term. Pragmatists and prudential types would have given up straight away, knowing the message would not be heeded. They might have bided their time for years or decades more, hoping and praying for a more opportune administration. Yet God said 'You shall speak all that I command you." Where God Himself said He would harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not listen to them, so that God could display His power to Egypt, and Israel, and to all generations, some today find fault with God. They say that is cruel, or unjust, or unfair. Yet as Paul writes in Romans, the clay does not get to talk back to the potter, asking why he was fashioned for either honorable or dishonorable use. Neither do we have standing to find fault with God. But we learn another thing here, that sometimes nothing fails like success, and that rewards rather than correction can be a kind of judgment on a nation and people, as well as the rulers of a people. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garrett-ashley-mullet/message

Simone operates a number of companies, invests in startups, and regularly lectures on the topic of management techniques (including at Stanford GSB, Harvard, and Carnegie Mellon). About The Pragmatists Guide To Crafting Religion: Humanity consists of co-evolving software (our religion and culture), firmware (our hard-coded proclivities, such as language acquisition), and hardware (our brains). Ripping out a third of the equation has led to innumerous unintended—and typically negative—consequences. This book offers a guide to rebuilding or fortifying this increasingly neglected aspect of the human condition.  Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/3DND0hq Try Hiatus: https://hiatus.pxf.io/RyABng #ifounditonamazon https://a.co/ekT4dNO TRY AUDIBLE PLUS: https://amzn.to/3vb6Rw3 Elsa's Books: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B01E1VFRFQ

Simone operates a number of companies, invests in startups, and regularly lectures on the topic of management techniques (including at Stanford GSB, Harvard, and Carnegie Mellon).About The Pragmatists Guide To Crafting Religion:Humanity consists of co-evolving software (our religion and culture), firmware (our hard-coded proclivities, such as language acquisition), and hardware (our brains). Ripping out a third of the equation has led to innumerous unintended—and typically negative—consequences. This book offers a guide to rebuilding or fortifying this increasingly neglected aspect of the human condition. Specifically, The Pragmatist's Guide to Crafting Religion serves as a playbook for those looking to strengthen traditional cultures in the face of collapsing birth rates or craft entirely new cultures designed to impart strategic advantages to adherents.Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/3DND0hqTry Hiatus: https://hiatus.pxf.io/RyABng#ifounditonamazon https://a.co/ekT4dNOTRY AUDIBLE PLUS: https://amzn.to/3vb6Rw3Elsa's Books: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B01E1VFRFQElsa Kurt is an American actress, comedian, podcast producer & host, social media entertainer, and author of over twenty-five books. Elsa's career began first with writing, then moved into the unconventional but highly popularized world of Tik Tok, where she amassed an organic following of 200K followers and over 7 billion views of her satirical and parody skits, namely her viral portrayal of Vice President Kamala Harris, which attracted the attention of notable media personalities such as Michael Knowles, Mike Huckabee, Brit Hume, and countless media outlets. She's been featured in articles by Steven Crowder's Louder with Crowder, Hollywood in Toto with Christian Toto, and JD Rucker Report. In late 2022, Elsa decided to explore more acting opportunities outside of social media. As of August 2022, Elsa will have appearances in a sketch comedy show & an independent short film series in the fall. Elsa is best known for her comedic style and delivery, & openly conservative values.Get Hiatus & Get Control of Your Money Cancel subscriptions, manage bills, and create a custom budget all within the app!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

*CROSSOVER EPISODE FROM THE ELSA KURT SHOWSimone operates a number of companies, invests in startups, and regularly lectures on the topic of management techniques (including at Stanford GSB, Harvard, and Carnegie Mellon).About The Pragmatists Guide To Crafting Religion:Humanity consists of co-evolving software (our religion and culture), firmware (our hard-coded proclivities, such as language acquisition), and hardware (our brains). Ripping out a third of the equation has led to innumerous unintended—and typically negative—consequences. This book offers a guide to rebuilding or fortifying this increasingly neglected aspect of the human condition. Specifically, The Pragmatist's Guide to Crafting Religion serves as a playbook for those looking to strengthen traditional cultures in the face of collapsing birth rates or craft entirely new cultures designed to impart strategic advantages to adherents.Buy the Book: https://amzn.to/3DND0hqTry Hiatus: https://hiatus.pxf.io/RyABng#ifounditonamazon https://a.co/ekT4dNOTRY AUDIBLE PLUS: https://amzn.to/3vb6Rw3Elsa's Books: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B01E1VFRFQElsa Kurt is an American actress, comedian, podcast producer & host, social media entertainer, and author of over twenty-five books. Elsa's career began first with writing, then moved into the unconventional but highly popularized world of Tik Tok, where she amassed an organic following of 200K followers and over 7 billion views of her satirical and parody skits, namely her viral portrayal of Vice President Kamala Harris, which attracted the attention of notable media personalities such as Michael Knowles, Mike Huckabee, Brit Hume, and countless media outlets. She's been featured in articles by Steven Crowder's Louder with Crowder, Hollywood in Toto with Christian Toto, and JD Rucker Report. In late 2022, Elsa decided to explore more acting opportunities outside of social media. As of August 2022, Elsa will have appearances in a sketch comedy show & an independent short film series in the fall. Elsa is best known for her comedic style and delivery, & openly conservative values.Support the showTry Hiatus: https://hiatus.pxf.io/RyABng#ifounditonamazon https://a.co/ekT4dNOTRY AUDIBLE PLUS: https://amzn.to/3vb6Rw3Elsa's Books: https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B01E1VFRFQElsa Kurt is an American actress, comedian, podcast producer & host, social media entertainer, and author of over twenty-five books. Elsa's career began first with writing, then moved into the unconventional but highly popularized world of Tik Tok, where she amassed an organic following of 200K followers and over 7 billion views of her satirical and parody skits, namely her viral portrayal of Vice President Kamala Harris, which attracted the attention of notable media personalities such as Michael Knowles, Mike Huckabee, Brit Hume, and countless media outlets. She's been featured in articles by Steven Crowder's Louder with Crowder, Hollywood in Toto with Christian Toto, and JD Rucker Report. In late 2022, Elsa decided to explore more acting opportunities outside of social media. As of August 2022, Elsa will have appearances in a sketch comedy show & an independent short film series in the fall. Elsa is best known for her comedic style and delivery, & openly conservative values.

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be,” advised Shakespeare's Polonius. These words seem hopelessly out of touch in cost of living crisis with soaring inflation and astronomical levels of personal debt. The charity StepChange has warned that money borrowed by UK households to pay for Christmas could take years to repay. Meanwhile, a study by the Resolution Foundation suggests the British public are the worst in the developed world at saving. How did we get here? For some, our eye-popping indebtedness begins with a failure of personal responsibility, an absence of prudence, and an inability to discern between our ‘wants' and needs'. For others, the real problem is systemic, where borrowers are victims of a consumerist society that both pressurises and stigmatises the poorest. Pragmatists argue that debt itself is morally neutral and merely part of the furniture of modern life. Free market libertarians see debt as a democratising force, giving people greater personal agency. Whereas many religious and philosophical traditions have long believed that there is something intrinsically immoral about charging interest on lending. Is debt inevitable? Or a moral failing? If so, whose? Producer: Dan Tierney.

