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Atheism & Morality: Mapping the Game with Andrew Dennis
New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United StatesAndrew Dennis's talk focuses on the issues resulting from an atheist worldview. He starts by introducing a custom-made framework that utilizes game theory to identify and analyze players in what he calls “The Values Game.” He then divides the concept of atheism into three components and uses this stratification to explain how conversations in atheist […]
Sir Roger Penrose in Conversation with Janna Levin
Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesSir Roger Penrose was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his remarkable contributions to mathematics and physics. He is one of only twenty-two living recipients of the honor. Sir Roger, as he is fondly known to other physicists, is a relentlessly creative genius of the highest order. He has contributed profoundly to the structure of […]
Rolling in the Deep: Carl Jung and the Creative Subconscious
St. John's Episcopal Church 139 St Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesIn this Olio event, we will seek to go beyond theory in order to address the problem of meaninglessness, what Jung termed “the spiritual malady of our time.” Teacher: Michael Prettyman Michael Prettyman is an artist and scholar of Eastern Religions. He holds a Masters Degree in Theology from the Harvard Divinity School and teaches on […]
“Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes” Podcast Tour
The Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street, New York, NY, United StatesMSNBC’s Chris Hayes will record his podcast “Why Is This Happening?” in front of a live audience at The Town Hall in New York City. Chris will be joined by special guests Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Angels in America, and Jeremy O. Harris, actor and playwright of Slave Play. They’ll engage in […]
The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
Subject 188 Suffolk St, New York, NY, United StatesWhat are societies? What keeps them together and tears them apart? A New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles–or Borneo–with little fear. But, If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. Psychologists have done little to explain this: For years, they have held that our biology […]