Weekly Pose Ponder No. 21

Summarizing the week's posts -- Great Man theory? Arendt, More Arendt, Persuasion, learning economics

Jul 27, 2024

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My class on Arendt’s The Human Condition continues. She’s a challenge to read, but oh so rich. I’ve been posting Notes on various things political and getting distracted. To stay above the fray — or not? What would Arendt do? 😅

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Findings: Great Man Theory?

Tracy Gustilo

Jul 22

Sharing what I’ve been reading, a few deeper pieces this week. Anthropocene Not too much inspired me this week on Anthropocene topics. This is hopeful: Findings Here are some other long reads I found myself drawn to. I am of the very strong opinion that travel (foreign or domestic) is an essential part of lifelong learning, which is

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The World Turned Upside Down

Tracy Gustilo

Jul 23

In the Acknowledgments at the end of The Human Condition (p. 327), Hannah Arendt explains a bit of the backstory of the book, published in 1958. In 1953, she had given a lecture series at Princeton on “Karl Marx and the Tradition of Political Thought.” In 1956, at the University of Chicago, she had given another series of lectures, “

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Persuasion

Tracy Gustilo

Jul 24

On Wednesdays I normally like to feature small, single-author Substack publications offering evergreen content (not journalistic punditry) that aren’t primarily promoting the author’s book. Today I’m going to break that rule to recommend Persuasion. My recommendation is based largely on their overall stated mission and the recent launch of a new series …

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Life Balance

Tracy Gustilo

Jul 25

Arendt’s tripartite division of human activity — the vita activa — into labor, work, and action, when taken along with its counterpart in thinking — the vita contemplativa (which in The Life of the Mind also has its own three-part division into thinking proper, willing, and judging) might be used as a conceptual model for building a practice of lifelong…

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Resources: Where to Learn Economics

Tracy Gustilo

Jul 26

Somewhere recently I suggested that one of the most important subjects for modern citizens to learn is economics. Without taking a college class, how would you go about that? On Fridays I usual feature one recommended learning resource. Today I’ll list a few. If your econ needs a brush-up, check these out.

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Pose Ponder

Weekly Pose Ponder No. 21

Summarizing the week's posts -- Great Man theory? Arendt, More Arendt, Persuasion, learning economics

Findings: Great Man Theory?

The World Turned Upside Down

Persuasion

Life Balance

Resources: Where to Learn Economics

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