What is an all-powerful god's part in the evil of our world? To put it mildly, thinkers have pondered the topic for some time! Pragmatists of a naturalist bent have an answer. A talk from Rev. Dr. David Breeden. The post Gods of the Nice Stuff appeared first on First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis.

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If you pay attention to Libertarian Party politics, then you know that there has been quite the shake up over the last couple years. We talked to the former Executive Director of the Libertarian Party, Dan Fishman. During his tenure, the party benefited from an over 50% increase in Membership from August 2019 through January of 2021. Dan is now the Executive Director of People for Liberty. P4L describes themselves as "a collective of liberty-minded people, by the people, and for the people, working towards a common goal." We are excited about the work being done at People for Liberty. Our goal at GML is to close the divide between the different factions of the one political party that truly espouses individual liberty as its primary value. People4liberty.com https://twitter.com/people4liberty https://www.facebook.com/people4libertyinc Join the private discord & chat during the show! joingml.com Need someone to talk to? Betterhelp.com/gml Subscribe on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/goodmorningliberty Interested in learning how to Day Trade? Mastermytrades.com Like our intro song? https://www.3pillmorning.com Advertise on our podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christians mustn't settle for short-term solutions when our whole lives bear eternal significance. Today, R.C. Sproul illustrates the danger of pragmatism by contrasting the lives of Abraham and Lot. A donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Donate: https://gift.ligonier.org/1529/ultimately If this podcast has been a blessing to you, try these other podcasts from Ligonier: Renewing Your Mind: https://renewingyourmind.org/ 5 Minutes in Church History: https://www.5minutesinchurchhistory.com/ Ask Ligonier: https://ask.ligonier.org/podcast Open Book: https://openbookpodcast.com/ Simply Put: https://simplyputpodcast.com/ The Westminster Shorter Catechism with Sinclair Ferguson: https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/westminster-shorter-catechism/ Luther: In Real Time https://lutherinrealtime.com/

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In this episode, I'm joined by Jon Keating, Vice President and General Manager at HighRadius, responsible for leading HighRadius' growth plans across Europe, Middle East, and Africa HighRadius is a Fintech enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company leveraging AI-based Systems to automate Accounts Receivable and Treasury processes. Sounds technical right? But there is a very real, very gritty culture running through the company. They are very clear about what they are NOT… The Pretenders - the biggest fraudsters claim integrity in their values. You won't see any falsified value statements on their website The Fairytale Startup Work is not a fairytale, it's real life! They are Pragmatists - with a reputation for speed and disruption. They created values that run through the language of every employee globally so that everyone has clarity of what they are tey to achieve, and how to go about it. I should know. Jon and I met when we worked together on the High Radius Kick-Off Conference, wanting to create an experience that connected the new high radians with the European and Asian teams. In fact, we created an immersive experience using those values, such as ride on the roller coaster, and go gritty or go home. Jon has a wealth of experience to share about leading a team with a blend of cultures and personalities having worked in Sanfransica, Europe and India and now back in the UK. On our call we talk: Jon's style of leadership, and how he gives people enough freedom to get on and do their job and being there to support them His steep learning curve in management - from thinking he knew it all in his first to realising you will never stop learning. Being curious about what new technologies and tools can bring Having Values that run in your company as a common language On expecting people to be egoless.to get stuck in and add value where they can Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondkeating/ https://speakingambition.scoreapp.com/ https://www.highradius.com/

In this episode you will learn how to identify if someone has an action-oriented style of communication and how to adapt your communication so you can be more effective and influential when talking to them. Read this for More Communication Tips! Book on relationships written by the podcast host, Jennifer Furlong.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/comm247)

This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. Giv Group came together in 2011 with a vision that affordable housing could be profitable, socially beneficial, and a catalyst for positive community change. Chris Parker, founder and executive director of Giv Group is here to tell about an upcoming project. CHRIS PARKER To give everyone an idea of what we do, it probably makes sense to talk about a project we have that just opened up. Citizens West is the latest iteration of Giv Group's building electrification model. Informed by Giv Community's Pragmatists for Clean Air Initiative, this project will be designed to provide the same level of comfort as a typical market-rate apartment unit while reducing the amount of required infrastructure. As a mixed income residential project, the rent at Citizens West will range from $400 to $1200 a month and will include studio apartments up to three bedrooms. It will be a carbon-neutral, emission-free building with Giv-funded electric vehicle sharing that's available to tenants for free. We will also have healthy, affordable food onsite, with an innovative food-for-rent partnership with a restaurant. Our commitment is to make living in great communities affordable, sustainable, and meaningful. We are excited to see what else we can build! DEREK MILLER Giv Group lives to create sustainable, lasting, and innovative structures that become part of the fabric of their neighborhoods, enhancing and building communities along the way. For more information, visit givgroup.org. I'm Derek Miller with the Salt Lake Chamber, Speaking on Business. Originally Aired: August 11, 2021

Your worldview greatly affects how you move in relationships and in life, and it especially influences how you get stuck, too. Depending on whether you're an idealist (1, 4, or 7), a relationalist (2, 5, or 8), or a pragmatist (3, 6, or 9), you operate differently, often contrasting your spouse in other groups or even a different kind of idealist, relationalist, or pragmatist than you. Listen to today's episode for insights on how to learn how your spouse sees the world and to grab the freebie also! For today's harmony triad freebie, text "HARMONY" to 941-301-8420 Visit www.EnneagramandMarriage.com for more episodes, freebies, and the Enneagram and Marriage course.

