84. Returning Value to Education & Culture (w/ Brad Kershner)

Educator and philosopher Brad Kershner joins me to discuss the crisis facing our civilizational frameworks and educational institutions, with considerations of what the path out of this cul-de-sac looks like and how we get there.

0:00 Introduction

3:54 Designing a World for Value

13:58 A Trans-Partisan Issue

20:03 The Modern Breakdown of Value

32:19 The Failure of the Postmodern Response

38:38 Metamodernism and/or Perennialism

48:01 The Multi-Dimensional Nature of Value Alignment

52:15 An Evolutionary Story

1:00:04 Epistemic Humility and an Embodied Taste for Wisdom

1:14:38 The Value of Attention

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