Over the past eight months I have been reading through about sixteen Platonic dialogues from  the Hackett edition of the Complete Works of Plato, along with my small group and wonderful interlocutors from Online Great Books (go sign up at onlinegreatbooks.com).  We read a dialogue or two, then meet together to discuss the book once … More Reflections from Reading Plato

The personal car, next to sliced bread, may very well have been the most significant invention ever. I’ve always been struck by the idea of the automobile; someone needs to do an in-depth study of how the car affects the psychology of humanity. Think of it, anyone, with a basic income, has the capability to … More Cars and the Loss of the Creature