What if we lived in a world where everyone's self-interests were perfectly harmonized? What would this organization look like and what would it cost? Brett opens a mini-series on political philosophy by contending that Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" is a commentary on western culture's project to implement this idea. At the center of this project is pleasure's intoxicating ability to overpower our achievements in beauty and truth which come only from commitments that often cause suffering.

Brett's Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/15X0LWXA5T9O2/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_3?_encoding=UTF8&type=wishlist

Jimmy Carter's Crisis of Confidence Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYWqveU1Tdk&t=1199s&ab_channel=DominicNaylor

Review of Paul Collier's "The Future of Capitalism" in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/books/review/paul-collier-future-of-capitalism.html

Stanley Hauerwas on Christianity as a politics:

https://www.abc.net.au/religion/the-politics-of-the-church-and-the-humanity-of-god/10100464