Imagining Life Beyond the Machine: Eric Miller and Jason Peters

Imagining Life Beyond the Machine: Eric Miller and Jason Peters

Author: frontporchrepublic January 6, 2024 Duration: 57:06
Eric Miller, biographer of Christopher Lasch and a professor at Geneva College, plus longtime porcher Jason Peters of Hillsdale College address the role of imagination in shaping our shared reality.  Matt Stewart, an associate editor of the FPR website, introduces this duo that has impacted his life in important ways.   Highlights 1:00       Matt Stewart, teacher’s pet/pest and herb connoisseur Eric Miller:  “The Instructed Imagination”  6:00       Hannah Coulter v. Mark Heard 13:30    Collegiate conscience and imagination 16:00    Augustine’s commonweal 20:00    O’Connor’s name calling 23:00    Walker and Wendell looking for hope Jason Peters:  “Imagination: Not Whimsical but Fatal” 27:45    Last year’s speech and this year’s joke 29:30    The propositions begin 35:00    Stoves and stand-up 38:00    Rainbows on the run 43:00    Unified Kauffman and computerized thinking 50:00    Fatalities and old farts     Resources Speaker bios and conference videos FPR Books and bookshop Conference co-sponsor Plough Thanks to Wendell Kimbrough for our theme music

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