Philip Pilkington — Some Personal Reflections on Contemporary Economic and Scientific Indoctrination

The new religion — science. Same as the old religion when used normatively and prescriptively.

However, to the degree that C. P. Snow is  right about the two cultures, science and the humanities, quite a few people read in the humanities rather than science and come to opposite conclusions. I was one of the latter.

One path leads to materialism and reductionism and the other to humanism and holism.

There is no barrier to their integration, however, other than rigid thinking.

Fixing the Economists
Some Personal Reflections on Contemporary Economic and Scientific Indoctrination
Philip Pilkington

Peter Buffett: Big Philanthropy and Philanthro-Feudalism — Laura Flanders Interview

Laura Flanders' interviews stream at GRITtv.org. This week, Peter Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren on the conflict between capitalism and humanism. Says Buffett: "You can't have both."

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Peter Buffett: Big Philanthropy and Philanthro-Feudalism
Laura Flanders, GRITtv | Video Interview