Failures of Imagination: We and Flatland

About this episode

The episode explores the limitations of imagination in the context of societal structures and the concept of Flatland.

The “Hideous Bargain” is no longer just about one child’s pain . . . We investigate the “Euclidean Mind” that seeks to flatten our messy humanity into a spreadsheet of “mathematically infallible happiness.” Unsettle the sterile peace of the OneState and the rigid hierarchy of Flatland to ask: Is your imagination a gift, or […]

People in this episode

Host: Steve Chisnell

Topics covered

• imagination
• humanity
• Euclidean Mind
• Flatland
• society
• culture

Keywords

• imagination
• Flatland
• Euclidean Mind
• society
• humanity
• hierarchy
• happiness

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Flatland

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