We discuss:
- What does “Utopia” even mean?
- Different types of Utopia and the self-contradictory nature that arises between them.
- The epistemic arrogance in assuming we know precisely how a perfect society would look.
- The danger of Utopian thinking is its facilitation of reaching “infinite good” by any means necessary.
- How knowledge that most accurately reflects reality grows.
- Nassim Taleb’s Epistemocracy.
- Inescapable ignorance and hence the fundamental importance for error-correcting mechanisms.
- Educational priorities in terms of acquiring a finite amount of knowledge versus acquiring tools to navigate an infinite amount of unknowledge.
- Ignorance and death as unifying components of human life.
Ciaran O’ Regan:
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James Valaitis:
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