Monthly Archives: January 2023

Philosopher Stephen Turner Publishes A Memoir: Mad Hazard: A Life in Social Theory

Here are some highlights from this 2022 book: * The bookshelves in my father’s office in the basement of our house in Chicago had a copy of Saul Alinsky’s Reveille for Radicals of 1946, a first edition “second impression,” with … Continue reading

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How many upper class people are live streamers?

At least in England, and perhaps in parts of America, the upper and lower classes don’t generally want publicity while the middle class crave it. Who are the biggest aristocratic live streamers, podcasters and reality show participants? Which English lords … Continue reading

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Will A Rumored Affair Derail Kevin McCarthy’s Bid For Speaker? (1-4-23)

01:00 Whatever Happened to the Scandal That Derailed Kevin McCarthy’s Last Bid for Speaker? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/the-forgotten-scandal-that-derailed-mccarthys-speakership.html 04:00 Harvard Professor: How Women Compete For Partners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4jKAgYL0gg 14:30 Who are the upper class livestreamers? 22:00 How to compete in the attention economy, https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/interview-with-neil-levy-on-intellectual-virtue-signalling … Continue reading

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Mates & Brothers

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A Person-Centered Approach to Moral Judgment

Academics Eric Luis Uhlmann, David A. Pizarro, and Daniel Diermeier publish in 2015: * There is a growing body of evidence that individuals are fundamentally motivated to evaluate others on a moral dimension—people quickly and easily attribute morally good or … Continue reading

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