Unmaking Sense

Is the alternative posed by the freedom and determinism debate usefully framed? Why we can’t predict our future decisions even for a nanosecond.

Prejudging needs as training; preparing for new needs as education. The architect and the gardener.

Because our rationality is built on our choices of goods and values, we will almost inevitably come into conflict with those who choose differently.

Why determinism is a figment of our imagination.

The things we can say are limitless, so over time we contradict ourselves both as individuals and as cultures. Somehow we have to manage these conflicts.

The differences between spontaneity and planning using the examples of writing and speaking.

An overview of where we are going and why we are going there. Why living the present matters more than planning the future.