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Re:Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by kristianc on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:36PM (#20097905)
> Anyone who hasn't eg watched the recent Jordan Peterson/Slavoj Zizek debate

I watched that debate and found it a tedious rehashing of tired old talking points and straw men criticisms of Capitalism/Marxism. To use that in any way of a yardstick of intellectual depth seems odd.

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Re:Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by thanatropism on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:40PM (#20097941)
Did you, though?

The first hour was Jordan Peterson making a hacky point that capitalism is good and communism's not and Zizek doing Keith Jarret-type improv touching on a thousand topics. Then in the actual debate rounds Zizek got Jordan Peterson to agree with him.

It was an actual debate. There was a winner and not in the sense of a rap battle. The loser was happy to have had it.

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