Rod and Kale talk about Robert Nozick's
Experience Machine thought experiment. A longtime teacher tweeted
out her shock that after years of teaching this to the class, a
majority of her students decided that they would prefer the
simulacrum to the real thing—they would prefer the pleasant lie to
the painful truth. They hash out what this could mean from a
cultural standpoint and the long-term effects of the lost Wisdom
culture.
About the Podcast
A new podcast from The American Conservative, presented by Kale Zelden and bestselling author Rod Dreher, exploring faith, culture, and public affairs.