Gadfly Academy
The Gadfly Academy podcast is focused on understanding what it means to be a human in a world that treats humans like machines. That humans are not machines is a guiding principle, as is the conviction that we were born into a huge social experiment, which began hundreds of years ago, and at the heart of which is a mechanistic anthropology that views humans as machines...
Episodes
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Attention is more than just focus — it’s the habit that shapes our entire lives. In this episode, we dig into why attention matters, how technology and the Attention Economy hijack it, and what we can do to reclaim control of our minds. ||
- Why attention is the foundation of our lives ||
- How habits shape our focus from childhood onward ||
- The hi...
Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List at https://www.GadflyAcademy.com
Finding it harder than ever to focus? 🤯 After 20 years of smartphones and social media, scientists are starting to uncover just how much our attention has changed — and the results aren’t good.📺 I just released a new video looking at some of the latest research on the Attention Crisis: "Why Your Brain Can’t Focus Anymore (According to Science)."👉 Watc...
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In this episode, Paul Kingsnorth discusses his worldview, what's happening in the world, and what we can do about it.THIS IS the first episode from my interview with acclaimed novelist, essayist, gentleman farmer, cultural critic, and Orthodox Christian, Paul Kingsnorth. ||
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📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List at https://www.GadflyAcademy.com ||
Which dystopian prophecy was closer to reality: George Orwell's 1984 or Aldous Huxley's Brave New World? ||
Hear what Neil Postman had to say about these two dystopian works (in Postman's book, Amusing Ourselves to Death). (Also: OK...things look pretty bleak...what can we do about them?!) || View podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@G...
📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List at https://www.GadflyAcademy.com ||
Neil Postman coined the term "media ecology" in 1968 to describe the new study of media (television, radio, etc.) and its effects on humans and society. He is a seminal figure in the critique of technology and a great place to begin to answer the question: how did we get here? ||
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📙 Download The How Did We Get Here? Reading List at https://www.GadflyAcademy.com ||
Welcome to the Gadfly Academy podcast, where everything we discuss has this as a guiding principle. Another guiding conviction is that we were all born into a huge social experiment, which began hundreds of years ago, and at the heart of which is a mechanistic anthropology that views humans as machines... ||
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