Who are the Conditioners and why should we fear them? Matt is back, but does he have a baby with him? All these questions answered in today’s episode!
Click here to download audio for S9E19: “The Abolition of Man – Chapter 3, Part 2”
Show Notes
Quote-of-the-Week
It is not that they are bad men. They are not men at all. Stepping outside the Tao, they have stepped into the void. Nor are their subjects necessarily unhappy men. They are not men at all: they are artefacts. Man’s final conquest has proved to be the abolition of Man.
C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (The Abolition of Man)
Introduction
Welcome friends to Pints With Jack! Last week we began Chapter 3 of “The Abolition of Man”… Today we will continue with this chapter and then wrap it up next week!You will recall that last week that we were without Matt as he had gone into the hospital, supposedly to have a child… What happened?!
Chit Chat
- No baby yet for Matt! But quite possibly today?
- David and his team at work finally finished up their big project deadline and a rewrite of their Canva app, so he’s very much looking forward to getting some rest and recuperation before his next round of projects begin!
- Andrew has been busy too, with a requiem celebration on Sunday, and his treatise defense on Saturday. He’ll hear about the decision on his treatise on February 4th, and there is a doctoral ceremony on February 10th. By the time the celebrations are complete, he’ll be about halfway through the drafting of his book with Dr. Diana Glyer on “Till We Have Faces”.
- In Ransom’s intellectual battle with the Un-Man, it began with reason and wit, but it ended with boxing, so David helpfully reminded Andrew to bob his head and be on the lookout for a right hook!
Toast
Discussion
Recap
01. “What Kind of Artificial Tao?”
02. “Are the Conditioners Bad Men?
03. “Operating in the Void”
04. “Hating the Lab Rats”
05. “A Chance of Happiness”
06. “Nature’s Triumph”
07. “What Does ‘Nature’ Even Mean?”
08. “Becoming Nature”
09. “The Point of No Return”
Wrap Up
Closing Thoughts
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