Pragmatists do not hold absolute faith in any particular value, principle, or belief. This applies even to the many concepts affiliated with pragmatists—such as pluralism, fallibilism, democracy, and naturalism.   They focus on experience as the field in which we continually test out and reconstruct our views of the world and determine what works in our particular place and time. Pragmatism is focused on concrete results in experience, judging ideas and beliefs according to their fruits and not their roots.   For a pragmatist, the world is constantly changing—not just our views or understanding of it. The questions that were relevant two millennia ago may no longer be relevant today. This requires new solutions and novel practices.   Pragmatism offers an approach to the human experience that will resonate with some, and not with others. So is pragmatism best understood as a temperament? A method? Is it a theory of truth? Or is it primarily a way of viewing the world?   In the final episode of the season, Jeffrey Howard speaks with John Stuhr. Stuhr is Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and American Studies at Emory University, where he chaired the department of philosophy from 2008-2016. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books, including Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and the Future of Philosophy (2003); Pragmatic Fashions: Pluralism, Democracy, Relativism, and the Absurd (2016); and 100 Years of Pragmatism: The Revolutionary Philosophy of William James (2009).    Stuhr thinks of pragmatism more as a fashion or "season of belief." It's a temporal philosophy. If reality weren't constantly changing, then we could assert a truth and hold onto it for eternity. Instead, by leaning into experience and viewing truth as provisional, we can continue to adapt to changing circumstances. This provides us with a dynamic means through which we can improve our communities and personal lives just a little more each day.   That is if we're willing to do the work, because, for a pragmatist, the future is never guaranteed.   A few questions to consider. How does pragmatism avoid devolving into reckless relativism? How might a pragmatist approach questions of what it means to live well? What is the future of philosophy and what role can pragmatism play in our pursuit of truth?   Show Notes Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle (350BCE)   The Essential Works of Charles S. Peirce by Charles Peirce (2010)   Pragmatism: A New Name for an Old Way of Thinking by William James (1907)   Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James (1906)   A Pluralistic Universe by William James (1909)   “The Need for a Recovery of Philosophy” by John Dewey (1917)   Experience and Nature by John Dewey (1925)   The Public and Its Problems by John Dewey (2012)   Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and the Future of Philosophy by John Stuhr (2003)   Pragmatic Fashions: Pluralism, Democracy, Relativism, and the Absurd by John Stuhr (2016)   100 Years of Pragmatism: The Revolutionary Philosophy of William James edited by John Stuhr (2009)   S1E14 A Tool for a Pluralistic World w/ Justin Marshall (2021)   S1E12 Philosophers Need to Care About the Poor w/ Jacob Goodson (2021)   S1E07 Charles Peirce and Inquiry as an Act of Love w/ David O'Hara (2021)   S1E06 Levinas and James: A Pragmatic Phenomenology w/ Megan Craig (2020)   "The Power of One Idea" by Jeffrey Howard (2020)   "The Pragmatic Truth of Existentialism" by Donovan Irven (2020)

Seth continues his review of the Gospel of Matthew, examining Jesus and the Temple.Seth responds to a listener submission about sabbaticals.Seth discusses when to address pragmatic drift. Become a Patron! Donate on PayPal. Check out all the BTWN podcasts.

1. Seth continues his review of the Gospel of Matthew, examining Jesus and the Temple. 2. Seth responds to a listener submission about sabbaticals. 3. Seth discusses when to address pragmatic drift.

Seth continues his review of the Gospel of Matthew, examining Jesus and the Temple.Seth responds to a listener submission about sabbaticals.Seth discusses when to address pragmatic drift. Become a Patron! Donate on PayPal. Check out all the BTWN podcasts.

W tym odcinku podcastu Stacji.IT gościem Łukasza Kobylińskiego był Paweł Lipiński, który jest współzałożycielem firmy Pragmatists oraz CEO w Talkie.ai. STRESZCZENIE ODCINKA: Jak definiujesz siebie w IT? Jako biznesmen, organizator, specjalista, inżynier, …? Skąd wziął się pomysł na pierwszy własny biznes? Jak zaczęło się Pragmatists? Co było wtedy największym wyzwaniem? Jakie elementy dotychczasowego doświadczenia najbardziej Ci się przydały? Czego nauczyłeś się, pracując nad rozwojem firmy? Gdzie poszukujesz wiedzy umożliwiającej rozwój jako osoba zarządzająca firmą? Skąd pomysł na nowy “startup” - Talkie AI? Czy zestaw problemów, który pojawił się przy rozwoju Talkie był podobny do tego, który rozwiązywałeś w początkach Pragmatists? Gdzie widzisz najciekawsze obecnie perspektywy w IT?

www.kaiehnes.com Ep46 Frontier Pragmatism Hello and Welcome to the Way of the Emotional Warrior Podcast. My name is Kai Ehnes and today we will be answering the question of: Is it worth being a Frontier Pragmatist? Pragmatic…Probably a term you have heard of at some point. There is quite a bit of debate over what it ultimately means but I think one way to look at pragmatism is as being practical, in the here and now. One explanation is that words and thoughts are not in themselves an exact version of reality. That means that words and thoughts moreso are a tool to be used to get something done. Let's try an example. You do something the best that you can. Someone you respect tells you that you did a “good Job.” On one hand this could mean that there is a clear cut definition and standard of what a good job is. Of your performance matched or exceeded that then you actually did a “good job. Pragmatists would use the word for several purposes. Of course it would mean that your performance was acceptable. But it also probably means that the person who is evaluating your performance wants to support you and entice you to improve. So, the idea of “good job” means, you did well, and you can find some places to improve and there fore carries an emotional intention that serves expediency in the moment. I realize that this is wordy but let me transition to the Way of the Emotional Warrior. A Frontier Pragmatist is someone who sees the world as it is and not how they want it to be. Its about getting something done now. It gets forward moving action and energy flowing. The other side to this idea is living in the world of ideals. Don't misunderstand this subtle point here. There is great merit to idealism, there is beauty in the pure ideals of something absolute. The difficulty is that it can lead to stuck or stalled out energy. Example: How can you really know that you have found absolute truth? The search may never end. However, it doesn't help to give up. Idealism is a wonderful part of how you view the world. The Frontier Pragmatist thinks in the Now. The added term of Frontier to Pragmatist leads to the idea of self-reliance. The great U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes embraced this thinking in his view of Common Law decisions. Holmes meant it as the name for everything that arises out of the interaction of the human organism with the environment: beliefs, sentiments, customs, values, prejudices--what he called "the felt necessities of the time." If a law is so absolute that it does not serve the decency of the community then what good is it? Think of common sense. For the best of the community. One of the Emotional Warrior pillars is neuroscience and this case it not so much about the workings of the brain but moreso the prospects of a neuroscientifically-informed pragmatism and a pragmatically-informed neuroscience on issues ranging from the nature of mental life to the implications of neuroscience for education and ethics. How does this help us as Emotional Warriors? As we uplevel our emotional vibration we have to consider that we will need to reevaluate the ethics and education that are necessary for human interaction on those new levels. Think of this way, there is the letter of the law and then there is the spirit of the law. Frontier Pragmatists operate on behalf of the spirit of the community and the environment we all live in. It's a combination of both sides. Emotional Warriors become Cutting Edge Pragmatists. They use their ideals to set the direction of their life compass and then live their day to day seeing their world the way it actually is in order to get things done in the Now. To me this means that we have to think and live sustainably. Guiding principles include: balance, perspective and fairness. We work together to exist the best way we can with each other and within the laws of the world we live in. Are there any tools we can glean from this topic? We can... Support this podcast

