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1) Curtis Yarvin on Crypto: Bitcoin, DAOs, Inflation, and Government Crackdowns
Curtis Yarvin is the author of Gray Mirror.
2) "Neo-China Arrives From the Future:" On Nick Land's Sino-Futurism (The Meltdown Lectures)
In this episode, we analyze the sentence "Neo-China arrives from the future" from Nick Land's 1994 essay "Meltdown." For Land, Capital is an autonomous intelligence from the future and China is the pr...Show More
3) Montaigne, IVF & Embryo Selection, Q&A
I jumped on the livestream for the first time in a while. I discuss the Montaigne chapter in The Independent Scholar, the current debate around IVF & Embryo Selection, and take some questions.I wrote ...Show More
4) I Fell Off (It's So Over)
I can't deny it, so let's explore what it means, how it happens, what it feels like, and why it might be... great?In this episode, I share my struggle over the past few years, after having kids and ex...Show More
5) Urbit, Nockchain, and the Current State of Sovereignty Technology
In this episode, I look back on my journey with Urbit, the ambitious project to rebuild the internet, why I stepped back, detailing the project's unexpected twists, including the challenges faced by s...Show More
6) Soft-Engineering, Transversality, Human Security System (Nick Land, Meltdown, Sentences 7-8)
This episode unpacks the seventh and eighth sentences of Nick Land's "Meltdown," where "soft engineering slithers out of its box into yours" and "human security is lurching into crisis." We consider h...Show More
7) Markets Learn to Manufacture Intelligence and Politics Modernizes (Nick Land, Meltdown, Sentence 3)
This episode unpacks a key sentence from Nick Land's "Meltdown": "As markets learn to manufacture intelligence, politics, modernizes, upgrades, paranoia, and tries to get a grip." What does it mean fo...Show More
8) Intoxicated by Truth: Plato's Symposium with Alex Priou
Socrates shows up late, looks like hell, and still somehow rules the room. What's really going in the Symposium? Plato uses a dinner party to show how authentic love is more intoxicating than alcohol....Show More
9) From Tech Founder to Philosopher: How Johnathan Bi Is Building a Modern Renaissance
Johnathan Bi shares his remarkable journey from successful tech founder to independent philosophy scholar, explaining why he walked away from founder-level equity to pursue his passion for bringing ph...Show More
10) Plato's Republic with Nina Power and DC Miller: Philosophy, Repression, Madness, and Courage
I'm joined by Nina Power and DC Miller to discuss Plato's Republic. Topics include physical training and physical pleasure, philosophy under political repression, the training of philosophy, wealth, s...Show More
Plato's Republic with Nina Power and DC Miller: Philosophy, Repression, Madness, and Courage
1:22:24 | Nov 26th, 2024