Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: The three things that justify a feeling of achievement. Is science hitting a wall? (part II here) Why Julian Baggini does not meditate. How to serve a… Read More ›
Plato’s Suggestions
Plato’s reading suggestions, episode 126
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: Is meditating on death like putting on a fur coat in summer? (spoiler alert: no) The History and Psychology of the Orgy. The language of strategic planning… Read More ›
Plato’s reading suggestions, episode 125
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: As If! An entirely uninspiring review of what nevertheless sounds like a really fascinating book by Anthony Appiah. Jordan Peterson and fascist mysticism. The dark truth about… Read More ›
Plato’s reading suggestions, episode 124
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: Why moral relativism is both incoherent and immoral. The Infernal Library: books written by tyrants big and small. We may disagree about morality, but not all the… Read More ›
Plato’s reading suggestions, episode 123
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: A really scary and thoughtful article on the rise of populism and the decline of liberal democracy. Is it possible to train yourself to be a psychopath?… Read More ›
Plato’s reading suggestions, episode 122
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: A cultural anthropological field trip among the ufologists. Is biography a thoroughly reprehensible genre? Or maybe only partially so? Do you have any mirage friend? Should you… Read More ›
Plato’s reading suggestions, episode 121
Here it is, our regular Friday diet of suggested readings for the weekend: Psychologist discovers world’s funniest joke. Meh, it’s okay. In praise of unfinished novels, a literary genre of its own. You call that a sport?? The real reason… Read More ›