Fauxlosophers

Is it wrong to do things the easy way? Everything We Do is Wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7yvjH8vmx0 -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers Fauxlosophers is supported by viewers like you. If you...

This week, we review and analyze Ira Levin's novel This Perfect Day. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers Fauxlosophers is supported by viewers like you. If you feel inclined to donate, you can do s...

What makes a country? How are countries born? Will our future extraterrestrial colonies declare independence from their Earth mother countries? -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers Fauxlosophers is supp...

Political extremism is vilified in our culture, but it seems like nobody is hated more than those who haven't taken a side on a given issue. What's going on here? -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers Fa...

This week, we consider the consequences of how our society is placing less and less importance on owning the things we use. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers Fauxlosophers is supported by viewers lik...

This week we're departing from our usual moral/political philosophy topics to discuss something a bit different: old stuff. What counts as "retro" or "classic" or "vintage"? Can it even be rigorously defined? -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://po...

Risk is often associated with reward, and defenders of capitalism will justify business ownership using reasoning based on risk and reward. Is this how it should be? -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers...

Humans achieve much greater things when they work together, but our tendency to think in group terms can also get us in big trouble. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers Fauxlosophers is supported by vi...

This week, we contemplate what it means to be smart, whether or not that's different from being intelligent, and if it's really better to be smart. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers Fauxlosophers is...

This week, we discuss two types of minimalism: the classic type that seems to have been forgotten amidst the minimalist art aesthetic, and digital minimalism. Both of these philosophies will have us examine how we allocate our time and whether or not that is conducive to achieving our goals. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach...

The entire finance industry is built around mathematical games people have devised around money. What would happen if everyone tried to play these games? Should this even be legal? -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho...

A disturbing portion of our economy is built around advertising rather than selling a real product or service. Worse yet, this industry is built around psychological manipulation rather than honest information. Should this even be allowed? -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers...

This week, we respond to Sargon of Akkad, who argued recently that several liberal values are comparable to religious human sacrifice throughout history. The original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYoSi-1rsd4 -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: h...

Is it possible to make philosophy your full time job? Maybe! There are certainly some people who do it, but it might not look quite how you expect. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers Fauxlosophers is...

People from older generations often complain that the young folks don't know how to do things anymore. Is this really a problem? What things should everybody know how do to? -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/f...

It is often the case that people focus on the symptoms rather than the causes of problems in their lives or society at large. This week, we consider some examples of such situations and direct attention to the things that do actually matter. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophe...

Museums are a particularly interesting case of a so-called public good. This week, we discuss the origins of museums, controversy regarding historical artifacts, a way they could exist without public support, and as always a few tangents. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@...

Politics is a part of life. Art imitates life. It may not even be possible to write a work of fiction without some form of politics. However, in our increasingly polarized culture, the form it takes is getting more overt, and it may be ruining fiction. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email:...

This week, we examine the phenomenon of vicarious living, including both the lethargic cycle of watching others achieve without doing things oneself as well as the toxic parental desire to live through one's children. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Ancho...

Actions have consequences, but how important is this to moral reasoning? Some people think the only thing that matters is consequences. Others think consequences are an important incentive to make people question their choices. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com -...

Consciousness is perhaps the most mysterious concept in all of philosophy. If it weren't for the fact that we possess it, we probably wouldn't even know it exists. People have been arguing about it since the very beginning of philosophy. This week, although we have been talking about it privately for years, we are bringing our arguments public so you can share in the frustration of this sl...

The ultimate paradox of freedom is the freedom to sign away your own liberty. This week, we consider the implications of such an ability and question whether it's really possible in a free society. Louis Rossmann video about the FTC non-compete ban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Vq83ua1Gs -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can...

There is somewhat of a culture struggle between those who want to see humans venture out into space and explore the galaxy and those who instead want to focus on a simple life and resourcefulness here on Earth. This week, we contemplate the ramifications of either of these choices. Apologies for audio issues this week. We had some technical difficulties in the studio, so you might hear a couple of...

Media hysteria aside, most of the time, our modern democratic societies feel like they could continue for a very long time. Yet, throughout history, societies come and go like the blink of an eye. What forms of government are stable enough to stand the test of time? -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following meth...

This week, we discuss why most people don't really care about what's going on politically, and how the people who do care make life worse for the rest of us. -- If you have suggestions for future show topics or just want to let us know what you think, you can reach us via the following methods: - Email: fauxlosophers@gmail.com - Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fauxlosophers...