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Stoa
by Perry Sidhu, Jonathan Karten, Prakhar Gupta
The Stoa (translated to ‘porch’) was an environment in Ancient Greece for Philosophers to come together and discuss meaningful ideas. These ideas were considered dangerous at the time as their discussions would frequently challenge the monarchy, aristocracy and even God himself. However, while often risking death, these philosophers agreed that the highest virtue is the pursuit of truth and wisdom through rigorous debate. With no unassailable truths, they sat together on the floor as equals in the pursuit of this endeavor.Our organization is committed to reintroducing this environment to public discourse through the concept of the ‘Steel Man’. The ‘Steel Man’ is the opposite of ‘Straw Man’ while the latter is focused on belittling an argument, the former is an attempt to represent the position in its strongest form.Our purpose, simply, is to provide a space for people to think out loud.
Episodes
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Stoa: Social Media
00:00 Begin 00:38 Stoa Introduction Topic: Social Media Format: Red Team/Blue Team Moderator: Jonathan Karten Guidelines 4:17 Stoa begins 5:16 [Coin flip] 5:45 Health ramifications of social media Red: Do not regulate (Free Market) Blue: Pro regulation 6:57 The Attention Economy 10:04 Regulations...
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Dr. Howard Robins: A Novel Treatment for Coronavirus- Ozone Therapy
00:00 Intro 2:26 Beginning 4:17 History of Ozone Therapy -Patentability of Ozone 5:24 Dr. Charles J. Kenworthy of the Florida State Medical Association [1] 6:53 Pubmed.gov- studies searching "intravenous ozone therapy" [2] 7:35 Jacob's German Study of over 5 million treatments. 9:11 Biochemistry…
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Stoa: Utility of Religion
8:00: Stoa Begins Blue Team: Defending religion’s Utility Red Team: Challenging religion’s Utility 13:35 How would we replace the vacuum left by religion if we were to remove it? 18:20 There will always be something else to replace Religion. 21:05 Binding cultural narratives are born from…
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Colloquia at Columbia University
00:00 Begin. 7:08 The 'Steel Man' 8:30 Steel manning dangerous individuals. 9:40 Suspend your own position. 10:58 Separating the idea from the individual. 12:26 Steel manning the opposite. 14:10 The University and acquiescing to student demands. 17:01 Beginning of our Journey. 18:37 Jonathan's GS...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Stoa (translated to ‘porch’) was an environment in Ancient Greece for Philosophers to come together and discuss meaningful ideas. These ideas were considered dangerous at the time as their discussions would frequently challenge the monarchy, aristocracy and even God himself. However, while often risking death, these philosophers agreed that the highest virtue is the pursuit of truth and wisdom through rigorous debate. With no unassailable truths, they sat together on the floor as equals in the pursuit of this endeavor.Our organization is committed to reintroducing this environment to public discourse through the concept of the ‘Steel Man’. The ‘Steel Man’ is the opposite of ‘Straw Man’ while the latter is focused on belittling an argument, the former is an attempt to represent the position in its strongest form.Our purpose, simply, is to provide a space for people to think out loud.
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Perry Sidhu, Jonathan Karten, Prakhar Gupta
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The Stoa (translated to ‘porch’) was an environment in Ancient Greece for Philosophers to come together and discuss meaningful ideas. These ideas were considered dangerous at the time as their discussions would frequently challenge the monarchy, aristocracy and even God himself. However, while...
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