This is an excellent conversation. Unless you happen to think Boghossian is the Antichrist, in which case you should move along so as not to be triggered by hearing something that you might disagree with.
#^Crisis Of Legitimacy In Our Institutions | Peak ProsperityPeter Boghossian, one of the great cultural iconoclasts of our time, is a former Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University and the renowned author of best selling books A Manual for Creating Atheists (with James Lindsay), as well as How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide.
Boghossian is more well known in recent days, however, for his now world-famous resignation letter penned to the Provost of Portland State University, Susan Jeffords, wherein he eloquently articulated the inherent danger of the institution’s ongoing support of the “Woke†ethos which favors supporting moral ideology and idealism at the expense of some of the major tenets of the traditional university experience; including the free flow of ideas and concepts (including those which may make us uncomfortable) in the pursuit of truth and greater understanding. In his letter, Boghossian writes:
Students at Portland State are not being taught to think. Rather, they are being trained to mimic the moral certainty of ideologues. Faculty and administrators have abdicated the university’s truth-seeking mission and instead drive intolerance of divergent beliefs and opinions. This has created a culture of offense where students are now afraid to speak openly and honestly.
Martenson and Boghossian have a memorable conversation not only tackling Boghossian’s rejection of the new university ethos he personally experienced, but the larger implications of such a movement in our society as a whole.
