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Why Should the First Person to Do Something Matter? How New Media Influence Our Idea of Celebrity and the Things We Want to Do

March 9, 2018 Homo Stupidus

Contrary to what many people believe, it is not true that all people, in all times and places, have wanted to be famous. The desire

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Narcissus’ Plight

October 14, 2016 Homo Stupidus

When the dodo disappeared, I didn’t do anything because I wasn’t a dodo. When the passenger pigeon disappeared, I didn’t do anything because I wasn’t

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The Betrayal of the Olympic Ideal

September 28, 2016 Homo Stupidus

The Baron de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, championed the idea of reviving the ancient Greek Olympics as a way of fostering

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  • Act I: Philosophical Misadventures
  • Act II: Free-Market Folly: Why Economics is not a Science
  • Act III: The Glorious Miracle of Life
  • Act IV: Our Relationship with God
  • Act V: The Only Way Forward is the Way Back
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