This podcast both examines and inspires a certain approach towards life that is based both on personal philosophies and on, more importantly, the writings of people such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. The host, while working in technology for a major corporation, holds a Master's in English Literature and is a true Romantic.
In "The Deception of Progress," I talk about how the ideas of advancement and progress in society can be misleading, and I highlight a few lines by Emerson on the subject.
posted by Nature's Lead @ 11:52 PM
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this podcast was great. you brought up ways to question the idea of "progress," but I appreciated how you didn't let it simply be a "hot button" issue to yell about - it's hard to hear someone when that's all that's done.
And the Emerson quotes were amazing! It is a wonder how well he and Thoreau's words fit for some of our modern-day circumstances. I truly wonder what their take on it would be.
Thanks for producing the podcast.
Thank you very much!
Yes, Emerson and Thoreau are amazing. I love writers who wrote stuff that's universal, stuff that we can so easily relate to today, without being too stuck in the time, too contextual.
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