I hope you had a great week. It’s been sunny in Texas, almost feels like summer is here. Meanwhile, the crypto news cycle continues heating up. Next week is the much anticipated Coinbase IPO. But first let’s dive into some highlights from last week. As always, I look forward to your feedback. Let’s go. NewsCoinbase had a monster Q1Coinbase reported 56M users and 11% of all crypto assets are on their platform (both retail and institutions). Some analysts have upgraded their valuations over $100B ahead of Wednesday’s IPOLately, I have been thinking about two flavors of the Coinbase effect Messari Research reported that tokens listed on Coinbase average a whopping 91% price increase in the first 5 days! For more information check this out this link. The IPO is going to mint a fresh batch of millionaires. Real estate agents and car dealerships are salivating. I also expect to see an exodus of talent as employees explore new opportunities. Some may become angel investors and pump more funds into the crypto sector. Crypto Twitter is divided on whether or not to invest in Coinbase. Bitcoin maximalists believe bitcoin will outperform Coinbase in the long run. They are also fundamentally opposed to the centralized exchange. Pragmatists argue that Coinbase is a key part of the ecosystem. Besides, whenever crypto prices inevitably fall, Coinbase may prove more resilient than bitcoin. After all, Coinbase profits from transactions irrespective of the price. Q1: Robinhood had more crypto traders than CoinbaseIn Q1, 9.5M Robinhood customers had crypto transactions each month. This was ~50% higher than Coinbase’s monthly users (6.1M). Unlike Coinbase, Robinhood does not charge a commission for cryptocurrency transactions. However, Coinbase pays interest on deposits in its account and covers more cryptocurrencies. Robinhood and other companies with existing customer bases have an advantage over crypto native solutions that have to work harder to win each customer. This begs the question when will retail banks and other FinTechs enable customers to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies?Crypto crosses $2T The total value of all cryptocurrencies topped $2 trillion for the first time this week.Bitcoin accounts for more than 50% of this value. This week we reached a milestone where 100 cryptocurrencies were valued at $1B or more In Q1, the top 5 gainers were: BinanceCoin, Cardano, Uniswap, Polkadot, and Ripple. I hope to dive into these in the future. Crypto climate accordThe Crypto Climate Accord is styled after the Paris Climate Accord. It has an ambitious goal to achieve net-zero emissions for the entire industry, including eliminating all historical emissions by 2030. Ripple, CoinShares and ConsenSys have joined the accord. I expect some other prominent players will follow in the months ahead.  The environmental impact of cryptocurrency mining has been a hot button issue in recent months. CoinShares research found that 74% of cryptocurrency is powered by renewable energy largely due to surplus hydroelectric capacity in China. Critics think it is lower. The push to net-zero emissions may have implications for new miners aiming to use coal, gas and crude oil to power their operationsChinese companies pivot to cryptoChina is ground-zero for cryptocurrency. Much of the mining capacity, miner production, and national digital currency innovation is centered there. This week, two Chinese companies made significant pivots to become players in the cryptocurrency industry.The9, a publicly traded gaming company in China purchased $6M computers to become a cryptocurrency miner 500.com, an online lottery company in China, spent $100M to acquire Bee Computing, a manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining computers These moves are even more aggressive than what we have seen in the US. Stay tuned. ExploreBitcoin Billionaires: This week, I a wrote book review on this book. I really enjoyed reading it and I’m convinced one day it will be made into a movie. It tells the story of the Winklevoss twins and the history of bitcoin. Check it out my review hereBitcoin & Black America: I previously shared a book review on this book. It argues that African Americans have a lot to gain by embracing cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance. Check out my review here.What should I read next? Let me know if you have any suggestions. Crypto Course: This week, I’m starting a 3-week crypto course. I’m super pumped to learn more. I’ll keep you posted on how it goes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit afolabio.substack.com

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The appreciation of color is considered universal among human societies, yet varies vastly according to cultural norms and material circumstances. In the nineteenth century, synthetic chemistry produced new hues like mauve that changed the sensory worlds of people living in industrial societies. In The Republic of Color: Science, Perception, and the Making of Modern America (Chicago UP 2019), historian Michael Rossi explores how reformers and scientists turned to color science to ask and answer profound questions about the relationship between perception and personhood. Their efforts to define and standardize the modern sensorium were often proposed as solutions to practical problems of education and accountability. In this way, color systems made moral and political claims on what good governance in an increasingly bureaucratized society might look like. From the Pragmatists' protoplasmic preoccupations to the educational experiments of board game magnates, Rossi's study of color in American life brings anxieties over the possibility of community in the modern world into brilliant focus. Whether rooted in philosophical paradoxes or unabashed racial animus, standardizing color cut to the heart of human difference at a crucial moment in the development of the human sciences. This vibrant book will find an audience in aesthetes and Americanists alike, or virtually anyone interested in why the technical tools for making and modulating color look the way they do—not to spoil it, but how deeply have you considered the color options in software like Photoshop? Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University's Program in the History of Science. He is writing a dissertation on how people used statistics to make claims of discrimination in 1970s America, and how the relationship between rights and numbers became a flashpoint in political struggles over bureaucracy, race, and law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The appreciation of color is considered universal among human societies, yet varies vastly according to cultural norms and material circumstances. In the nineteenth century, synthetic chemistry produced new hues like mauve that changed the sensory worlds of people living in industrial societies. In The Republic of Color: Science, Perception, and the Making of Modern America (Chicago UP 2019), historian Michael Rossi explores how reformers and scientists turned to color science to ask and answer profound questions about the relationship between perception and personhood. Their efforts to define and standardize the modern sensorium were often proposed as solutions to practical problems of education and accountability. In this way, color systems made moral and political claims on what good governance in an increasingly bureaucratized society might look like. From the Pragmatists’ protoplasmic preoccupations to the educational experiments of board game magnates, Rossi’s study of color in American life brings anxieties over the possibility of community in the modern world into brilliant focus. Whether rooted in philosophical paradoxes or unabashed racial animus, standardizing color cut to the heart of human difference at a crucial moment in the development of the human sciences. This vibrant book will find an audience in aesthetes and Americanists alike, or virtually anyone interested in why the technical tools for making and modulating color look the way they do—not to spoil it, but how deeply have you considered the color options in software like Photoshop? Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He is writing a dissertation on how people used statistics to make claims of discrimination in 1970s America, and how the relationship between rights and numbers became a flashpoint in political struggles over bureaucracy, race, and law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The appreciation of color is considered universal among human societies, yet varies vastly according to cultural norms and material circumstances. In the nineteenth century, synthetic chemistry produced new hues like mauve that changed the sensory worlds of people living in industrial societies. In The Republic of Color: Science, Perception, and the Making of Modern America (Chicago UP 2019), historian Michael Rossi explores how reformers and scientists turned to color science to ask and answer profound questions about the relationship between perception and personhood. Their efforts to define and standardize the modern sensorium were often proposed as solutions to practical problems of education and accountability. In this way, color systems made moral and political claims on what good governance in an increasingly bureaucratized society might look like. From the Pragmatists’ protoplasmic preoccupations to the educational experiments of board game magnates, Rossi’s study of color in American life brings anxieties over the possibility of community in the modern world into brilliant focus. Whether rooted in philosophical paradoxes or unabashed racial animus, standardizing color cut to the heart of human difference at a crucial moment in the development of the human sciences. This vibrant book will find an audience in aesthetes and Americanists alike, or virtually anyone interested in why the technical tools for making and modulating color look the way they do—not to spoil it, but how deeply have you considered the color options in software like Photoshop? Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He is writing a dissertation on how people used statistics to make claims of discrimination in 1970s America, and how the relationship between rights and numbers became a flashpoint in political struggles over bureaucracy, race, and law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm

