The Wisdom Bar – “ When Communication Matters (And When It Doesn’t)”

💭 Topic: When Communication Matters (And When It Doesn’t)”
🎤 Lecturer: Ian Olasov
📆 Date: Wednesday, July 29
📍 Location: TBA (exact address provided in confirmation email)

​Are people innately good or bad? Is it ethical to have children? Is ketchup a smoothie?

​These are just some of the questions public philosopher Ian Olasov and his team received at their beloved NYC “Ask a Philosopher” booths. Join us for an exciting and engaging lecture about Ian’s newest philosophical focus: an argument for the materialist politics of communication, which examines how the physical infrastructure of communication (how messages are conveyed) shapes power dynamics.

​Strap in for the ride and know that you're in the hands of a man who thrives at bringing the famously esoteric discipline back into the mainstream!

​Ian Olasov is a recent graduate of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and teaches philosophy at New York University. Ian has committed to the life of a public philosopher and is famous throughout New York for his “Ask A Philosopher” booths, which appeared at the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Public library, farmer’s markets, book fairs, and the 57th and 8th subway! Ian compiled many of the deep questions received during the series into his acclaimed 2020 book, Ask a Philosopher: Answers to Your Most Important—and Unexpected—Questions.

​Ian also plays music, cooks vegan food, and is available to pet and babble to your dogs, cats, and other animals, with or without an appointment.