Monty Python’s Flying Philosophy

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From dead parrots to The Meaning of Life, Monty Python covered a lot of territory. Educated at Oxford and Cambridge, the Pythons made a habit of weaving arcane intellectual references into the silliest of sketches. A classic example is “Mrs. Premise and Mrs. Conclusion Visit Jean-Paul Sartre,” (above) from episode 27 of Monty Python’s Flying [...]

Noam Chomsky at Occupy Boston

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Noam Chomsky joined the faculty of MIT in 1955, and, soon enough established himself as “the father of modern linguistics.” (Watch him debate Michel Foucault in 1971.) During the 60s, he also firmly positioned himself as a leading public intellectual taking aim at American foreign policy and global capitalism, and we regularly saw him engaging with figures [...]

Hans Rosling Uses Ikea Props to Explain World of 7 Billion People

≡ Category: Current Affairs | ≅ 2 Comments

According to United Nations demographers, the world’s population likely topped 7 billion on Monday, and we’ll now steam forward, hitting 9.3 billion by 2050. 7 billion is a newsworthy milestone, to be sure. But what does this number really mean? To put things in perspective, we’re featuring a recent TED Talk by Hans Rosling, a [...]

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