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Burns Theory | Michael Burns
by Michael Burns
Michael Burns YouTube Videos but now as audio and also video on certain platforms
Episodes
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Silicon Valley is Lying About the Apocalypse
Silicon Valley is obsessed with talking about the end of the world. They're largely full of sh*t. But it's still worth taking AI seriously and asking why we can't think about moving beyond it (and capitalism.)
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Data Centers
what if data centers could actually fuel new political movements? join my patreon for access to live seminars, extra content, ad-free videos, DISCORD and more: https://www.burnstheory.com merch: https://burnstheory-shop.fourthwall.com/collections/all
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How the Internet Killed Criticism
Cultural criticism doesn't just help us make sense of what media to consume, it makes us more critical aware of our social, economic, and political conditions. But can it be saved? Thanks to the critics we spoke to for this video:Craig JenkinsKate WagnerAlison HermanArielle GordonAnthony Fantano...
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Silicon Valley's dark future is almost here
Support the only workers owned streaming platform by joining MeansTV.Visit https://means.tv/programs/michaelburns and use code MBURNS for 20% off your first month or first year on MeansTV (50% for Patreon supporters). Big Tech is building a future without humans, and they're doing it in plain...
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The Literacy Crisis (it’s worse than you think)
Support the only workers owned streaming platform by joining MeansTV.Visit https://means.tv/programs/michaelburns and use code MBURNS for 20% off your first month or first year on MeansTV (50% for Patreon supporters). join my patreon community for access to live seminars, extra content, ad-free...
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How to Make America RADICAL Again
The far-right has used a perverted form of religion to go wild with imagining their dream political future. And it sucks. So why doesn't the mainstream left seem to have any counter imagination? I talk about it in this video. For more videos go to https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelOBurns join my...
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why the communists are winning
This is how communism got cool again OR why it always was. After the recent waves of Democratic Socialist wins across the United States, and the current institution's fixation on capital C "Communism" - let's break down what the c word actually means, and how we can all maybe achieve our own…
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How to Understand our Political Moment
Every aspect of society and culture has becoming increasingly political, but large scale political change feels increasingly impossible. Let's talk about why this is happening and what we can do about it. Join my free Patreon for updates on digital film screenings of LEAVE A...
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the online left does not exist
join my patreon at: https://burnstheory.com
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why culture sucks now
this is a youtube video about how financialization has radically shifted the creation, production, and consumption of art and culture, causing significant political shifts along the way. it's also kind of about how 9/11 led to Justin Bieber's recent coachella performance. kind of.
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how to build a leftist media empire
One year ago I got laid off from my job at a YouTube entity called "wisecrack." I've spent the past year building this channel into my job, and as I start my second year, I want to work to turn it into a community and something that's creating art that speaks to our moment in a human way. So…
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Why Liberals Always Side with Fascists
Here is my full interview with Dr. Clara Matteihttps://www.patreon.com/posts/155630790Buy Clara's Book from Bookshop dot orghttps://bookshop.org/a/116177/9781668085141support my channel and access BURNS THEORY and exclusive content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelBurns420Check out the...
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Billionaires are AFRAID of Philosophy.
Join Patreon to support the channel, gets videos early with NO ADS, and full access to my Burns Theory learning community: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelBurns420if you liked this one, learn about how all these guys are working together to take over our political and economic system:...
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the end of neoliberalism is here. and it sucks.
PART TWO of this video available only on Patreon, along with my Burns Theory learning community: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelBurns420Check out Anna Bocca's very good videos on finance: https://www.youtube.com/@annaboccaread Speculative Communities via my book shop dot org link:...
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Doing a War to Bring Jesus Back
America is starting a new HOLY WAR in the middle east, and soldiers are being told that they're doing it for Jesus. So that he'll come back. And take them home. Or something. But what's really going on here? support my channel and access my book club and exclusive content on Patreon:...
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respectfully . . . f*ck the attention economy.
Use my affiliate link to buy Attensity! from bookshop dot org:https://bookshop.org/a/116177/9798217086153Watch my video on Clavicular and the Nihilism of Looksmaxxing:https://youtu.be/q4alSFx38Zgsupport my channel and access my book club and exclusive content on Patreon:...
