XXIV: Modern Philosopher: How the TRUE Odyssey Can Save Modern Men - Chris B. Robertson

Half the internet decided Christopher Nolan desecrated Homer before the film even dropped. Chris B. Robertson should have been the natural pick to lead that mob. He has spent two years leading people through the Odyssey, he reads the Greek, and he walked into the theater hunting for everything he had been told to hate. What he found was stranger than a verdict. The conversation starts on the culture war and does not stay there. It ends up on the day he lost his faith at sixteen, why a philosopher decided to become an electrician, what five kids actually teach a man, and why he thinks truth is something you remember rather than something you learn.What the accuracy mob actually misunderstandsHomer as the author of civilizationThe milk jug that ended his faithWhy he left academia for a tradeBuilding a new religion from scratchFive kids and less parenting anxietyWhere Ryan Holiday cheapened StoicismSubscribe to come along early on the journey as I build this show one conversation at a time.Unfolding XXIV---Check Out Chris' Work Here:https://caffeineandphilosophy.com/https://www.instagram.com/caffeineandphilosophy/https://www.youtube.com/@CaffeinePhilosophyMusic by Isaac Haines:https://isaachaines.ca/ Dig Deeper Into All Things Kaizen:https://linktr.ee/zacarnold---Timestamps0:50–6:26 The feminist translation behind the whole fight6:26–13:04 Nolan didn't change the story, he put civilization on trial13:04–19:53 He went hunting for Emily Wilson in the film and found nothing19:53–25:23 He left Christianity and found Homer standing behind it25:23–34:47 The Library of Babel, AI art, and why the author still matters34:47–39:03 Philosophy is great at spotting nonsense and terrible at building39:03–44:48 The hidden cost of becoming the guy who does one thing44:48–48:34 The philosopher who discovered trades48:34–55:16 The milk jug that ended his faith55:16–1:06:41 Three gods, one pattern, and the new religion he joined1:06:41–1:15:07 Simulation theory as a symptom of too much internet1:15:07–1:21:52 Five kids and the advice nobody gave him1:21:52–1:32:32 Why he thinks Ryan Holiday weakened Stoicism1:32:32–1:43:45 Truth is what you remember, not what you learn