הפודקאסטים הטובים ביותר ב-Edgelords (2024)

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EP13: What if There’s No Meaning to Life? (On Benatar’s The Human Predicament) 1:23:15

4M ago1:23:15

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This week we ask probably the most commonly uttered philosophical question: is there a meaning to life? To help us approach an answer, we read the first few chapters of philosopher David Benatar’s The Human Predicament. Benatar’s answer is as edgy as it gets. No, there’s no meaning to life, and no matter how much we try to soothe ourselves, this is…

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EP12: Is Making Friends with the Far-Right a Good Way to Research Them? (ft. Benjamin Teitelbaum) 1:08:48

5M ago1:08:48

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In ethnography there has been a long-standing tradition to prioritize the interests of research participants through a scholar-informant solidarity. This week we ask, how far should this scholar-informant solidarity go in cases where the research participants are dangerous or otherwise unsavoury? In this episode, we interview Benjamin Teitelbaum ab…

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EP11: Is Post-Truth Actually Good? (On Fuller’s Post-Truth as Power Game) 1:11:16

5M ago1:11:16

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We revisit a curious academic debate in science and technology studies, or STS. After 2016, some claimed that leftist humanities scholars played a role in creating the post-truth moment. And Steve Fuller argued that there’s nothing wrong with that. He likens post-truth to a kind of epistemic democratization that we should embrace. We read the third…

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EP10: Is Equality of Opportunity Not Valuable? (On Stephan Kershnar’s Attack on Equality of Opportunity) 1:20:43

6M ago1:20:43

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This week we have one of our first encounters with the Academic Edgelord final boss, Stephan Kershnar. We enter the Kershnar-sphere by looking at his argument against equality of opportunity. For this edgelord — who is author of papers on adult-child sex, slavery, and more — its actually one of his milder takes. It’s from Why Equality of Opportunit…

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EP9: Are There Enough Conservatives in Academia? (On Whittington’s Case for Ideological Diversity) 1:05:15

7M ago1:05:15

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Academia is often stereotyped as a radical left-wing institution. This is especially true among conservatives who even see universities as “Marxist indoctrination camps.” So much so, that many conservatives are turning their backs on the academy completely. On this episode, we debate whether ideological diversity on campus matters. We consider the …

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EP8: Should the Knowledgable Rule? (On Jason Brennan’s “Against Democracy”) 1:21:25

7M ago1:21:25

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Most political theorists assume that some form of democracy is the only legitimate political regime. Jason Brennan thinks this is an under-examined assumption. In fact, Brennan thinks there are many reasons to be critical of both the existing forms of representative democracy as well as more radical theories that endorse drastically increased democ…

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EP7: Should We Support Affirmative Action? (On Pojman’s Case Against Affirmative Action) 1:16:54

8M ago1:16:54

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In June 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that “Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment”. This effectively ended race-based affirmative action in higher education in the United States. This led us to ask, is this outcome a disaster for left-wing politics? On this episo…

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EP6: Is A.I. Going To Kill Us All? (On Richard Ngo’s A.I. Safety First Principles) 1:11:21

8M ago1:11:21

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Many agree there is plenty of reason to worry about existing A.I., including how it perpetuates structural racism, invades privacy, erodes workers’ rights, and entrenches monopolistic firms. But might a future A.I. also take over and dominate, or potentially even destroy humanity, like some Skynet-like scenario? Some technologists worry it might, a…

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EP5: Is Whiteness Parasitic? (On Donald Moss’ “On Having Whiteness”) 1:03:42

9M ago1:03:42

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When psychoanalyst Donald Moss published his essay “On Having Whiteness” in 2021, it caused the right-wing media outrage machine to move into high gear. For example, both the New York Post and the Daily Mail wrote articles that seemed, on our reading, to only react to what was in the abstract. So, we decided we should actually read the entire artic…

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EP4: Is it Morally Wrong to Prefer Attractive Partners? (On ‘Lookism’ and William D’Alessandro) 1:13:42

9M ago1:13:42

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If your partner is attractive, then you might be part of the problem. At least, that’s what one edgelord philosopher is suggesting. We discuss William D’Alessandro’s forthcoming paper, “Is It Bad to Prefer Attractive Partners?” (in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association here). Is this “lookism” a kind of unjustified and harmful discr…

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EP3: 5 Years or 5 Lashes? (On Moskos’ & Brennan’s Defense of Flogging) 1:14:11

10M ago1:14:11

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If you were offered the choice of a brief-but-brutal whipping or an extended stay in prison, which would you take? Probably the former. Is that an argument for flogging? Most people consider the idea of state-sanctioned flogging to be barbaric. Sure, Singapore does it, but they are known for authoritarian laws. Yet, Peter Moskos and Jason Brennan a…

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EP2: Did the Unabomber Have a Point? (on Anarcho-Primitivism & Ted Kaczynski) 1:12:30

10M ago1:12:30

1:12:30

על ידי Academic Edgelords

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EP1: Are We the Academic Edgelords? 1:15:14

10M ago1:15:14

1:15:14

על ידי Academic Edgelords

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EP13: What if There’s No Meaning to Life? (On Benatar’s The Human Predicament) 1:23:15

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EP12: Is Making Friends with the Far-Right a Good Way to Research Them? (ft. Benjamin Teitelbaum) 1:08:48

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EP11: Is Post-Truth Actually Good? (On Fuller’s Post-Truth as Power Game) 1:11:16

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EP10: Is Equality of Opportunity Not Valuable? (On Stephan Kershnar’s Attack on Equality of Opportunity) 1:20:43

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EP9: Are There Enough Conservatives in Academia? (On Whittington’s Case for Ideological Diversity) 1:05:15

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EP8: Should the Knowledgable Rule? (On Jason Brennan’s “Against Democracy”) 1:21:25

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EP7: Should We Support Affirmative Action? (On Pojman’s Case Against Affirmative Action) 1:16:54

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EP6: Is A.I. Going To Kill Us All? (On Richard Ngo’s A.I. Safety First Principles) 1:11:21

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EP5: Is Whiteness Parasitic? (On Donald Moss’ “On Having Whiteness”) 1:03:42

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EP4: Is it Morally Wrong to Prefer Attractive Partners? (On ‘Lookism’ and William D’Alessandro) 1:13:42

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EP3: 5 Years or 5 Lashes? (On Moskos’ & Brennan’s Defense of Flogging) 1:14:11

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EP2: Did the Unabomber Have a Point? (on Anarcho-Primitivism & Ted Kaczynski) 1:12:30

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EP1: Are We the Academic Edgelords? 1:15:14

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