Michael Toscano on Neil Postman

by R. R. Reno

Michael Toscano joins the podcast to talk about the work of cultural critic Neil Postman. Continue Reading »

21 Apr 2022 0

The Internet Is Watching You

by Mark Bauerlein

The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Justin E. H. Smith joins the podcast to discuss his book, The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning. Continue Reading »

7 Mar 2022 0

Bioethics and Question-Begging

by Will Wilson

Well it seems like Ivan can relax , Michael Peroski has just solved all of our problems : Proceeding from ideology-driven inquiry entails starting from an answer: “Research on human embryonic stem cell should be forbidden because embryos are equivalent to human lives” and working . . . . Continue Reading »

25 Aug 2009 0

Creeping Technocracy-Watch

by Will Wilson

Secondhand Smoke has the scoop . Watching bioethicists consense is like watching water condense: dull, impersonal, and you know how it’s gonna end. Still, I’m sure there are many who would prefer it to all that nasty , dirty , tumultuous political stuff! . . . . Continue Reading »

24 Aug 2009 0

Obama, Technocracy, and Honor

by Ivan Kenneally

Another excerpt from some recent work: The basic political premise of techno-politics is that the classic question regarding competing claims to rule has been decisively answered: instead of Plato’s philosopher king we get its emasculated modern descendant, the rational bureaucrat. The . . . . Continue Reading »

8 May 2009 0