The appreciation of color is considered universal among human societies, yet varies vastly according to cultural norms and material circumstances. In the nineteenth century, synthetic chemistry produced new hues like mauve that changed the sensory worlds of people living in industrial societies. In The Republic of Color: Science, Perception, and the Making of Modern America (Chicago UP 2019), historian Michael Rossi explores how reformers and scientists turned to color science to ask and answer profound questions about the relationship between perception and personhood. Their efforts to define and standardize the modern sensorium were often proposed as solutions to practical problems of education and accountability. In this way, color systems made moral and political claims on what good governance in an increasingly bureaucratized society might look like. From the Pragmatists’ protoplasmic preoccupations to the educational experiments of board game magnates, Rossi’s study of color in American life brings anxieties over the possibility of community in the modern world into brilliant focus. Whether rooted in philosophical paradoxes or unabashed racial animus, standardizing color cut to the heart of human difference at a crucial moment in the development of the human sciences. This vibrant book will find an audience in aesthetes and Americanists alike, or virtually anyone interested in why the technical tools for making and modulating color look the way they do—not to spoil it, but how deeply have you considered the color options in software like Photoshop? Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He is writing a dissertation on how people used statistics to make claims of discrimination in 1970s America, and how the relationship between rights and numbers became a flashpoint in political struggles over bureaucracy, race, and law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm

The appreciation of color is considered universal among human societies, yet varies vastly according to cultural norms and material circumstances. In the nineteenth century, synthetic chemistry produced new hues like mauve that changed the sensory worlds of people living in industrial societies. In The Republic of Color: Science, Perception, and the Making of Modern America (Chicago UP 2019), historian Michael Rossi explores how reformers and scientists turned to color science to ask and answer profound questions about the relationship between perception and personhood. Their efforts to define and standardize the modern sensorium were often proposed as solutions to practical problems of education and accountability. In this way, color systems made moral and political claims on what good governance in an increasingly bureaucratized society might look like. From the Pragmatists’ protoplasmic preoccupations to the educational experiments of board game magnates, Rossi’s study of color in American life brings anxieties over the possibility of community in the modern world into brilliant focus. Whether rooted in philosophical paradoxes or unabashed racial animus, standardizing color cut to the heart of human difference at a crucial moment in the development of the human sciences. This vibrant book will find an audience in aesthetes and Americanists alike, or virtually anyone interested in why the technical tools for making and modulating color look the way they do—not to spoil it, but how deeply have you considered the color options in software like Photoshop? Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He is writing a dissertation on how people used statistics to make claims of discrimination in 1970s America, and how the relationship between rights and numbers became a flashpoint in political struggles over bureaucracy, race, and law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm

The appreciation of color is considered universal among human societies, yet varies vastly according to cultural norms and material circumstances. In the nineteenth century, synthetic chemistry produced new hues like mauve that changed the sensory worlds of people living in industrial societies. In The Republic of Color: Science, Perception, and the Making of Modern America (Chicago UP 2019), historian Michael Rossi explores how reformers and scientists turned to color science to ask and answer profound questions about the relationship between perception and personhood. Their efforts to define and standardize the modern sensorium were often proposed as solutions to practical problems of education and accountability. In this way, color systems made moral and political claims on what good governance in an increasingly bureaucratized society might look like. From the Pragmatists’ protoplasmic preoccupations to the educational experiments of board game magnates, Rossi’s study of color in American life brings anxieties over the possibility of community in the modern world into brilliant focus. Whether rooted in philosophical paradoxes or unabashed racial animus, standardizing color cut to the heart of human difference at a crucial moment in the development of the human sciences. This vibrant book will find an audience in aesthetes and Americanists alike, or virtually anyone interested in why the technical tools for making and modulating color look the way they do—not to spoil it, but how deeply have you considered the color options in software like Photoshop? Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He is writing a dissertation on how people used statistics to make claims of discrimination in 1970s America, and how the relationship between rights and numbers became a flashpoint in political struggles over bureaucracy, race, and law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thinking and creativity require privacy. In this data-intensive age, what does ”privacy“ mean for a tool for thought? Mark and Adam discuss product decisions in the context of digital privacy for the tech industry and society overall. @MuseAppHQ hello@museapp.com Show notes US Supreme Court oral arguments live The Right to Privacy (1890) LiveJournal GDPR Brave, Duck Duck Go, ProtonMail, Fathom Signal, Telegram TLS Clipper Chip Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine Local-first software Open Whisper Systems web of trust Signal contact verification Zoom end-to-end encryption whitepaper PGP telemetry PII cookie warnings browser fingerprinting Tor TikTok iOS 14 clipboard notifications Designing for Pragmatists and Fundamentalists Edward Snowden, Citizenfour Tails The Stasi The Lives of Others

Thinking and creativity require privacy. In this data-intensive age, what does “privacy” mean for a tool for thought? Mark and Adam discuss product decisions in the context of digital privacy for the tech industry and society overall. @MuseAppHQ hello@museapp.com Show notes US Supreme Court oral arguments live The Right to Privacy (1890) LiveJournal GDPR Brave, Duck Duck Go, ProtonMail, Fathom Signal, Telegram TLS Clipper Chip Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine Local-first software Open Whisper Systems web of trust Signal contact verification Zoom end-to-end encryption whitepaper PGP telemetry PII cookie warnings browser fingerprinting Tor TikTok iOS 14 clipboard notifications Designing for Pragmatists and Fundamentalists Edward Snowden, Citizenfour Tails The Stasi The Lives of Others

Many struggle with the seemingly inconsistent & slippery nature of morality - do moral facts exist? What are they? How can we verify them? Pragmatists sidestep many of these issues by bailing on the whole "truth" thing and asking instead: what *works?*

Professor Amy M. Mooney, Terra Foundation Visiting Professor in American Art Hosted by TORCH. Regarding the Portrait: The Pragmatists In this four-part lecture series, Professor Amy Mooney examines the central role portraiture played in fostering social change in the United States from the 1890s through the 1950s. Drawing from her forthcoming book, Portraits of Noteworthy Character, Professor Mooney considers the strategic visual campaigns generated by individuals and social institutions that used the portrait to advance their progressive political ideologies. From the etiquette texts used at historically black colleges to the post cards produced by Hull House to the Harmon Foundation's exhibition of “Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin,” this series explores the ways in which the portrait was employed to build social relationships and negotiate modern subjectivity. The final lecture examines an exhibition generated by the Harmon Foundation in 1944 called “Portraits of Outstanding Americans of Negro Origin.” This group of commissioned portraits toured the US for nearly ten years with the intention of not only celebrating the contributions of successful African Americans, but also modeling social integration and the possibilities of civil rights. Considering the aesthetics and logistics of the exhibition, Professor Mooney explores the ways in which the philosophies of Alain Locke informed the unabating optimism that portraiture could generate social change.

