Fauci's Downfall: The Hidden Spiritual Danger of Being a Doctor

Why did Fauci happen? Because a civilization that beat material death forgot about spiritual danger — and stopped guarding the people it hands power to. In this conversation, an ER physician explains how doctors, lawyers, and soldiers are placed in positions of profound spiritual risk with no formation to survive it.

Guests: Micael Knowles, Dr. Simone Gold, Joshua Herr

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We cover: why we could face death routinely a century ago and can't now; the specific temptations of medicine — hubris, callousness, seeing the patient as a commodity; the ER doctor who was threatened with firing for treating a patient during COVID, and why the payment model, the charting, and the pace are all stacked against seeing the patient as a human; John Henry Newman's "The Idea of a University" and what happened when theology and philosophy were pushed out; Pope Benedict's joke at Regensburg about "two faculties for a God most people say doesn't exist"; how epistemic humility curdled into men becoming their own gods; and why AI may kill most universities — and why the ones that survive will finally have to form human beings again.

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