modernity

Dangerous Gaps: Knowledge, Action, and Justice

[Prefatory Note: The following essay was published on the website of This View of Life (TVOL) <thisviewoflife.com>, which brings to bear the views of science and evolutionary biology on a series of global challenges increasingly overwhelming the capabilities of civilizational modernity. A series of related articles can be found on the TVOL website. My essay […]

John Waters - Covid Takeover

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Journalist John Waters joins Henrik from Ireland to discuss the Covid takeover.
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How and Why the Taliban Won

Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic Culture The prominent philosopher Slavoj Zizek stated the question well at RT, on August 17th: The Taliban’s 80,000 troops have retaken Afghanistan with cities falling like dominos while the 300,000-strong government forces, better equipped and trained, mostly melted and surrendered with no will to fight. Why did it happen? […]

Gnosticism, Scientism and The New Aeon – Jay Dyer & Fr Dcn Ananias Sorem

 Fr Dcn Dr Ananias Sorem joins me to cover his recent paper concerning scientism, gnosticism and technocracy.  We will look at the means by which modernity arrived at this new religion, it’s influences via hermeticism, cults, and the work of Voegelin on gnosis, and much more!  His channel is here. Live at 7PM CST  […]

Postcolonial Critiques of Modernity : Dr Ravi sinha

( New Socialist Initiative presents the 2nd Lecture* in the Series on Modernity, 18 th October 6 pm IST) *Youtube Link to the first lecture : https://youtu.be/J5m7Z-I8jPg                 Topic : Postcolonial Critiques of Modernity Abstract : In this lecture we will attempt a summary of and a distillation … Continue reading Postcolonial Critiques of Modernity : Dr Ravi sinha →

Top 10 Lies of the Modern World!


In this new top 10 I cover the chief lies most people still (amazingly) believe. From the worship of “progress” (an unclear notion), to the assumption experts and officials tell us the truth. the “normal” world is dominated by lies that are ancient, as well as new versions of ancient lies. You may take issue with my numbering – if so, let me know in the comments! Be sure to like and subscribe and share!

Orwell &amp; Goode - How Time Preferences Make or Break Civilization - Hour 1

Orwell & Goode joins Henrik to talk about his latest book "A Matter of Time: How Time Preferences Make or Break Civilization." An important discussion, don't miss it.
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Taking Stock: One Year After Trump

[Prefatory Note: This post addresses the need for dialogue with the political, economic, and cultural ‘other,’ that is, those multitudes acutely alienated from and angry with secular globalism and the Enlightenment legacy often equated with ‘modernity’ and ‘modernization.’ At the core is a search for closure on the nature of reality as well as feelings about equity (given many dimensions of inequality) and ethical innovation (revisionist approaches to gender, sexuality, marriage). Does reason or faith or tradition provide greater closure?

Government Can't Stop Creative Destruction

From Blockbuster employees to the men who removed horse carcasses from the streets of New York, we’ve seen creative destruction end jobs as unnecessary or unwanted products are replaced with new, better ones. But as surely as creative destruction will replace Uber with self-driving cars, we’ll see strict government regulation to try to keep the old ways from going away.