The Students

Weapons-grade political philosophy.

Episodes 43

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S1 · E3
April 24 · 1 hr 14 min
How Civilizations Die
Carroll Quigley's 1961 book The Evolution of Civilizations describes the stages a civilization goes through as it grows, expands, decays, and falls. Ben Landau-Taylor tells us how Quigley's theory works, and where our civilization sits in this process today.
S1 · E2
April 16 · 1 hr 3 min
Nothing Human Makes It Out of the Near Future?
DC Posch and Wolf Tivy read Meltdown from Nick Land, the prophet of 21st century artificial intelligence and runaway capitalism.
S1 · E1
April 10 · 1 hr 38 min
Should I Pick My Kids' Genes?
Rachel Wallis is using cutting-edge gene selection technology to have kids. Wolf Tivy is using traditional methods. Which is better? They debate. ----------- Reproductive Frontiers 2026 conference in Berkeley this June: reproductivefrontiers.org

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