Author: Crowhill Report

The boys drink and review Haze for Days Pale Ale from Crooked Crab Brewery, then discuss postmodernism.

First, they give a quick review of modernism. What it is, and why some people want to get past it.

Postmodernist thinking is characterized by skepticism and the rejection of grand narratives. It questions the idea of objective reality, morality, truth, human nature, reason, science, or social progress.

Postmodernism calls particular attention to the contingent or socially-conditioned nature of knowledge, and says that our knowledge claims and value systems are a product of historical or cultural discourse, or societal hierarchies. The individual isn’t free, but enslaved to an oppressive system that defines his language, his morals and his truth.

A lot of “modern” ideas (in the chronological sense) are derived from postmodernism.

Pigweed and Crowhill drink and compare two heavy-hitting beers, then discuss coronavirus — again.

Coronavirus has become much more serious than the boys thought just a couple of weeks ago. But how do we evaluate this? What constitutes an over-reaction, and what is an under-reaction? How would we know in either event? Can we draw lessons from how the virus behaved in South Korea and Italy? They’re very different cultures, with very different populations.

There are a lot of things we still don’t know about this virus and how to respond, but it seems there may be some lessons and some lasting effects from this crisis.

I went into a bar on St. Patrick’s Day to get some beer for the Pigweed and Crowhill show, and the bar was empty. On St. Patrick’s Day. It was surreal.

In this episode, P&C drink Guinness and reflect on the classical Irish beer, and the day.

Imagine you’re asked to implement one of two coronavirus policies for your company.

The first was written a month ago by the most brilliant person in the world.

The second was written this morning by three average managers who have been trying to deal with this over the last month.

Here’s the trick: You can’t read either one. You have to pick based on what I’ve told you.

Which do you choose?

I ran into someone who wanted to argue about a religious topic, and I was tempted to think, “People sure like to argue about religion.” (Of course I’ve done my share of that.)

Then I thought of other topics people like to argue about, like politics.

But then I thought, “people argue about everything. Sports, fashion, TV shows ….” Which got me thinking, “maybe that says something about a person — what sorts of things they like to argue about.”

The guy who likes to argue about sports is a different sort of person than the guy who likes to argue about religion.

Doesn’t that seem like something that should be included when we try to classify / organize personalities?