Enlightenment Now - Do You Even Read?

Dimes and Prudentialist review one of the most popular books in the canon of Secular Humanism: Steven Pinker's "Enlightenment Now." This bestseller constructs a case for a distinct flavor of The End of History, asking the questions "if the world is such an advanced utopia, why is everyone so miserable?" Let's find out! ✔️ Support Dimes ➤ Blood $atellite: https://bloodsatellite.ca/ ➤ Merch: https://goodsvffer.com/ ➤ Substack: vanguardistjournal.substack.com/ ✔️ Support Prudentialist ➤ Subscribestar: subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist ➤ Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/prudentialist ➤ Substack: theprudentialist.substack.com/ ➤ Links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist

Writer and Twitter Mutual Zoomer Schopenhauer joins me to discuss Jack Goldstone's Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World: Population Change and State Breakdown in England, France, Turkey and China 1600-1850. In this discussion we talk about political pressure models, demographics as destiny, and The French Revolution. This Video is sponsored by Alp Nicotine Pouches: https://alppouch.com/Prude Support My Work: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist Merch: https://mr-prudes-wares.creator-spring.com/ All other links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist/ Find Zoomer Schopenhauer: https://x.com/jusderaisingroy https://philippebridau.substack.com/

Returning from a fruitful vacation, catching up on the news, taking your questions, and looking at social media and the phenomenon of being "programmed to post." This stream is sponsored by Alp Nicotine Pouches: https://alppouch.com/Prude *Support the Channel:* Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prudentialist Substack: https://theprudentialist.substack.com/ Merch: https://mr-prudes-wares.creator-spring.com/ Links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist/  

Fresh off the recent Old Glory Club conference, catching up on the news, and taking your questions. This stream is sponsored by Alp Nicotine Pouches: https://alppouch.com/Prude *Support the Channel:* Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prudentialist Substack: https://theprudentialist.substack.com/ Merch: https://mr-prudes-wares.creator-spring.com/ Links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist/

Dimes from the Blood Satellite duo joins Gio and I again this time going back to 2009 to review the documentary "Collapse." Plus News from the Great White North and more.  This stream is sponsored by Alp Nicotine Pouches: https://alppouch.com/Prude *Support the Channel:* Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prudentialist Substack: https://theprudentialist.substack.com/ Merch: https://mr-prudes-wares.creator-spring.com/  Links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist/  

Matt and Gio are on for a brief episode looking at an article from Schwab on the state of the internet in 2025.  Schwab's article: https://im1776.com/slop-world/ This stream is sponsored by Alp Nicotine Pouches: https://alppouch.com/Prude Support the Channel: Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prudentialist  Substack: https://theprudentialist.substack.com/  Merch: https://mr-prudes-wares.creator-spring.com/ Links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist/  

A livestream covering recent news, discussing modern myths and what comes next.  This stream is sponsored by Alp Nicotine Pouches: https://alppouch.com/Prude *Support the Channel:* Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prudentialist Substack: https://theprudentialist.substack.com/ Merch: https://mr-prudes-wares.creator-spring.com/ Links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist/  

Matt and Gio are back as we dive into recent news, elections, and a few Articles from Wired and other places looking at the influencer market and the future of online political media. The Articles we're reading: https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2024/11/04/mtv-paramount-rupaul-fandom-culture-get-out-the-vote-GOTV  https://archive.ph/JYznK This stream is sponsored by Alp Nicotine Pouches: https://alppouch.com/Prude Want to create live streams like this? Support the Channel: Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prudentialist Substack: https://theprudentialist.substack.com/  Merch: https://mr-prudes-wares.creator-spring.com/ Links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist/  

Matt and Gio are joined by friend of the show and financial planner Sean Wieland, to discuss the economy, Trump's Sovereign Wealth Fund, and more. This stream is sponsored by Alp Nicotine Pouches: https://alppouch.com/Prude Sean Wieland: https://x.com/seandoesit Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5317453324484608 Find Giant Gio YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GiantArtProductions Telegram: https://t.me/giantartproductions Twitter: https://twitter.com/giantgio Links: https://findmyfrens.net/gio/ *Support the Channel:* Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prudentialist Substack: https://theprudentialist.substack.com/ Merch: https://mr-prudes-wares.creator-spring.com/ Links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist/

Dimes and Prudentialist host a discussion on how we both define and combat evil, citing the book "On Resistance to Evil by Force" by Eastern Orthodox philosopher Ivan Ilyin. A strong case is made against modern Christian pacifism while identifying one's duty to aggressively content against evil once identified. ✔️ Support Dimes ➤ Blood $atellite: https://bloodsatellite.ca/ ➤ Merch: https://goodsvffer.com/ ➤ Substack: vanguardistjournal.substack.com/ ✔️ Support Prudentialist ➤ Subscribestar: https://subscribestar.com/the-prudentialist ➤ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/prudentialist ➤ Substack: https://theprudentialist.substack.com/ ➤ Links: https://findmyfrens.net/theprudentialist