Guest Speaker: Kenny Knowlton

Power doesn’t only show up in obvious places. Often, it works quietly through habits, routines, and the ways daily life is organized. It becomes part of what feels so normal we rarely question it.

In this Wit & Wisdom talk, philosopher Kenny Knowlton invites the audience to look more closely at how power operates in everyday life. Drawing on Latin American philosophy, history, and attention to ordinary practices, the talk explores how work, roles, and social systems influence how people see themselves and one another.

Knowlton’s thinking comes from years spent training horses. This raised questions about discipline, care, work, and relationships. He sees philosophy as something that comes from real situations not just abstract theory.

This talk is an invitation to notice what often goes unseen, to question the familiar, and to leave with sharper curiosity about how power moves through the world we share.

No background in philosophy is needed. Curiosity is enough.