This post is an essay by Hrishikesh Joshi, a philosophy professor at University of Arizona. It comes from his Substack, Desert Philosophy. Here's a link to the original. He's dealing with an issue that has increasingly drawn my interest. It's something that we in the 21st century too often forget. In our focus on the … Continue reading Hrishikesh Joshi — The Grim Old Days
This post is a brief essay by Charles Mann that appeared recently in The Free Press. Here's a link to the original. His argument is about how we don't appreciate all of the great benefits of the civilization we currently inhabit, which is grounded in the enormous collective accomplishments of our ancestors. Here's how he … Continue reading Charles Mann — We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It
