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s05e44 | Live with James Lindsay: Woke Gnosticism and the Oxford Debate

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What's the Difference Between Gnosticism and Taoism?

I'm curious where Eastern philosophies like Buddhism and Taoism in relation to Gnosticism and Hermeticism. I honestly don't have a problem if people want to take up spiritual practices of that kind. The totalitarian collectivist track of it that becomes very concerning. But if you're seeing this as a personal path toward virtue enhancement and personal development, probably fine. If you think we're going to remake the world with it, definitely not fine.

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