Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay on the Enemies of Modernity

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🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about their essay on the enemies of modernity. Pluckrose and Lindsay argue that modernity--by which they mean democracy, reason, and individual liberty--is under attack from pre-modern and post-modern ideological enemies. They discuss why modernity is under attack and encourage people on the political left and right to support modernity.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Econ Talk, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty.
0:08.0	I'm your host, Russ Roberts, of Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
0:12.6	Our website is econtalk.org where you can subscribe, comment on this podcast, and find
0:17.6	links and other information related to today's conversation.
0:20.5	We'll also find our archives where you can listen to every episode we've ever done going
0:24.8	back to 2006.
0:27.0	Our email address is mailadycontalk.org.
0:29.0	We'd love to hear from you.
0:33.6	Today is December 5th, 2017.
0:35.4	My guests are Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay.
0:39.3	Helen's an exile from the humanities with research interests in late medieval early
0:43.2	modern religious writing for and about women.
0:45.9	James has a doctorate in math and a background in physics.
0:49.0	He's the author of four books.
0:50.0	His latest is Life in Light of Death.
0:53.6	Our topic for today is an essay they have written.
0:56.9	The title is A Manifesto against the Enemies of Modernity, which we'll put a link up to
1:03.6	with this episode.
1:04.6	It's quite long.
1:07.2	I found it to be worth the read.
1:10.5	It's extremely provocative.
1:12.7	It's a very interesting take on ideology, politics, daily life, and in particular the current
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