Breaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 16-20 Review)
When you solve a problem, do you set a goal, or do you tinker with it until it becomes what …
Breaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 11-15 Review)
Pastoralism – the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society. In essays 11-15, Venkatesh Rao seems …
Breaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 6-10 Review)
What’s more important today? Owning a smartphone or owning a car? In essays 6-10, a lot of what Venkatesh Rao …
Breaking Smart: Software is Eating the World (Part 1-5 Review)
There was writing and there was money. Two of the most imaginative inventions of technology. The 20th Century brought yet …
Everything is a Remix Part 3 & 4 (Review)
The best inventions of history wouldn’t have been possible if they hadn’t used ideas from other inventions. In the third …
Everything is a Remix Part 1 & 2 (Review)
Did you know that from 2001-2011, 75% of the top 10 movies from each year were sequels, remakes of earlier …
Culture As Pop Culture (Review)
What’s going to be the next big medium of the 21st century? The 16th century had Shakespeare and his plays, …
When Is a Network Not a Network? (Review)
Could you live in a time when there were only 3 networks on TV? After talking in his last lecture …
The Rise Of The Motion Picture (Review)
The motion picture industry has been commercialized from its birth but did anyone in 1900 know the impact that it …
Totalitarianism and the Arts in the 20th Century ( Review)
Did the arts thrive or get worse through the dictatorships of Hitler and Stalin? Hitler, Stalin, the Soviet Union, Nazi …
Commerce and Culture: The Economics of Modernism (Review)
Ever looked at abstract art and thought “what the heck?” Modernism: a style or movement in the arts that aims …
The Serialized Novel in the 19th Century (Review)
Did you know most books in the 19th Century were released through magazines and newspapers, not through the full books …
The Economics of Classical Music: Patronage vs. the Market (Review)
Were classical musicians into composing for the money? In Paul Cantor’s fourth lecture, he talks about the commercialism in music. …
Commerce and Culture: The Economics of Painting (Review)
What percentage of Rembrandt paintings were actually painted by Rembrandt? In the third episode of Paul Cantor’s series on Commerce …
Commerce and Culture: Shakespeare’s Theater (Review)
Was Shakespeare in the commercial world? Would he have done better if he had been left alone instead of having …
Commerce & Culture: The Economic Basis of Culture (Review)
Has the free market increased the quality of art, or has it brought it down? Is institutional support for art …
Visions of History: Ways of Seeing the Past (Review)
What happened on 08/05/1858? You likely don’t know. In a lecture by Dr. Stephen Davies, he gives two lists of …
Critical Thinking: Appeal to Ignorance and Begging the Question Fallacies (Review)
“You don’t know that ghosts don’t exist. Therefore they do exist.” Today I watched the last part in Dr. Sadler’s …
Critical Thinking: False Dilemma and Slippery Slope Fallacies (Review)
“If you didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton in the last election, you love Donald Trump.” While this may seem ridiculous, …
Critical Thinking: Ad Hominem Fallacy (Review)
Ad Hominem – is it a logical fallacy or a good argument? “Donald Trump said something inappropriate about women, so …
Critical Thinking: Two Wrongs Make a Right and Red Herring Fallacies (Review)
How many times have you heard the phrase, “two wrongs don’t make a right”? I think almost every parent ever …
Critical Thinking: Emotional and Popularity Fallacies (Review)
Is it good to make an argument based on your emotions? Is it good to make an argument based off …
Critical Thinking: Issues, Claims, Arguments and non-Arguments (Review)
What is the difference between a claim and an argument? Dr. Sadler, Critical Thinking Professor at Fayetteville University has a …
When Do Hypotheticals Cover Their Cost? (Review)
Is hypothetical thinking a waste of time? In this article by Bryan Caplan, he submits that it is not. Conversely, …
What Is Philosophy? (Review)
If you thought philosophy had one definition, here’s a podcast you need to listen to and an article you need …
Why Philosophers make Formidable Entrepreneurs (Review)
Is there a connection between philosophy and successful entrepreneurs? The writer of this article seems to think so. He points …
You Have No Idea How Wrong You Are (Review)
Do you believe that you would be happier after winning 200 million dollars in the lottery or after being paralyzed …
The Work Required to Have an Opinion (Review)
Have you ever had a conversation with someone and they try to convince you of something you know is wrong? …
A Month of Daily Content Consumption
Consuming content daily is one of the most important things to keep an active and productive mind. By exposing yourself …