{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"btrmt. lectures","title":"In Praise of the Sage","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2d2cad85\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2009,"description":"The modern Western story is that real knowledge comes from science or careful reasoning, and anything else—the elder, the guru, the village wise woman—is suspect. But science and reflection themselves rest on a third, intuitive, embodied mode of knowing that we use constantly and pretend we don't. The doctor and the guru are running on the same authority structure; the only difference is who's allowed to wear the coat. Which means we're picking our sages by taste instead of principle—and that's how charlatans win.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nHGcYn44T9MIIjASUEeNicQYvsgtxvw014X36gIvoXc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85Yjll/ODRkZTJhYzM1NzZh/ODgyMTBhZTBiNGFk/MjI3ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}