First, consider the following cases: You want to ask someone out. You have three job offers, one from Amazon, one from Tesla, and one from Google. You’re not sure whether to help out someone or not. You’re a physicist and you can’t prove whether the particle you’re looking for exists or not. These cases are each very different from the other. They all belong to different domains and types of knowledge, and require different modes of actions. ...
Socrates and the Cost of Asking Questions ‘The life which is unexamined is not worth living,’ Socrates famously said, according to his student Plato, during his trial defense. Socrates was taken to court, accused of corrupting the youth and disrespecting the gods. These charges were a euphemism for ‘we don’t like this guy, he’s causing a stir, and people, especially the youth, are beginning to question things. We better get rid of him before he does any more damage.’ ...
You won't hear me talking about Hegel. But I will tell you to read philosophy.