In this podcast, we take a look at optimism, invoking the help of Voltaire's satirical tale Candide (1759). We end up suggesting that the bouyancy that is the corollary of optimism might extract too high a price in the loss of realism that goes with wearing rose-coloured spectacles, and that dropping the half full- half empty binary might be what William Blake is suggesting we do when he tells us that 'energy is eternal delight'. [Free. 30 minutes.]
DESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF TRUSSONOMIC - INTERESTING TIMES 58
LAO TZU 53
ECSTACY AND THE APOCALYPSE
SUNSET - MUSIC
RIOT AND REFUSAL - INTERESTING TIMES 57
THE DAY AFTER
NATURAL LIBERATION
LAO TZU 52
CORPORATIONS TO RUN CITIES IN THE UK SOON? [PART 1]
RESIGNATIONS, CHAOS AND FRAGMENTATION - INTERESTING TIMES 56
MUSIC - LOVE SONG 3
LAO TZU 51
STARMER’S LONG-CORBYN - INTERESTING TIMES 55
LAO TZU 50
APOCALYPSE REPORT JUNE 22 - INTERESTING TIMES 54
THE JUBILEE, PSYCHOANALYSIS & OTHER GOSSIP - INTERESTING TIMES 53
LAO TZU 49
LAO TZU 48
MYXO LOVE SONG 3 - MUSIC
LAO TZU 47
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