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Ep. 16 - Harry Lewis and Stephen Blackwood: What's an Education For?

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The Worst Distractions

The liberal arts are all about having the freedom to think. We can't hear ourselves s you, like you say, we sometimes say, use the phraseyou now, i can't hear myself think. And what's going on in that? It just takes the willto think about yourself and ntet. This is a really good thing for students to think about after they've been at college for a month or two. If you get yourself into the situation where your friends are worried about you because they sent you a text message 20 minutes ago and you haven't responded to it yet, just got to look back and say, how absurd this has become.

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