The Political Philosophy of Kindness

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In a world that is saturated in information, an intense overflow of stimuli, how can we possibly approach solutions to new problems? Perhaps the answer is a return to simplicity. And within that simplicity, we find kindness.

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Music:
Cardamom: Pantheon
Blush Room: Dust of Laughter
Blush Room: Dragon's Eye
The Field Tapes: this seems to be the end
Coldbrew: fleeting sorrow
Chapter 3: A New Normal
Ann Annie: Memoir
Cardamom: Sierra Madre
Cardamom: Valley
The Field Tapes: sunbeam on the river

Chapters:
00:00 Sponsor
01:00 I. The Question of Kindness
04:30 II. Goffman and Our Sociological State
10:21 III. The Systemic Poison of Irony
13:14 IV. Society Built Upon Antagonism
15:40 V. So, What is the Solution?
20:41 VI. Possibilities of a Better World
27:31 VII: Credits