by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 20, 2019 | beyond idealism, beyond liberalism, Bureaucratic quixotic, Climate Change, Communication, cruelty, death, Decolonization, Discursive Gap, exploitation, folly, Industrial Epidemics, normalization, Perverse Incentives, Priorities, the real, Wolves in sheep's clothing
There is an epidemic of thoughts and prayers in America. It seems the more politicians think and pray, the more school shootings happen, the more places of worship get gunned and burned down, and the more people die. Maybe to reverse this trend, politicians need to...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 26, 2018 | beyond idealism, beyond liberalism, Communication, Systems thinking, the real
There’s this popular pro-science YouTube video. I like it–it’s bold, brash, and has good knock-down arguments. It also espouses a defensive attitude against stances which I too find abhorrent. There’s only one problem with it. It’s wrong....
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Oct 25, 2017 | beyond idealism, beyond liberalism, Climate Change, Discursive Gap, Environmental Justice, Environmental Political Theory, exploitation, Industrial Epidemics, Oil Barons, parasitism, permaculture, pollution, Priorities, Systems thinking
One of the things that resonates the most about systems theory, is that it focuses on how different pieces of large puzzles interrelate and interlock. For, it is the inter aspect that gives phenomena movement, gusto, dynamism, spark. Speaking of things, essences,...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Sep 2, 2017 | beyond liberalism, Discursive Gap, Industrial Epidemics, Normal is Over, normalization, Oil Barons, parasitism, Perverse Incentives, pollution, Priorities, Side-effects, Systems thinking, Uncategorized
Cognitive dissonance is a phenomena common amongst human beings who want to have their cake and eat it too. It comes from a willing ignorance to repress and suppress the world’s inconvenient truths and hold onto the frame (or fairytale) one inhabits (or chooses)...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jul 17, 2017 | beyond liberalism, Bureaucratic quixotic, normalization, philosophy of science, Priorities, Side-effects, Systems thinking, Uncategorized, Wolves in sheep's clothing
Today, with co-authors Pamela M. Ling and Jesse Elias, our paper “The Pharmaceuticalization of the Tobacco Industry” appears in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Our interview with Reuters is available here. This work contributes to the study of industrial...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jul 12, 2017 | beyond liberalism, cruelty, Discursive Gap, Uncategorized
A recent article I wrote for The Philosophical Salon can be found here. Titled “Not an Era for Apologetics,” it looks at the systematic bullying of university students by alt-right pseudo-intellectuals, and the reinforcement of hegemonic discourse in the...
