Currents 012: Andrew Taggart on Narcissism, Culture & Dying
Andrew Taggart talks to Jim about philosophy, our psychotherapeutic culture, the good life & virtue, narcissism, community living, dying well, and more...
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Andrew Taggart about what philosophy is & once was, the impacts of our psychotherapeutic culture, the good life & virtue, narcissism, friends of utility, changing family dynamics, GameB, close community living, what polling tells us about meaning & happiness, promoting & scaling the good life at the right times in the right ways, possible COVID-19 impacts, what it means to die well, and much more.
Episode Transcript
Andrew's Website
Andrew's article, The Uninvited Confession, The New Confessional
JRS: EP75 Nick Chater: “The Mind Is Flat”
The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake by David Brooks
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Andrew Taggart is a Practical Philosopher, Ph.D., Rinzai Zen Buddhist, Founder of Askole, public speaker, and critic of total work.
In this Currents episode, Jim talks to Andrew Taggart about what philosophy is & once was, the impacts of our psychotherapeutic culture, the good life & virtue, narcissism, friends of utility, changing family dynamics, GameB, close community living, what polling tells us about meaning & happiness, promoting & scaling the good life at the right times in the right ways, possible COVID-19 impacts, what it means to die well, and much more.
Episode Transcript
Andrew's Website
Andrew's article, The Uninvited Confession, The New Confessional
JRS: EP75 Nick Chater: “The Mind Is Flat”
The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake by David Brooks
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Andrew Taggart is a Practical Philosopher, Ph.D., Rinzai Zen Buddhist, Founder of Askole, public speaker, and critic of total work.
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