

independent analyses) so I won’t say this is a definitive answer. Here are some comparative numbers on draft dodging, but I’m unclear on how they got to these numbers (analyzing data from the U.S.

Major themes: Collapsing War and Peace Together, The Nature of Wisom, The Banality of Evilġ5:12 - I meant to say “Andrei,” not “Nikolai” hereĢ6:30 - Well, the prisoner per capita ratio is still high in China - just nowhere near as high as the U.S.ģ0:20 - I learned this in class sometime back, so I’m going to hedge this claim a bit. Grab your Youtube video of Slavoj Zizek and tune in! That’s right, it’s the big ideas section! Well - the whole book is the big ideals section, but this is a great survey of some of Tolstoy’s most interesting ideas. This week, Matt and Cameron start on Book 4, Part 1 (after diverging from our original plan to combine parts 1 and 2) and do a deep dive on how we can really analyze wisdom, on the horror of war collapsing into peace, and whether self-sacrifice can ever be a true ideal of Christianity.
