HeyJaredInheritance of a Thousand Generations
The world we inhabit today is the inheritance of a thousand generations. Here, we explore these generations in order to understand the foundations of liberalism, and what we risk losing as we turn away from enlightenment values.
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A Framework for Understanding the Creation of Meaning (opens the original)
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This essay is the second in a series which outlines the analytic framework that has been developed to support Inheritance’s exploration into the modern mythology of student radicals, and in particular the student protests at Columbia University in 1968. You can find an explanation of why this framework is necessary and how it will be used, in the first essay. [The English Language] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of o
Rocky: High Culture as Pop Art (opens the original)
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Ba BA bababa babaBA bababa, ba BA bababa babaBA bababa, ba baba ba baba baba buuh buuuuh. That’s right, baby, it’s Rocky Time!!There may be no city in America more strongly associated with a single character than Philadelphia is with Rocky. Mention you’re from Philly and more people will bring up the underdog boxer than any of the other great accomplishments of this city, including the nation’s first hospital, fire insurance, and bourse, the oldest continuously operated theatre and grand concert
LIVE, from Independence Hall, it's the Fourth of July! (opens the original)
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The 4th of July is the first great ring-bolt in the chain of your yet undeveloped destiny.”— Frederick Douglass, 1852LIVE, from Independence Hall, it’s the Fourth of July! Philadelphia: the city of Rocky, degenerate sport fans, the Liberty Bell, and most importantly, the birthplace of modern democracy. Today, I am writing to you rather closer to the epicenter of the modern world than usual: less than 60 meters (that’s 200 freedom-units) from Independence Hall. On this very day, a quarter millenn
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