Age of distraction
Are we living through an age of distraction and if we are what cause it? How to have a difficult conversation and how to make a decision.Â
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Looking back and looking forward
enApril 06, 2020
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About this Episode
Is Narendra Modi's India a democracy in peril? Might COVID-19 be a disaster without precedent? Civilization has brought millions of people out of poverty, out of hunger, and saved millions of lives, so why does it seem that some academics want to destroy it? Emotions can be tricky and unpredictable but should we be using them more to help us face some of our most pressing problems?
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