08 November 2009

Alva Noe's Embodied Philosophy

Here's a set of videos featuring Berkeley professor of philosophy Alva Noe, author of Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Body and Other Lessons From the Biology of Consciousness.



01 November 2009

Seeing Compassion

Here's a talk that really helps me envision the moral foundations of governance.

30 October 2009

Institutional Corruption

Here is Lawrence Lessig defining an important aspect of our current political and social situation, the subtle forms of corruption that are promulgated by institutional arrangements:


I really appreciate his take on responsibility, it's not just individuals, we have to hold our institutions equally accountable.