https://www.bencode.io/categories/sociology/ Recent content in Sociology on Benny Simmonds Hugo -- 0.149.1 en-us Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:55:56 +1100 https://www.bencode.io/posts/stubborn/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 11:55:56 +1100 https://www.bencode.io/posts/stubborn/ <p><em>Stubborn Attachments</em> is a book by <em>Tyler Cowen</em> that paints a picture of an altruistic and bright future for the human race. Cohen argues and highlights the importance of sustained economic growth, moral philosophy and consequentialism, radical uncertainty, rules-based ethics, that future generations matter deeply, and how we as a race must be stubbornly attached to certain core principles as the necessary pre-conditions for sustainable prosperity. To be honest I avoid books like this, because they are hard. I mean, where do you start pulling apart such a broad and complicated topic. I thank Cohen for expanding my thinking towards civilization and painting the broad brushstrokes of a future pathway our race must strive for.</p>