Ep 231: The jacket is inside out

This week on SOI: - Midlife crises - Wrestling with the question of “Who am I?” - The end of the enlightenment - Cultural lack of curiosity - Protecting the structures of identity - Identity becomes aesthetic and absurd when it lacks a center - The Fifth Element https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGfYLRCJZ1c - 22 Senators all read the same script - https://x.com/yalligatorgar/status/1896975161062253017 - The Abolition of Man - https://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Man-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652942 - Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say - https://www.amazon.com/Speak-What-We-Feel-Frederick/dp/0062517538 - You have to be able to say things that are untrue - You can’t live life in reverse, can you can’t just live the back half Find us here: x.com/mattmccloskey x.com/michaelvaclav All Matt’s Links - https://solo.to/mattmccloskey All Michael’s Links - https://solo.to/michaelvaclav Sovereign Goods - www.etsy.com/shop/SovereignThreadGoods Cafe Medici - mediciroasting.com/?srsltid=AfmBOo…9eDe2OliQmjTc2A