Featuring Micah Lott (guest) with Stanton Wortham (host) and Daniel Groll (commentator) Science fiction books and movies help us to imagine what a utopian society may look like. Though many representations have been offered, one common theme is the absence of challenge and hardship. In this episode, Micah Lott considers why a “good” life might need some non-ideal conditions.
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Featuring Micah Lott (guest) with Stanton Wortham (host) and Daniel Groll (commentator) Science fiction books and movies help us to imagine what a utopian society may look like. Though many representations have been offered, one common theme is the absence of challenge and hardship. In this episode, Micah Lott considers why a “good” life might need some non-ideal conditions.
Where is the boundary between reality and fiction? (Constantine Nakassis)
Pulled Up Short
43 minutes
3 years ago
Where is the boundary between reality and fiction? (Constantine Nakassis)
Featuring Constantine V. Nakassis (guest) with Stanton Wortham (host) and Michael Lempert (commentator). We often feel that there is a sharp distinction between the world of fiction and the "real world." For example, is there really any doubt that the Marvel superheroes are not real, that they only live in fictional representations? Costantine Nakassis, however, draws our attention to the unsettling, though common ways in which we blur the boundary between fact and fiction all the time...
Pulled Up Short
Featuring Micah Lott (guest) with Stanton Wortham (host) and Daniel Groll (commentator) Science fiction books and movies help us to imagine what a utopian society may look like. Though many representations have been offered, one common theme is the absence of challenge and hardship. In this episode, Micah Lott considers why a “good” life might need some non-ideal conditions.
