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Sophistry & Over-Socialization

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Plato and Kaczynski enter the 'respectability' debate

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This week I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking to

Brian C. Wilson
of Montana Classical College.

We doubled down on our mutual exhortation to be less respectable, throwing Plato, Kaczynski, Strauss, and Peter Thiel in the mix for good measure.

It was a fun discussion, and I hope you’ll enjoy the listen. Find it here:

Montana Classical College
The Problem of Respectability
Listen now (55 min) | It was a pleasure to speak with Johann Kurtz! You can find his excellent substack, Becoming Noble, and the essay of his that we discuss here. You can find his discussion on the Exit podcast here. Here is an outline of the conversation: Johann introduces his project and the challenge of thinking of practical solutions to our contemporary problems…
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