The Strange Death of the University, Part 3: The Strange Death of Science
Science cannot survive this long-sought-after push by activism into its domain, and it will usher in nothing less than a new era of "sustainable" Lysenkoism.
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Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
New Discourses Founder James Lindsay gives a deep, concerning, and thorough (but mere) introduction to the topic of Social-Emotional Learning in this last of four presentations on the Marxification of Education.
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The Theft of Education
Education is being stolen from our kids and our society. In fact, for the most part, it has been stolen already.
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Can We Trust Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)?
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay goes through portions of two documents about Social-Emotional Learning, one from UNESCO and one from USAID, and makes a strong case that however much you currently trust SEL, you should trust it less.
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“Groomer Schools”
New Discourses Founder James Lindsay summarizes what he means by the term "Groomer Schools" in this third of four presentations on the Marxification of Education delivered in late July 2022 in Arlington, Virginia, on location in the now-famous Loudoun County, ground zero for the fight for America's schools.
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Totalitarianism and the Progressive Impulse
With the possible exception of our would-be overlords, we all know Nazis were bad. Fewer of us, especially in the younger generations, understand that Communists are also bad.
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Paulo Freire’s “Critical” Method of Education
New Discourses Founder James Lindsay summarizes this transformation of education itself in this second of four presentations on the Marxification of Education delivered in late July 2022 in Arlington, Virginia, on location in the now-famous Loudoun County, ground zero for the fight for America's schools.
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Systemic Trauma and Harm
It seems virtually everything Woke these days is justified on the back of some obviously nonsense appeal to "trauma" or "harm."
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The Critical Turn in Education
Here, New Discourses Founder James Lindsay summarizes this "turn" in this first of four presentations on the Marxification of Education delivered in late July 2022 in Arlington, Virginia, on location in the now-famous Loudoun County, ground zero for the fight for America's schools.
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What Does It Mean to Be Freirean?
Sustainability is to become our "New Sensibility," just like Herbert Marcuse called for in the second chapter of his 1969 Essay on Liberation.
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Data is the New Oil
You have probably heard the quip: "data is the new oil." What does that mean, and what does it imply?
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The Strange Death of the University, Part 2: A New Sensibility
Sustainability is to become our "New Sensibility," just like Herbert Marcuse called for in the second chapter of his 1969 Essay on Liberation.
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“Lived Experience,” Explained
We've all heard it and done everything we can to avoid rolling our eyes now. "It's my lived experience!" as though that's evidence or, actually, even better than evidence.
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The Strange Death of the University, Part 1: The Red Thread
We all know academia is in trouble. In fact, we're not even sure it can be saved. To put it simply, the university is dying.
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Understanding the Dialectic
In this slightly longer episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explains the dialectic and dialectical thought in some detail with a considerable number of examples to help you understand this synthetic approach to thought and why it's always going to be a catastrophe in the making.
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How Paulo Freire Made Marxism Stupid
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay explains the phenomenon through a number of examples that make it absolutely clear how cheap and stupid "Marxist" analysis has become as a result of going "Woke."
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The Dialectic of Global Citizenship
There are certain advantages to understanding not just how the Dialectical Left (including Marxists and Wokeness) think but how their thought evolves over time.
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Critique and the Linguistic Transformation of Society
Redefine the words; redefine the society. That's the basic idea of "critique" and the way so much of Marxist activism proceeds.
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On Individual, Corporate, and Social Buying
Apparently a lot of young people believe not only in something nonsensical but also specifically in socialism.
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The Dark Truth About Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
Host James Lindsay walks you through a number of sources promoting and describing Social-Emotional Learning in unprecedented depth, breadth, and clarity in this long but crucial episode of the podcast.
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