🐰 Down The Rabbit Hole 🕳️“The first great fact which emerges from our civilization is that today everything has become ‘means.’ There is no longer an ‘end’; we do not know whither we are going. We have forgotten our collective ends, and we possess g...
📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List at https://www.GadflyAcademy.com ||This episode unpacks the critical distinction between human values and technocratic ("machine") values. While human values are rooted in meaning, relationships, and...
🐰 Down The Rabbit Hole 🕳️“Technology is not only the servant of society but also its master. It has an autonomous logic that is determined by efficiency, which cannot be subordinated to any other moral or ethical consideration.”~ Jacques Ellul------...
📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List at https://www.GadflyAcademy.com ||In this episode, we explore whether “agency” should be considered a true human value. Using our 8-question framework, we examine the benefits and limits of agency, i...
🐰 Down The Rabbit Hole 🕳️“To be human is to engage in the practice of judgment, to discern right from wrong, to make decisions that reflect our values and principles. This moral dimension of our existence is what gives our lives meaning and directio...
📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List at https://www.GadflyAcademy.com ||In this episode, we continue our exploration of the concept of human values. Using our eight-question system, I evaluate "agency," one of a list of 51 human values....
🐰 Down The Rabbit Hole 🕳️“What I stand for is what I stand on.”~ Wendell Berry---------------------------------------WATCH AS VIDEOGreetings, dear newsletter subscriber,Do the values we live by help people thrive, not just survive?Do they endure acr...
📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List at https://www.GadflyAcademy.com ||In this episode, we explore the critical distinction between human values and technocratic values. While some values help us flourish, others subtly erode our humani...
🐰 Down The Rabbit Hole 🕳️“We cannot live harmlessly on this Earth. We have all got to live somewhere and do some kind of work, and in doing that we use up and wear out things. So the only question is: how to use the things that we use up in such a w...