How do you feel about affirmations: Do you do them? Do you feel they can be effective? Do you believe they are bogus? Affirmations can be a tool to help you on your growth journey. But a tool is only as effective as the user's knowledge and wisdom. In this episode I'm talking about affirmations and positive self talk, and giving you my perspective as a self-diagnosed pragmatist.  I've tried my hand at affirmations many times, and have had mixed feelings and experiences. I do believe in the power of planting new thought seeds, however, and so I've stuck with affirmations and found methods for making them "work" to create the experience in life I'm seeking. In this episode I share my method for making affirmations and positive self talk work for you.  Notes: Louise Hay Affirmation Calendar

Cities are Defunding Their Police, Proving ‘Purists’ and ‘Radicals’ are the Real Pragmatists Howell Underground on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ALrQNOIs04v_7y6yTAY6g/videos #DefundThePolice #KeatonWeiss Keaton Weiss - Cities are Defunding Their Police, Proving ‘Purists’ and ‘Radicals’ are the Real Pragmatists https://duedissidence.com/2020/06/22/cities-are-defunding-their-police-proving-that-purists-and-radicals-are-the-real-pragmatists/ Contact me directly: https://www.facebook.com/allen.kit.howell https://twitter.com/HwlUnderground --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/allen-c-howell/support

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been meeting with leaders of the Yesha Council in an attempt to resolve disagreements over the proposed map outlining the borders of a prospective Palestinian state. Netanyahu’s efforts come among stark interim opposition to the U.S. peace plan, by some settler leaders, led by David Elhayani, Yesha Council Chairman, and head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council. More moderate settler leaders, such as Efrat mayor Oded Revivi, back the U.S. vision and support the fresh unity government, in the Jerusalem Post’s recent article “Trump’s Peace Plan Pits Settler Ideologues against Pragmatists,” which captures this tension. Defense Minister Benny Gantz has instructed the IDF to prepare for the application of Israeli sovereignty beginning July 1, 2020. The Western media and many in the EU are “anguishing’ over this prospect. The reality of the Trump plan differs from media and diplomatic perception. It is not Israeli “annexation” that is under discussion. Annexation only occurs when one sovereign state unilaterally annexes the land of another sovereign state. That is clearly not the case here. It is the declared intention of Israel to apply civilian law over the Jordan Rift Valley which has been an issue of wall to wall public, political, and security consensus in Israel since June 1967, when Israel was forced to conquer the former Jordanian controlled West Bank to which it ceded claims in July, 1988. Israel would apply Israeli law to the Jordan Valley, that includes some 25,000 Arabs in villages and towns, who would remain under Palestinian Authority rule, or would possibly receive Israeli residency or citizenship. Beyond the Matrix 03JUNE2020 - PODCAST

In the late 19th century, a tiny group of intellectuals who called themselves Pragmatists were to have an outsized influence on the nation and the world. They were inspired by Darwin and included well-known figures such as William James and John Dewey. Trygve Throntveit, a distinguished historian of the period, helps me tell the story of how the Pragmatists discovered the Third Way. This episode has an accompanying article and is part of This View of Life's new series, "Evolution, Complexity, and the Third Way of Entrepreneurship".   --- Become a member of the TVOL1000 and join the Darwinian revolution   Follow This View of Life on Twitter and Facebook   Order the This View of Life book

This series is about relationships, with a specific focus on three different triads (sets of three). In our third episode, Jeff and T.J. talk about the Affect Groups; and how Relationists (8-2-5), Pragmatists (9-6-3), and Idealists (1-4-7) relate to one another and where they might have problems.Find us on Twitter (@enneagramcircle)Help fund future deep dives (Patreon)Our website

This series is about relationships, with a specific focus on three different triads (sets of three). In our third episode, Jeff and T.J. talk about the Affect Groups; and how Relationists (8-2-5), Pragmatists (9-6-3), and Idealists (1-4-7) relate to one another and where they might have problems.

This week, we speak with Carlos Escapa, Global AI and ML Practice Leader for Amazon Web Services. Carlos speaks with us this week about starting an AI strategy with a more practical approach. Instead of thinking about how to radically reshape a key part of your business with AI or use AI for AI's sake, Carlos talks about instead thinking about where AI fits in with what your business is already doing. He provides some thought experiments to run through for thinking through this and how to get started with AI.    

This series is about relationships, with a specific focus on three different triads (sets of three). In our third episode, Jeff and T.J. talk about the Affect Groups; and how Relationists (8-2-5), Pragmatists (9-6-3), and Idealists (1-4-7) relate to one another and where they might have problems.

Hugh and Peter get together again to look at Albo as the leader of the ALP, and discuss the difficult choice between blocking and condoning and dancing around coal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malcolm and Simone Collins are co-authors of The Pragmatist's Guide To Life: A Guide to Creating Your Own Answers to Life's Biggest Questions. The book is a ruthlessly pragmatic guide to creating your own answers to life's biggest questions. Malcolm is a neuroscientist who abandoned the traditional science path for an MBA from Stanford to prove out his theories in the world as an entrepreneur. Along the way, he met wife, co-author, and business partner Simone who is an equally brilliant. She is an alumnus of the George Washington University with a Masters from University of Cambridge and served as the director of marketing at Hubpages.com. After some time in Silicon Valley and in Asia respectively, Simone and Malcolm began searching for the businesses they now run in the travel industry (TravelMax). They split their time between North American headquarters in Miami, FL and South American offices in Lima, Peru

Verses: Mandukya Karika 2.27, 2.28. Lecture by Swami Tattwamayananda. Verses 20 - 28 of the second chapter describe the views of various non-Advaitin philosophers. They represent altogether 35 different 'vikalpas' (superimpositions) on the Atman. Verses 27 - 28 deal with the views of thinkers like Pragmatists (those who are not interested in metaphysics), the followers of Smrti texts, the school o Grammar, mostly those who were the fanatical followers of linguistics and philosophy, especially the followers of the Paninian School of Sanskrit Grammer.

