Yuval and the Philosophers (Patreon)

A little mini decoding to get us back into the swing of things as we look at a viral clip that had religious reactionaries, sensemakers, and academic philosophers in a bit of a tizzy. Specifically, a clip from a talk by the well-known author and academic Yuval Noah Harari in which he discussed how human rights (and really all human culture) is a kind of fiction.

Get ready for a thrilling ride as your intrepid duo plunges into a beguiling world of symbolism, cultural evolution, and outraged philosophers. By the end of the episode, we have resolved many intractable philosophical problems including whether monkeys are bastards, if first-class seating is moral, and where exactly human rights come from. Philosophers might be mad but that will just prove how right we are.