Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! Issue #10, June 2018: Jobs-&-Happiness, UBI in Finland, The Social Value of Envy, The Educated Elite’s Strange Failure, & Are We Just Our Brains?

by May 31, 2018

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  • DEFENDING LECTURING, CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, HYPER-LIBERALISM, NEO-ROMANTICISM, & PHYSICS-WITHOUT-TIME?

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ISSUE #10, June 2018:

  • JOBS-&-HAPPINESS, UBI IN FINLAND, THE SOCIAL VALUE OF ENVY, THE EDUCATED ELITE’S STRANGE FAILURE, & ARE WE JUST OUR BRAINS?

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