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Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb

The Wisdom Of

In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or Dostoevsky or Picasso, here we explore ideas that move mountains and rock the soul! So, come join us, won’t you? Come worship at the alter of ideas, and come celebrate the dancing of thought. Welcome to the Wisdom Of! 

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Auteur

Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb

Catégorie

Society

Site du podcast

www.wisdomofpod.com

Dernier épisode

8 sept. 2026

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Hesse's Narcissus and Goldmund - Pick a path, pay the price, live the life! 21.11.2025

Choosing one path in life means letting go of another! And that's okay! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Bertrand Russell and Byung-Chul Han: Self-absorption is the source of unhappiness! 18.11.2025

The philosophers Russell and Han come from different historical contexts, but they both agree on one thing: if you want to be happy stop being pre-occupied with yourself! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Great philosophers on how to stay young as we get older! 14.11.2025

Aging doesn't have to involve loss of possibilities and heaviness. Just ask Nietzsche, the Taoists, Hannah Arendt and Camus! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Why Samuel Beckett is so funny! 10.11.2025

Beckett is bleak but he's also hilarious. I try to explore why so many of us laugh when we read him! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Voltaire's "Crush the infamous thing" and our age of tragic regression 07.11.2025

Voltaire called for enlightenment and progress against the dogmas and powers of his day. Our world today needs more Voltaires....  Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Dostoevsky, Ricoeur, Kierkegaard - The future needs the past! 03.11.2025

There is no future without a past. That's because the past is the ground of transformation! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Orwell's 1984 - Fake News and the destruction of language 28.10.2025

Orwell's 1984 has seen a massive surge in sales in the last 8 years. That's no surprise.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Feuerbach and Marx - We created God in our own image! 27.10.2025

Man makes religion, religion does not make man, says the German philosopher Feuerbach. Karl Marx agrees. But why do we do this, and should we? Find out more! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Aristotle - Why Competency is essential for Happiness! 24.10.2025

You want lasting joy and fulfillment in your life? Then strive for excellence and competency! Or so argues Aristotle.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Consciousness and the Universe - From Matter to Meaning! 19.10.2025

What is the universe without human consciousness? Strangely, not much! Or so I argue! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Byung-Chul Han and Fromm - Clean shiny machines and our Necrophilia! 15.10.2025

We prefer machines to people and mechanical precision to messy human qualities. What is this but our love of death over life! Or so argue Byung-Chul Han and Erich Fromm! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Kant vs. Aristotle - Duty vs. Character! 12.10.2025

Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

The rise and the danger of binary thinking 09.10.2025

Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Montaigne's self-fashioning vs. the curated facade of today's self! 06.10.2025

The French philosopher Montaigne made the exploration of selfhood the most important thing in his life. How does his project compare to today's version of self-fashioning? ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Optimize this! - The cost of constant improvement 03.10.2025

Beneath today's trend of optimizing everything lies some deep philosophical and existential problems. ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Three famous philosophers who were practically unknown in their own time! 30.09.2025

Ahead of their age, awaiting ours: Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche! ... Check out my new book! It's called The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

The death of expertise is the demise of civilization! 26.09.2025

Our growing distrust of expertise and of universities is terminally stupid. We will all pay the price.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

David Abram's The Spell of the Sensuous - Living in attunement with the earth! 23.09.2025

Abstract time and space sever our ties to place, rhythm, and responsibility! Or so argues the philosopher and ecologist, David Abram! .... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

When Religion becomes Shallow 18.09.2025

When religion becomes shallow it's no longer truly religion. Many philosophers have warned us of this, of religion being reduced to self-serving functions.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Julian Jaynes - The Origin of Consciousness and the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, and AI! 15.09.2025

The American psychologist argued that before modern consciousness, we heard and obeyed the voices of the gods. With AI, is it any different today? ...  Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

A human history of intelligence without kindness - A cautionary analogy for the advent of AI 11.09.2025

We've set a bleak precedent for what's to come.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Cicero and Simone de Beauvoir on Old Age - The Self, the Other and growing old authentically! 08.09.2025

Cicero and Simone de Beauvoir offer us two very different visions of growing old and the philosophy of aging! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Eden, Adam and Eve: Thank God for the Fall! - Why paradise is deeply problematic! 31.08.2025

Living an Edenic existence fails to give us what we truly need and want: namely, responsibility, love and meaning! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

Byung-Chul Han - The Transparency Society 27.08.2025

According to Han, we live in a culture of constant self-exposure and exhibition. And, despite what we think, it makes us flat, banal and powerless! ... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

To our Children 23.08.2025

We walk in the shadows we cast. Let's be the architects of a better future.... Check out my new book! It's called: The Last Human: How Technology is Changing What it Means to be Human https://www.amazon.com/Last-Human-Technology-Changing-Means/dp/1069510831/

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