Thanks for the links! Yes, that fills in more interesting gaps.
I don't have time to finish watching it right now, but I just watched the first 30 minutes of that Werner Erhard video, very fascinating. I can definitely recognize some familiar themes in Werner Erhard's style, based on my own experiences with a spinoff of a spinoff of his group, FreedomCommunity. Somehow I never realized where these techniques came from.
I just got to a part where they say "Werner Erhard acknowledges having other influences", and then they flash a shot of him walking on the beach with an Indian guy. Is that by any chance Maharishi Mahesh Yogi? If so, that introduces even more interconnections, him being where John Hagelin whom I mention above, got a lot of his ideas. Not to mention being the spiritual advisor of the Beatles and lots of other celebrities.
I should also watch that Wittgenstein movie at some point--I'd definitely consider myself a fan of his, and enjoyed reading Wittgenstein's Poker which gives a lot of fascinating biographical information about him and Karl Popper, and all of their interconnections with the Vienna Circle. Also read Tractatus at some point, although not carefully enough to understand most of it.
Re: Connecting the Dots
I don't have time to finish watching it right now, but I just watched the first 30 minutes of that Werner Erhard video, very fascinating. I can definitely recognize some familiar themes in Werner Erhard's style, based on my own experiences with a spinoff of a spinoff of his group, FreedomCommunity. Somehow I never realized where these techniques came from.
I just got to a part where they say "Werner Erhard acknowledges having other influences", and then they flash a shot of him walking on the beach with an Indian guy. Is that by any chance Maharishi Mahesh Yogi? If so, that introduces even more interconnections, him being where John Hagelin whom I mention above, got a lot of his ideas. Not to mention being the spiritual advisor of the Beatles and lots of other celebrities.
I should also watch that Wittgenstein movie at some point--I'd definitely consider myself a fan of his, and enjoyed reading Wittgenstein's Poker which gives a lot of fascinating biographical information about him and Karl Popper, and all of their interconnections with the Vienna Circle. Also read Tractatus at some point, although not carefully enough to understand most of it.