Video Essay from Like Stories of Old. Hard to categorize this, it is from the perspective of movies and television, but It covers how they reflect a modern liberal philosophy that is prone to...
Video Essay from Like Stories of Old.
Hard to categorize this, it is from the perspective of movies and television, but It covers how they reflect a modern liberal philosophy that is prone to inaction, and how that just defends the status quo in the face of disaster.
The Ezra Klein book Abundance is mentioned several times, including this quote:
"It is routine in politics to imagine a just present and work backward to the social insurance programs that would get us there. It is equally important to imagine a just - even a delightful - future and work backwards to the [...] advances that would hasten its arrival."
Video Essay from Like Stories of Old.
Hard to categorize this, it is from the perspective of movies and television, but It covers how they reflect a modern liberal philosophy that is prone to inaction, and how that just defends the status quo in the face of disaster.
The Ezra Klein book Abundance is mentioned several times, including this quote:
"It is routine in politics to imagine a just present and work backward to the social insurance programs that would get us there. It is equally important to imagine a just - even a delightful - future and work backwards to the [...] advances that would hasten its arrival."
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