we won't miss a chance to re-post Norm Macdonald

We are so proud of you, Alex!

The New Thinkery Sure, right now. But the price of friendships that grow around the pursuit of wisdom has been bid up by irrationally exuberant New Thinkery obsessives. Precious metals are the long term play.

Thank you to our listeners. Friendship — and especially the friendships that grow around the shared pursuit of wisdom — is more valuable than gold.

Happy tax day, everyone!

No day like today to prove that you're beyond good and evil—tell Uncle Sam that if he wants your hard-earned simoleons, he'll have to pry them from your cold, dead hand.

Thank you for the kind words. We really enjoyed this episode. A wonderful guest.

Friendship!

Xenophon Respecters.

We often make jokes about Partially Examined Life here at The New Thinkery, but today we'd like to set all kidding aside and offer them our condolences on the death of O.J. Simpson, their long time financial and spiritual supporter.

More than a friend, he was their brother.

Straussians

It's really a pity that it took so long for this book to come out. It's an excellent, insightful study of Bacon's thought.

I especially liked the discussion of Bacon and Machiavelli—more needs to be written on this!

Highly recommend you pick up a copy: a.co/d/cM1j866

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THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF FRANCIS BACON

Martin Yaffe and Nathan Dinneen join us to discuss the dissertation of Laurence Berns of St. John's College, recently published by Political Animal Press!

Buy it: a.co/d/aZwN03Q

Listen: directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/…

Power was out, so I went looking for matches and found this. No idea where it’s from, but I figure there’s a good chance it leads back to Greg McBrayer The New Thinkery

Behold your future, Orb Worshipper McBrayer!

Fifth Letter, Section 51.

Consult this wisdom lest your amazement at natural causes give way to deadly superstition.

THE ORB IS NOT YOUR GOD.

GOD ONLY SPEAKS TO YOU THROUGH HIS MOUTHPIECE, THE NEW THINKERY.

Sorry, old boy, but things must remain the same until morale improves.