Discussion on Selecting Episode Topics and Continuing 'Notes from Underground'

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The hosts deliberate on choosing topics for episodes from listener suggestions, considering previous finalists like ethics of care, pedagogy, implicit bias, moral uncertainty, friendship, and psychology of personality. They aim to finalize five to six topics for the current episode and plan to carry forward the 'Notes from Underground' discussion in the next segment.

David and Tamler continue their discussion of Dostoevsky's funny, sad, philosophical novella Notes From Underground. We focus on part 2 this time - three stories from the Underground Man's past - and explore what the stories tell us about his existentialist rants in part 1. Is he consumed with guilt over his treatment of Liza? Is he ashamed of his social awkwardness, low status, and self-destructive behavior? Or is he a narcissistic proto-incel suffering from an especially acute case of spotlight effect? (As usual, the answer is probably some combination of all these and more.) Plus, we select the finalists for our Patreon-listener selected episode. Thanks to everyone for their support!

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