Why Morality Feels Broken

Cancel culture, the legacy killer ! 

The Concert Of a Lifetime - Kendrick Lamar 

Do you want to see the world as it is, or as it ought to be? This difficult question is at the heart of the millennia-old debate over morality and art. Pulling back the camera to ask how we got to our current dysfunction, Spencer moves from Homer and Isaiah to Nabokov and Matthew ...  Show more

In this episode, we confront the growing detachment from reality in today's culture. From AI-generated deception to the normalization of violence and evil on our screens, many are becoming numb to the weight of truth and morality. What happens when we lose touch with what’s real ...  Show more

Tamler and Dave discuss recent work in philosophy and psychology about the differences in moral values and practices across cultures. We talk about the implications of moral diversity: does  it mean that we cannot criticize that practices of other cultures? How should we regar ...

What drives society’s understanding of right and wrong? In this thought-provoking talk, futurist Juan Enriquez offers a historical outlook on what humanity once deemed acceptable -- from human sacrifice and public executions to slavery and eating meat -- and makes a surprising ca ...  Show more