Philosophers In Space

Throw off your shackles, sheeple! This is the podcast the gubment doesn't want you to hear. We're discussing the famous short story Harrison Bergeron and why it seems like people so often interpret it in problematic ways. Paper arguing for revising our interpretation of Harrison Bergeron: http://coffmanenglish1.wikispaces.com/file/view/HB+Criticism.pdf Article on reclaiming Harrison Bergeron: https://betterlivingthroughbeowulf.com/liberals-must-reclaim-harrison-bergeron/ Excellent short film version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL4GxeLSLzs Episode of ETV on equality of opportunity vs. equality of outcome: https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2018/6/27/ev-049-opportunity-vs-outcome-with-cory-johnston   Announcement: We're updating our patreon goals since we kind of just did them anyway. Next stop, 300 patrons gets us 15 more minutes of show per episode! We need it too, there is so much we're not getting to cover on each thing.  Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitt