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  • Mark Kingwell on How the Pandemic Will Change Our Understanding of Risk and Luck
    Mark Kingwell on How the Pandemic Will Change Our Understanding of Risk and Luck
    October 20, 2020

    Mark Kingwell on How the Pandemic Will Change Our Understanding of Risk and Luck

    Professor and writer Mark Kingwell is well known as one of Canada's leading thinkers, and he is almost certainly our most fun one. Whether it's baseball or cocktails, philosophy or futurism, Kingwell's ...

  • The Dirty Dozen, with Mark Kingwell
    The Dirty Dozen, with Mark Kingwell
    May 10, 2017

    The Dirty Dozen, with Mark Kingwell

    Professor and author Mark Kingwell is Canada's cultural guardian angel, bringing a rare wit and insight to his philosophical and cultural writing and teaching. His writing, which has covered everything ...

  • Geometry Made Into Poetry: A conversation with Mark Kingwell about the game of baseball
    Geometry Made Into Poetry: A conversation with Mark Kingwell about the game of baseball
    March 01, 2017

    Geometry Made Into Poetry: A conversation with Mark Kingwell about the game of baseball

    For baseball devotees, whether they be of the emotional or analytical type, this time of year is one of hope, renewal, and endless possibility. Over the past few weeks, baseball players from across the ...

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