Episode 109: Rise of a Guardian Class.
Alexander and I discuss potential alternatives to the highly polarized and ideologically driven political class that now dominates.
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Topics:
◉ We are trained to pay attention to those who are the most radicalized and entertaining.
◉ Truth is a giant puzzle in which we all hold a piece.
◉ The significance of the "Middle Way."
◉ The middle is not necessarily the median viewpoint.
◉ Extreme zealots are incapable of holding down a conversation.
◉ Our desire for entertainment is usurping our will to find solutions.
◉ Plato warns us of the dangers of having a ruling class that is too wealthy.
◉ We can't expect our representatives to represent us, until they start living like us.
