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30 Philosophers
A modern journey through humanity’s best ideas — now in audio.
Narrated by the talented Alex Wolfgang
(credited on Audible/Amazon as Adam Carpenter)
Fun moment: in Chapter 17’s Play with Me
section he breaks the fourth wall and
briefly introduces himself by his real name.
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“I have a worldview. So do you.”
- Michael Alan Prestwood
- 2024
Worldview
Every person walks through life with a personal lens shaped by experience, belief, and knowledge. Recognizing you have a worldview — and that everyone else does too — is the first step toward understanding, empathy, and clearer thinking. Once you see your own lens, you can finally adjust it.
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Does Agrippa’s Trilemma Disprove the Idea of Ideas?
Theory of Truth
Agrippa argued that no belief can be finally justified. Every claim eventually runs into one of three traps: an infinite chain of reasons, a circular argument, or an unsupported assumption. Philosophers have wrestled with this for over two thousand years, and it still holds up, if, and only if, you’re talking about justification.
30 Philosophers: A New Look at Timeless Ideas
Immerse yourself in knowledge, not snippets. Pure inspiration from cover to cover. Dive deeper than headlines and memes and explore the minds of the greatest thinkers.
The story of
humanity’s 80 BEST IDEAS,
and the 30 GIANTS
behind them!
humanity’s 80 BEST IDEAS,
and the 30 GIANTS
behind them!
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Deep-Dive Articles
No Kings Has Deep Historical Roots
Michael Alan Prestwood
October 11, 2025
Recent protests reflect the timeless struggle to limit power and oppression using checks and balances.
The Fermi Paradox is Too Anthropocentric
December 29, 2024
The Fermi Paradox is the common framework for thinking about the odds of alien life, but we need more data before it can become accurate ...
Building Tomorrow’s AI: The Rise of LLMs and Inference
October 30, 2024
AI started as simple programming logic and is now approaching the abilities of the human mind.
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Consciousness: From the Soul to the Abyss
Consciousness is the experiencing of reality through senses and cognitive abilities. It is not a mysterious all-or-nothing trait limited to humans even though we tend ...
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TST COLUMN
01 Sep 2029
Philosophy
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The Idea of Ideas
Epistemology
Tue 18 Jul 2023
(3 years ago)
Updated 1 day ago.
TST COLUMN
27 Mar 2024
Debut
Mike Prestwood
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30 Philosophers: Chapter Descriptions
Book: 30 Philosophers
Wed 27 Mar 2024
(2 years ago)
Updated 3 days ago.
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11 Oct 2025
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No Kings Has Deep Historical Roots
Checks & Balances
Sat 11 Oct 2025
(8 months ago)
Updated 2 months ago.
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