Love, Sloth, And Free Will (Podcast)

In this podcast we discuss love, sloth, and free will in the context of Canto 18 of Dante’s Purgatorio. What is the nature of love, and how does it affect our souls? What is the true meaning of sloth? What place does free will have in our lives? We explore these questions.

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The Zero Sum Game

I read recently a fascinating tale of nautical survival. In 1965, six teenage Tongan boys were shipwrecked on the uninhabited island of Ata in the Tongan Archipelago of Polynesia.  After stealing a boat, they had encountered a storm which deposited them on the island without any means of communication with the outside world. 

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