Comments on: Five minutes with...

Five minutes with...

philipy — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:39:19 -0800

Five minutes with AC Grayling, Alain de Botton, Brian Cox and Sir Terry Pratchett.

By: bluestocking

bluestocking — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:52:02 -0800

I could listen to Alain de Botton forever! But I'll take 5 minutes where I can get it. Thanks.

By: Catblack

Catblack — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:05:24 -0800

Don't you mean 20 minutes with...?

By: Decani

Decani — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:45:30 -0800

AC Grayling is the kiddie.

By: hortense

hortense — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:22:06 -0800

STP's sword made of meteorite.

By: irisclara

irisclara — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:49:05 -0800

Thanks for this. 5 minutes with Terry Pratchett are better than a kick in the shin.

By: joost de vries

joost de vries — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:36:08 -0800

The one with Alain de Botton made two interesting points. Which is not bad for 5 minutes of talking. How he doesn't want his children to become intellectuals. Since according to him that is a way of coping with fear. And how he's interested in the philosophy that touches on self-help. As he rightly mentions; a pejorative term (among intellectuals).

By: honey-barbara

honey-barbara — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:25:44 -0800

Wow - these are all great but Alain de Botton is always a favourite for me. His notion of intellectualising as a response to disturbance resonates.

By: philipy

philipy — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:41:34 -0800

What I love about these "5 minutes with..." interviews is how they manage to get the essence of a person and several of their most interesting ideas across in such a short time. There's plenty more good ones on the original site, but I limited the post to four that seemed to complement each other nicely.