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Neglected Practices: Not-Knowing
FromThe Minefield
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Apr 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
One of the defining features of our time is the overproduction of what could be called “useless knowledge” — ranging from gossip and empty speculation, to undeniably important “news” which makes no claim on our moral lives other than that we have an opinion about it. In a world full of competing distractions, could it be that one of the greatest moral challenges is how to limit what we know?
Released:
Apr 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
What if the greatest threat to a free media was from within?: Our lives are saturated with 'news'; but far from creating informed citizens, this is producing forgetful, inattentive citizens. Megan Le Masurier joins us to discuss whether "slow journalism" could help us remember what matters. by The Minefield