Category Archives: News
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Apr. 14, 2015)
Aesthetics A cool video of 100 years of beauty in Korea. It gets surreal when it hits the 1950s: Economics The more you live in a place with income inequality, the more likely people will purchase items to give them … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (March, 23, 2015)
Feminism 3AM Magazine interviews Alison Stone about Hegel, Schelling, Irigaray, Judith Butler, feminism, sexual difference, and maternity. Film Here is a list of 1,400 films directed by women. Food Nice diagrams to make eating healthy super easy. Humor Schopenhauer: horrible … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (March 16, 2015)
Aesthetics Terminally ill patients went to Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam as their dying wish. Climate Global warming may result in a 50% increase of lightening strikes in the US in upcoming years. Culture If you googled “how much does a _____ cost?” … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (March 8, 2015)
Consciousness Galen Strawson has a great article about the history of the philosophy of consciousness. Education How Higher Education perpetuates Intergenerational Inequality. Ethics Sex while drunk: a moral dilemma. Why Our Children don’t think there are moral facts Family If … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Feb. 23, 2015)
Gender Are you a slut? History The original Monopoly game was made to condemn monopolies. Love Some interesting facts about love from the latest research. Good thing a philosopher has taken the time to investigate this stuff. I mentioned before … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Jan. 12, 2015)
Anti-Natalism A father complains about being a parent. Decision Theory Game Theorists have cracked poker as an algorithm. Drugs In states where drugs are legal, adult use is rising, but teen usage is the same, and in some cases are … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Dec. 24, 2014)
Culture Here’s an artist’s rendition of how our culture has been consumed by technology and materialism. Note: although they are SFW, they are very edgy. Ethics A study shows that altruistic behavior can be trained like a muscle. On just … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s in the News Today (Dec. 15, 2014)
Economics The University of Utah is opening a food pantry to their students who have food insecurities. Ethics Should governments pay ransoms from terrorists? Peter Singer says no. Sharing a painful experience with strangers promoted greater group cooperation. Free Will … Continue reading
Let’s See What’s In the News Today (Nov. 30, 2014)
Emotions There could be a danger emphasizing empathy. “Once you see someone as fundamentally other, fundamentally different, empathy turns off like a switch.” Paul Ekman has been an expert at detecting the emotions of faces and even whether they’re dishonest … Continue reading
