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Dead philosophers. Fresh takes.

Ever wonder what it would be to listen to

Karl Marx read Elon Musk’s Tweets?

Adam Smith walk into a Walmart? 

John Locke debate the vaccine mandate?

Ever wonder... WWKMD?

WWKMD? is a carefully curated marriage of academia and AI.  Under the guidance of its Ph.D. holding editors, each WWKMD?  podcast thread is generated, edited, and perfected using AI to present the thoughts of philosophers, politicians, economists, and other notable figures from eras past, and to use their positions to give important on current events of all types. â€‹

Structure

Individual podcast threads deal with a unique economic or political topic. Each thread will then contain the perspectives of different historic personalities. 
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Each thread contains authors that complement the thoughts of another; they may also differ significantly, or even directly oppose each other.
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Each podcast includes only a brief history of the current event or topic
in discussion. Each podcast will also contain brief 

backgrounds into the authors.​​

Benefits

​​WWKMD? is an excellent way to immerse yourself in the politics and philosophies of some of history's most famous influencers:

​Broaden your political and economic, and philosophical mind.

​Bring historical context and complexity to current events.

​Develop a better understanding of diverse and contradictory opinions​.
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Disclaimers​
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This content is for educational purposes, based on the published
works of each individual author. The material is
generated and curated using an AI assist. 
It is not real.
 
None of the threads in any way reflect the
personal views of the editors.
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(Despite its name) WWKMD? does not advance any specific economic or
political ideology.  Episodes are designed to present all points along a
reasonable political and economic spectrum, which is done
to bring a variety of perspectives to each thread.
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Historic authors might be figures we would now consider to be 
"problematic": politically incendiary, economically radical, classist,
misogynistic, racist, etc. Think Karl Marx himself, or
John C. Calhoun, Henry Cabot Lodge, or Theodore Roosevelt.  
WWKMD? still projects their insights, albeit with the understanding
that they are the product of their times.
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While WWKMD? describes opposing, antagonistic, and even
sometime-insulting views, it will never feature modern
hateful or conspiracy-theorist voices.  Neither will it feature
authors who have little insight or academic value outside of the
atrocities for which they are famous. In other words, you will not
be hearing much about Adolf Hitler's views on anything. 

From now on think to yourself... WWKMD?

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