An article by Verne Kopytoff on the Google job application process.
A talk by Elisabeth Lane Lawley on Googling versus social recomendation.
And from Freedomain Radio:
The Virginia Tech Shootings: An Analysis. Very good.
Funny talk on how to find and have a good relationship.
Why are women so unhappy? This one may piss a lot of women/feminists off. Try desperately to ignore the first 17 seconds macho impersonation. The rest of the talk is Stefan using an Ayn Rand (ish) intepretation of 1920s-1970s feminist politics to explain why women are not as happy as men (which apparently is the case..?). A poor and disconnected analysis compared to Howard Zinn & co, and no discussion of how to solve the problem (e.g. good, safe communal childcare) but an interesting/provocative talk nonetheless.
Why we are so different from our parents. Yea maybe but what about learning from the past and respecting our elders and stuff?
Free will. After a genial first hour he suddenly tries to solve the whole problem by doing a modified Searle/Kant, saying that free will is a presupposition of debate itself, so that as a (potential) determinist I am acting irrationally (he even refers to it as lack of integrity) if I try to debate free will with anyone. He'll try to sell you some other murky stuff like how it's impossible to love if you don't believe in free will.
Finally, here's Stefan providing an excellent critique of Ayn Rand's ethics. It's a damn shame he seems to have no qualms about the rest of her stuff, but I'm not sure, I've only just discovered this exceptionally productive talent.
A talk by Elisabeth Lane Lawley on Googling versus social recomendation.
And from Freedomain Radio:
The Virginia Tech Shootings: An Analysis. Very good.
Funny talk on how to find and have a good relationship.
Why are women so unhappy? This one may piss a lot of women/feminists off. Try desperately to ignore the first 17 seconds macho impersonation. The rest of the talk is Stefan using an Ayn Rand (ish) intepretation of 1920s-1970s feminist politics to explain why women are not as happy as men (which apparently is the case..?). A poor and disconnected analysis compared to Howard Zinn & co, and no discussion of how to solve the problem (e.g. good, safe communal childcare) but an interesting/provocative talk nonetheless.
Why we are so different from our parents. Yea maybe but what about learning from the past and respecting our elders and stuff?
Free will. After a genial first hour he suddenly tries to solve the whole problem by doing a modified Searle/Kant, saying that free will is a presupposition of debate itself, so that as a (potential) determinist I am acting irrationally (he even refers to it as lack of integrity) if I try to debate free will with anyone. He'll try to sell you some other murky stuff like how it's impossible to love if you don't believe in free will.
Finally, here's Stefan providing an excellent critique of Ayn Rand's ethics. It's a damn shame he seems to have no qualms about the rest of her stuff, but I'm not sure, I've only just discovered this exceptionally productive talent.
3 comments:
You know that saying "this might piss feminists off" is the best way to make sure I watch something... but did you actually think that was interesting?
Even disregarding the obviously strange (funny?) exaggerations ("feminism is basically socialism with tits"), I thought his argument consistently disregarded important things that he really should have at least mentioned. Just a couple of examples. Grant that women are forced into the workforce just as much as men are - that is not the problem. The problem is that they are also forced to take care of the home, while men are not. Saying that women would choose to stay at home with the babies is a non sequiteur the way he puts it, because wouldn't men? "Size" of government is usually measured as share of GDP, not number of dollars, so there goes his growth of state argument. I can't remember more, but by the end of it there were so many holes that I couldn't find the argument even interesting anymore.
well like you i like gender debate, and i like this guy if not his opinions, but you're right, it's a pretty bad talk, the one on relationships is better on the gender theme
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