wow! i completely dropped everything and that ate my morning

Yeah, Peterson's easier to agree or disagree with simply cos he's so clear and to the point. Zizak is brilliant and his intellectual range is frightening but, perhaps because of that, he's prone to going off on tangents that don't always lead anywhere.

i think peterson's earnestness and zizek's awareness of limits and contradiction complemented each other greatly

it was outright inspiring. but be careful with inspiration! haaa haaa haa.

a fucking great conversation in the end

Cambridge won't agree; they've chosen instead to book that well known giant of philosophy Rose McGowan to speak at their Union next month. About what, who knows ... or cares?

hahhah! who needs cambridge then? or book reading?

twitter on your phone is all you need to get an education now.

independence referendum in scotland? whoa!

5 years ago I'd have disagreed with you and still think twitter might be overstating it but i certainly think you can learn more from access to youtube than you can on most degree courses right now. And it's free.

i was trying to joke about rose mcgowans qualifications but that backfired i guess

but yes, if we could have more youtubes like the one we just saw it would be amazing.

khan academy in a way holds that kind of promise—universal education free to all. it’s more basic courses though. oh there is udemy and lynda.com for actual courses. and there are ted talks, and didn’t stanford have free classes online long ago?

the only issue with the youtubes is the quality of the discussion

e.g. on a jordan peterson video some eejit will write: “watch jordan peterson RAPE a radical feminist”. jeezus, with friends like that who needs enemies. they confirm the mischaracterizations.

but yeah i need to learn a lot of new material lately and gave up on any notion of a course or courses. the internet is a magnificent thing if you can sidestep the eejits. who are legion, but eh. there’s an immense wealth out there.

oh and i finally got a twitter account actually. i just use it like the rss feeds of old— read-only mode. i get updates from a ton of good sources i could not afford to subscribe to. helps me scope out a greater territory and weed out redundancies.

so may survives attempt to depose her

(eta: and the pound sinks further?)

the snp parliament chief:

"Scotland’s future cannot and will not be decided by the arrogant diktat of this shambles of a Tory government which has been rejected by Scottish voters at every election and which is soon likely to be out of office.

Whatever people’s views on independence, a strong majority of people back the Scottish parliament’s right to determine the nation’s future.

Overwhelmingly, it is Holyrood – not Westminster – which the people of Scotland believe should have the right to decide this country’s democratic path."

daaaaaaaamn.

A man in Hong Kong decided to stand outside a movie theatre and yell Endgame spoilers. The end result? He was beaten up and sent to hospital.

(link is to a news article [The Independent], but it does have a video [geoblocked here])

not exactly “news” but didn’t wanna leave that hanging

https://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses

https://www.youtube.com/user/MIT

berkeley seems to have crapped out: channel with no content lol
http://www.youtube.com/ucberkeley

Google stock off 9.7% in 3 days! (Still up 20% ytd)

this morning us non-farm payroll high, unemployment at record low 3.6%, wages mixed say no to inflation.

fuckin shit

gaza again...

so joo guys gonna vote in european elections?

goddammit, so much rape in houston today

stay safe!

yeeeeesss !