You Can’t Eat Money: Rethinking What Really Makes Us Rich

Описание: (46) Phil Phails @ philosophy with Grant Potts
Philosophy Book Club series #9

Book: Philosophy's Big Questions: Comparing Buddhist and Western Approaches
Question: WHAT DO WE OWE FUTURE GENERATIONS? Compassion and Future Generations: A Buddhist Contribution to an Ethics of Global Interdependence

What if our obsession with "return on investment" is blinding us to what really matters? In this clip, we explore how financialized language distorts our understanding of value—and how shifting from capital to true wealth could change everything. What if the goal isn’t ROI, but a richer life? Let’s talk about goods, services, and resources that actually lead to well-being—not just numbers on a spreadsheet.

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About Grant Potts

Grant Potts is a distinguished faculty member at Austin Community College, specializing in Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities. Trained primarily as a scholar of religion, Grant is also a dedicated philosopher and curriculum developer, committed to promoting liberal education through the Great Question Foundation to benefit community college students of all disciplines. Outside the academic sphere, he is a passionate gardener, an enthusiastic hiker and cyclist, and an ardent tabletop roleplaying game enthusiast, delighting in adventures with friends and family in classics like Dungeons and Dragons as well as newer games like Coriolis and Forbidden Lands.

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