Should philosophy be the attempt to articulate truth? If you're a pragmatist, the answer is No. William James wrote of truth as a subset of expediency, and of truth's 'cash value'. Richard Rorty saw truth—philosophical, moral, even scientific—in terms of contingent 'vocabularies'. At a time when The Washington Post reports that the leader of the free world has made over 3,000 false claims since becoming US President, pragmatic scepticism about truth could be a dangerous luxury.

Simone and Malcolm Collins are co-authors of the book The Pragmatist's Guide To Life: A Guide to Creating Your Own Answers to Life's Biggest Questions. Their book is a ruthlessly pragmatic guide to creating your own answers to life's biggest questions.   Each of this book's four chapters covers one of the most important questions a person must ask themselves: Rather than give you answers to these questions, this guide provides a framework that helps you develop your own answers while equipping you with the neuroscientific tools necessary to transform yourself into whomever you choose to be. What is the purpose of my life? How can I best realize the purpose of my life? Who do I want to be? How do I want other people to think of me?   The book was created as the work of a nonprofit institution (http://pragmatist.guide/), dedicated to helping people think through the big questions in life without leading them to a specific answer.  All proceeds from the sale of the book go to the nonprofit, and not the authors   Originally a neuroscientist focused on brain-computer interface and the evolution of human cognition (his work is on display at the Smithsonian), Malcolm Collins felt he could learn more about the way humans interact with the world and each other by pursuing an MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. There he met Simone, his wife and co-author, who at the time was Director of Marketing at HubPages.com, managing a team of 20,000 freelancers. Together they co-founded the art commission marketplace ArtCorgi.com, after which Malcolm became Director of Strategy at South Korea's most desired source of early-stage VC capital and Simone earned her graduate degree from Cambridge while working in VC. The couple now runs a number of travel companies (with a focus on Travelmax), splitting their time between North American headquarters in Miami, FL and South American offices in Lima, Peru.    Listen as we talk about:   What it’s like to find purpose  Why the question of playing video games or studying for a test propelled Malcom into his quest for purpose Am I really my future self? How human consciousness has shifted over the course of evolution and has prevented us from fully thinking through our personal purpose How a statistical and scientific approach can  manufacture love Why they choose to apply thinking and rationality to purpose above other paradigms An important question to ask yourself that may change the way you question and construct your worldview Why they look for people and communities that they find offensive How a nail salon turned into a guide and into a book  How they believe after school programs can help kids check their beliefs  Why they chose prestigious schools Why they have to care what people think of them to fulfill their objective functions Why it’s important to create a caricature of yourself  Why relationships can bring you to purpose How marriage is a force multiplier that fulfills their collective purpose The three types of friends that help us achieve our objective function  How they can help you get cheap international trips      --------------Resources Mentioned: ---------------------     The Pragmatist’s Guide to Life: A Guide to Creating Your Own Answers to Life’s Biggest Questions - Simone & Malcolm Collins   The Red Pill- documentary about a feminist's journey into the Men's Rights Movement   The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists - Neil Strauss   Less Wrong Community - a community blog focused on "refining the art of human rationality"   https://travelmax.com/ - Their wholesale travel website for booking complex international trips    Email travelmax@ceo to work with Malcolm on booking cheap international travel     Join our purpose seeking podcast community at...   Facebook   Instagram   YouTube Channel    Facebook Group - Purpose Seekers   Help More Find Their Purpose by Donating to the Cause    

ROBERT WHEEL returns to talk primary races and: Canadian hockey misery ... California's top-two primary and what isn't working ... California's 48th and replacing Dana Rohrabacher ... A bro-tastic stem-cell company ... Weak party machine policing meets rich-guy dependency ... California's 39th and Gil Cisneros ... More self-funding, fewer problems ... Florida and Rick Scott interlude ... Sara Jacobs and California's 48th ... Twitter and MSNBC isn't a substitute for a constituency ... "Patriots and Pragmatists" can f*ck right off ... Never Trump, never gonna win ... Again, run on healthcare ... Fitting a single scandal through the disease door ... The strength of women candidates in 2018 ... Converting suburban social networks to grassroots activism ... Trump as a gateway to socially acceptable political engagement ... Andrew Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon update...

In this episode I'm talking about affirmations and positive self talk, and giving you my perspective as a self-diagnosed pragmatist. 

Tom Donahue discusses the Politics of Pragmatism vs Purity. GOP Anti-Trump Ideological Purists vs Pro-Trump Pragmatic Populists. Nationalism vs Globalism.

In this episode, the Dharma Oveground and Buddhist Geeks get enlightened, Francois Laurelle and the non-Buddhists speculate, Hokai Sobol and Kenneth Folk do their own thing. Matthew and Stuart cross the line and fumble over names. This is part 2 of our first real episode exploring a number of innovative elements in contemporary western Buddhism. We move on in our discussion from Tibet to look at the Pragmatists that emerged from the Dharma Underground and the intelligent destruction of Buddhism fuelled by French and German speaking philosophers in the form of Non-Buddhism. We also bring in some considerations of the significance of the claims of enlightenment made by a number of the Pragmatists and the importance of some of the critique made by Glenn Wallis and his cohorts. Enjoy and leave feedback, criticisms, complaints and observations at our Facebook page, Twitter feed or even here. The next episode will feature a special guest and discuss Buddhist cults! All show notes can be found at the Post-Traditional Buddhism site. Click here for those: http://posttraditionalbuddhism.com/2015/07/23/2-2-new-podcast-episode-is-out-the-dharma-oveground-the-non-buddhists/