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this sh*t is crazy
at the core of the "looksmaxxing" movement is a really boring nihilism that sadly reflects the logic of our contemporary era in an all too stark way. also these young men make me so sad and i want to save them.support my channel and access BURNS THEORY and exclusive content on Patreon:...
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this is what American Christians really believe
WATCH PART 1 - HOW I BECAME A CHRISTIAN ATHEISThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdjiQVaHepAWATCH PART 2 - AMERICA'S CHRISTIAN DEATH CULThttps://youtu.be/wouIJDFarpUsupport my channel and access BURNS THEORY and exclusive content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelBurns420my recommended...
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it's deeper than doomscrolling
this video is about how to be normal again, how the internet is making that hard to do, and why we should all listen to De La Soul. order IMMEDIACY by Anna Kornbluh using my Bookshop dot org affiliate link: https://bookshop.org/a/116177/9781804291344watch ENDORPHIN PORT by Conner...
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Don't Talk About Politics
Use my affiliate link to buy Don't Talk About Politics from bookshop dot orghttps://bookshop.org/a/116177/9781399413923For more on Sarah Stein Lubrano: https://www.sarahsteinlubrano.com/support my channel and access my book club and exclusive content on Patreon:...
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America’s Christian Death Cult
WATCH PART 1 - HOW I BECAME A CHRISTIAN ATHEISThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdjiQVaHepARead the book Jesus and John Wayne: https://bookshop.org/a/116177/9781631499050Support the only workers owned streaming platform by joining MeansTV.Visit https://means.tv/programs/michaelburns and use code...
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Capitalism's New Playbook EXPOSED
CHECK OUT THE FULL AUTHORITARIAN STACK WEBSITE HERE: https://authoritarian-stack.info/support my channel and access my book club and exclusive content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MichaelBurns420my recommended reading list:https://bookshop.org/lists/recommended-reading-michael-burns
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how i became a Christian Atheist
did christianity actually lead me, and many others, to radical politics? if so, then why has it led american down a path of right-wing nationalism? and what does this all have to do with sexuality purity? i talk about it in this video on my journey from one type of faith to another type of faith....
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how to talk to your friend that's addicted to ChatGPT
UPDATE - people were NOT HAPPY with this one so I responded to criticism and comments on my stream this week - you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRj9A6Cr608Thanks so much to @dr.fatima for talking to me for this video. Be sure to subscribe to her channel if you don't...
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resist capitalism, do nothing.
For this months BURNS AFTER READING, I talk about Jenny Odell's How to Do Nothing, a book that uses the form of a self-help book to argue for new ways to resist being dominated by the attention economy while working together to refuse the systems of capitalism and exploitation. And because I try…
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no one knows how to act anymore. there's a reason why.
People have been acting weird at the movies. And at concerts. And at coffee shops. It seems like no one knows how to act anymore and that we have no more shared social reality. Some argue this started with the COVID pandemic in 2020, but I think we can trace the problem further back than that.…
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Trump's Nazi Philosophy
Recently Trump has been sending military and ICE to takeover America’s most “dangerous” cities. Places like Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago. And in doing so, he’s using the playbook of Naz* theorist Carl Schmitt. It’s not great. But we can’t fight back until we understand, you know? So let’s…
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Palantir is So F*cking Evil
what does protestors setting driverless taxis on fire have to do with ICE raids and the Silicon Valley attack on Democracy? I took a ride across Los Angeles in a Waymo taxi to try and figure it out. support my channel and access my book club on Patreon…
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The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han (READ THIS BOOK)
In this edition of BURNS AFTER READING I talk about Byung-Chul Han's The Burnout Society, and how it helps us make sense of why we feel so out of sync with the world of productivity and optimization. Buy THE BURNOUT SOCIETY from book shop dot org:https://bookshop.org/a/116177/9780804795098My full...
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Philosophy YouTube is Broken
Philosophy is the love of wisdom. YouTube is the love of attention and algorithmic data. So how is it possible to make philosophically engaging content on a platform that thrives off of drama and slop? This video tries to figure it out, to varying degrees of success. Join my Patreon for access to...
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The Pope Sends Silicon Valley to Hell
the pope wrote a thing about AI.
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