Jaron Lanier: Why Facebook Isn’t Free Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Internet pioneer Jaron Lanier argues that free technologies like Facebook come with a hidden and heavy cost – the livelihoods of their consumers. ———————————————————————————- Jaron Lanier: Jaron […]
It’s unclear how much control we truly have over our life and our choices. It’s unclear if free will, determinism, or a mix of compatibilism is the answer. But what appears to be clear, is that we can choose how we deal with not knowing. Ironic.
Don’t Act. Just Think. New videos weekly: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think+ for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ———————————————————————————- Philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek has a bone to pick with the PC movement. While he doesn’t buy into the right-wing paranoid view that the politically correct […]
Henry Rollins: Education is the End of Disaster Capitalism Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Henry Rollins says “let’s make college tuition either free or really low and if you have a country full of whip-crack smart people you […]
Dr. Gabor Maté gives a beautiful speech on human nature and the implications culture has on our ability to maintain it. In this segment of the speech, he discusses four different categories of self-alienation, and provides a sentiment of hope to stay in touch with our true nature as we […]
More economic philosophy from Karl Marx, talking about the problems of capitalism, Alienation, labour, and business. Part 1: Labour & Class Conflict – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWF_0… Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/Philosoph… FAQ: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTu… Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTu… Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Email: ollysphilosophychannel@gmail.com Google+: google.com/+thephilosophytube realphilosophytube.tumblr.com Recommended Reading: Karl Marx, Das Kapital Karl Marx, The […]
How will information technology affect capitalism and the future of economics? How did Thatcher and Reagan pave the way for David Cameron, Hillary Clinton, and the politics of today? My Mad Marx Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWF_0… Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://www.audibletrial.com/Philosoph… FAQ: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTu… Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTu… Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Email: ollysphilosophychannel@gmail.com Google+: google.com/+thephilosophytube […]
Slavoj Žižek: Democracy and Capitalism Are Destined to Split Up Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Philosopher Slavoj Žižek argues that our current brand of global capitalism is quickly outgrowing democracy and that a divorce between the two is […]
Rand is “Capitalism’s pet philosopher,” so let’s look at Objectivism, which she described in Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://tinyurl.com/jn6tpup FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/j8bo4gb Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/jgjek5w Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Email: ollysphilosophychannel@gmail.com Google+: google.com/+thephilosophytube realphilosophytube.tumblr.com Recommended Reading: TheLitCritGuy’s Storify on Rand: http://tinyurl.com/grsm2ge And here he compares and contrasts the […]
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