In this episode, the Dharma Oveground and Buddhist Geeks get enlightened, Francois Laurelle and the non-Buddhists speculate, Hokai Sobol and Kenneth Folk do their own thing. Matthew and Stuart cross the line and fumble over names. This is part 2 of our first real episode exploring a number of innovative elements in contemporary western Buddhism. We move on in our discussion from Tibet to look at the Pragmatists that emerged from the Dharma Underground and the intelligent destruction of Buddhism fuelled by French and German speaking philosophers in the form of Non-Buddhism. We also bring in some considerations of the significance of the claims of enlightenment made by a number of the Pragmatists and the importance of some of the critique made by Glenn Wallis and his cohorts. Enjoy and leave feedback, criticisms, complaints and observations at our Facebook page, Twitter feed or even here. The next episode will feature a special guest and discuss Buddhist cults! All show notes can be found at the Post-Traditional Buddhism site. Matthew O'Connell is a life coach and the host of the The Imperfect Buddha podcast. You can find The Imperfect Buddha on Facebook and Twitter (@imperfectbuddha). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pragmatism is American’s home-grown philosophy, but it is not widely understood. This partly is due to the fact that pragmatism emerged out of deep philosophical disputes among its earliest proponents: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. Although it is agreed that they are the founders of Pragmatism, they also held opposing views about meaning, truth, reality, and value. A further complication emerges in that it is widely believed that Pragmatism was purged from the philosophical mainstream and rendered dormant sometime around 1950, and then recovered only in the 1980s by Richard Rorty. In her new book, The American Pragmatists (Oxford University Press, 2013), Cheryl Misak presents a nuanced analysis of the origins, development, and prospects of Pragmatism. She shows that Pragmatism has always come in a variety of flavors, ranging from the highly objectivist views of Peirce and C. I. Lewis to the more subjectivist commitments of James and Richard Rorty. More importantly, Misak demonstrates that Pragmatism has been a constantly evolving philosophical movement that has consistently shaped the landscape of English-language philosophy. On Misak’s account, Pragmatism is the philosophical thread that runs through the work of the most influential philosophers of the past century. Her book will be of interest to anyone with interest in Pragmatism or twentieth-century philosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pragmatism is American's home-grown philosophy, but it is not widely understood. This partly is due to the fact that pragmatism emerged out of deep philosophical disputes among its earliest proponents: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. Although it is agreed that they are the founders of Pragmatism, they also held opposing views about meaning, truth, reality, and value. A further complication emerges in that it is widely believed that Pragmatism was purged from the philosophical mainstream and rendered dormant sometime around 1950, and then recovered only in the 1980s by Richard Rorty. In her new book, The American Pragmatists (Oxford University Press, 2013), Cheryl Misak presents a nuanced analysis of the origins, development, and prospects of Pragmatism. She shows that Pragmatism has always come in a variety of flavors, ranging from the highly objectivist views of Peirce and C. I. Lewis to the more subjectivist commitments of James and Richard Rorty. More importantly, Misak demonstrates that Pragmatism has been a constantly evolving philosophical movement that has consistently shaped the landscape of English-language philosophy. On Misak's account, Pragmatism is the philosophical thread that runs through the work of the most influential philosophers of the past century. Her book will be of interest to anyone with interest in Pragmatism or twentieth-century philosophy.

Pragmatism is American’s home-grown philosophy, but it is not widely understood. This partly is due to the fact that pragmatism emerged out of deep philosophical disputes among its earliest proponents: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. Although it is agreed that they are the founders of Pragmatism, they also held opposing views about meaning, truth, reality, and value. A further complication emerges in that it is widely believed that Pragmatism was purged from the philosophical mainstream and rendered dormant sometime around 1950, and then recovered only in the 1980s by Richard Rorty. In her new book, The American Pragmatists (Oxford University Press, 2013), Cheryl Misak presents a nuanced analysis of the origins, development, and prospects of Pragmatism. She shows that Pragmatism has always come in a variety of flavors, ranging from the highly objectivist views of Peirce and C. I. Lewis to the more subjectivist commitments of James and Richard Rorty. More importantly, Misak demonstrates that Pragmatism has been a constantly evolving philosophical movement that has consistently shaped the landscape of English-language philosophy. On Misak’s account, Pragmatism is the philosophical thread that runs through the work of the most influential philosophers of the past century. Her book will be of interest to anyone with interest in Pragmatism or twentieth-century philosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pragmatism is American’s home-grown philosophy, but it is not widely understood. This partly is due to the fact that pragmatism emerged out of deep philosophical disputes among its earliest proponents: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. Although it is agreed that they are the founders of Pragmatism, they also held opposing views about meaning, truth, reality, and value. A further complication emerges in that it is widely believed that Pragmatism was purged from the philosophical mainstream and rendered dormant sometime around 1950, and then recovered only in the 1980s by Richard Rorty. In her new book, The American Pragmatists (Oxford University Press, 2013), Cheryl Misak presents a nuanced analysis of the origins, development, and prospects of Pragmatism. She shows that Pragmatism has always come in a variety of flavors, ranging from the highly objectivist views of Peirce and C. I. Lewis to the more subjectivist commitments of James and Richard Rorty. More importantly, Misak demonstrates that Pragmatism has been a constantly evolving philosophical movement that has consistently shaped the landscape of English-language philosophy. On Misak’s account, Pragmatism is the philosophical thread that runs through the work of the most influential philosophers of the past century. Her book will be of interest to anyone with interest in Pragmatism or twentieth-century philosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pragmatism is American’s home-grown philosophy, but it is not widely understood. This partly is due to the fact that pragmatism emerged out of deep philosophical disputes among its earliest proponents: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. Although it is agreed that they are the founders of Pragmatism, they also held opposing views about meaning, truth, reality, and value. A further complication emerges in that it is widely believed that Pragmatism was purged from the philosophical mainstream and rendered dormant sometime around 1950, and then recovered only in the 1980s by Richard Rorty. In her new book, The American Pragmatists (Oxford University Press, 2013), Cheryl Misak presents a nuanced analysis of the origins, development, and prospects of Pragmatism. She shows that Pragmatism has always come in a variety of flavors, ranging from the highly objectivist views of Peirce and C. I. Lewis to the more subjectivist commitments of James and Richard Rorty. More importantly, Misak demonstrates that Pragmatism has been a constantly evolving philosophical movement that has consistently shaped the landscape of English-language philosophy. On Misak’s account, Pragmatism is the philosophical thread that runs through the work of the most influential philosophers of the past century. Her book will be of interest to anyone with interest in Pragmatism or twentieth-century philosophy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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--{ Pragmatists' Dream, Hear Proles Scream: "The Future's All Planned, How to Tell? Men Wrote Years Ago, They'd Bring Down Hell, At First Industrial Nations would Lead the Way, Then Through U.N. Treaties They'd Pay and Pay, So Third World would Rise, The Solution, Then First World Collapses in Confusion, Nations, States were to Fade Away, And Light would Dawn for the New Day On a New Feudal System, Corporate Governance, The World Over, Peasants in Sufferance, Democracy, From its Earliest Inception, Was the Effective Tool of Deception, While Money Barons Plotted the Scheme Of Totalitarianism, The "Pragmatists" Dream" © Alan Watt }-- Public Trained to Believe in Experts and Gov. Agencies - Practice of Flat-Board Shaping of the Skull - Post-WWII Deindustrialization of Britain and Integration of Europe - Depopulation, Model of China's Policies - Redistribution of Wealth from First- to Third-World Countries - Gender-Bender and Neurotoxin Bisphenol-A - Totalitarian Surveillance - Adaptation into New Normals - Elimination of Family Farms - UN and Corporate Takeover of Food Supply, Rationing, Mandated Vegetarianism - "Mad Cow" Disease and Mass Culls - "Carbon" Tracking Satellites - CISPA Bill and Internet Countermeasures - Ongoing State-Sponsored Eugenics Programs - New Feudal System - Total War on the People. (See http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com for article links.) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - April 25, 2012 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

Roger Cohen, columnist for the New York Times, discusses current geopolitical issues in Iran, and posits that allegiance with Iran is the key to peace in the middle east. (April 30, 2009)