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A forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless. The series moderator is Simon Critchley, who teaches philosophy at The New School for Social Research.

A forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless. The series moderator is Simon Critchley, who teaches philosophy at The New School for Social Research.

  1. If You’re Reading Stoicism for Life Hacks, You’re Missing the Point

    It’s not about self-improvement. It’s about being a good member of society.

    By Nancy Sherman

  2. Humans Are Animals. Let’s Get Over It.

    It’s astonishing how relentlessly Western philosophy has strained to prove we are not squirrels.

    By Crispin Sartwell

  3. Death Has Many Names

    Not a day goes by that speakers of the Yoruba language do not make mention of death as both a phenomenon and a certainty.

    By George Yancy

  4. What Would David Bowie Do?

    Five years after his death, the dystopian world that his music describes seems closer than ever. But maybe he can show us a way out of it.

    By Simon Critchley

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  5. Are We the Cows of the Future?

    The pastures of digital dictatorship — crowded conditions, mass surveillance, virtual reality — are already here.

    By Esther Leslie

  6. Time Isn’t Supposed to Last This Long

    We’re living in a perpetual present tense. And we are waiting.

    By Megan Craig

  7. A.I. and I

    Artificial intelligence has given my pancreas a mind of its own. Am I the human being of the future?

    By Mark C. Taylor

  8. Of Death and Consequences

    Religious Muslims in many nations are finding their sacred rituals of mourning disrupted.

    By George Yancy

  9. I Don’t Want You to ‘Believe’ Me. I Want You to Listen.

    I fear that the more I tell you, the less you will understand who I am.

    By Agnes Callard

  10. Teaching Racial Justice Isn’t Racial Justice

    There is a place for education in the fight against racism, but we shouldn’t confuse it for the fight itself.

    By Benjamin Y. Fong