Ask Jon 9 – Rage Within the Green Machine

by | June 16, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Jonathan Engel, J.D. is the President of the Secular Humanist Society of New York. Here we talk about the the health of the socioeconomic status of America and the constructive channelling of legitimate rage. *Interview conducted on June 1, 2020.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, today, based on some pre-talk, I want to… Read more »

Interview with Professor Steven Pinker – Johnstone Family Professor, Psychology, Harvard University

by | June 10, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen In a prior job at Conatus News in the United Kingdom, I conducted an interview with the prominent and respected author and philosopher of science, Dr. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, who agreed to the interview and made some thoughtful comments about the idea of the “conatus” or the idea of an “effort… Read more »

Interview with Rev. Rob MacPherson – Minister, Unitarian Church of South Australia

by | June 6, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Rev. Rob MacPherson is a Minister of the Unitarian Church of South Australia. Here we talk about coming to Unitarian Universalism, community, and philosophy. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Let’s start with some background questions quite naturally, what was some religious, or non-religious, background? Rev. Rob MacPherson: I was raised a working class Catholic in… Read more »