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0G23: Harrison Bergeron and Equality of Outcome
0G23: Harrison Bergeron and Equality of Outcome
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40 minutes
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Sep 19, 2018
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Throw off your shackles, sheeple! This is the podcast the gubment doesn't want you to hear. We're discussing the famous short story Harrison Bergeron and why it seems like people so often interpret it in problematic ways. Paper arguing for revising our interpretation of Harrison Bergeron: http://coffmanenglish1.wikispaces.com/file/view/HB+Criticism.pdf Article on reclaiming Harrison Bergeron: https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/liberals-must-reclaim-harrison-bergeron/ Excellent short film version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL4GxeLSLzs Episode of ETV on equality of opportunity vs. equality of outcome: https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2018/6/27/ev-049-opportunity-vs-outcome-with-cory-johnston Announcement: We're updating our patreon goals since we kind of just did them anyway. Next stop, 300 patrons gets us 15 more minutes of show per episode! We need it too, there is so much we're not getting to cover on each thing. Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: None recently. Have us on your show, we'll bring the nerd and the fury.
Released:
Sep 19, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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