Episodes
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Ep33 - Contra Buddha
Quick shoutout to the always entertaining history podcast, the Duo Stulti; in this morning’s episode on Cicero, Dune detoured into bashing Buddhism for exactly the same reason I would, so I was inspired to join in the fun. Intro theme: "Shattered", by https://www.youtube.com/@VopiscusGuitar...
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Monopoly on Violence (Political Short)
Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Idea-Not-Product-Moving-Daydreams/dp/B0CXFXXLB1/Intro theme: "Shattered", by...
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Socialism is Slavery without Accountability for the Slave-Owners
[Political Theory Series] Right now the government takes one quarter of the fruit of my labor. I don’t get to decide where that money goes or what it gets used for. We are one-quarter socialist, from where I’m sitting. Just heard that in New York City, which is not my problem, but a useful…
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Ep32 - The Plagiarizing Ego
Why do we maintain our positions? I recently caught myself getting defensive about ideas I didn’t even come up with, and so now I present to you the concept of the Plagiarizing Ego. Intro theme: "Shattered", by https://www.youtube.com/@VopiscusGuitar Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):...
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Ep31 - Semantic Contagion
Ideas, as neural patterns, live in the brain, can regulate and originate behavior, and can spread from one brain to another. In this episode, we’ll think about the concepts of semantic contagion and rational malware. The Last Word on Anger https://www.patreon.com/posts/last-word-on-136290288...
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Ep30 - Conspiracy Therapy
How to use conspiracy theories to improve your personality. TL/DW: The ways governments trick their populations potentially mirror the ways we trick ourselves. The Last Word on Anger: https://www.patreon.com/posts/last-word-on-136290288 Intro/outro theme: "Shattered", by...
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Ep29 - Personality Programming & Suprahuman Entanglements
“...anyone who considers the basic drives of man.... will find that all of them have done philosophy at some time – and that every one of them would like only too well to represent just itself as the ultimate purpose of existence and the legitimate master of all the other drives. For every drive...
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Ep28 - Goals vs Whims
You don’t need to “get in touch” with your feelings. Whim is the polar opposite of conscious self-direction. You need top-down alignment, not bottom-up, or you’ll be reversing the neural circuitry that gives us humans what little autonomy we’ve managed to evolve. The Podcram Ep32 - Emotions,...
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Ep27 - Keep Your Logic Tight
Multiple points in your argument can sometimes mean multiple points of total failure. Here's the case for narrower reasoning. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your…
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Ep26 - You Snooze, You Lose
A message of hope for those who choose to hear it, and a warning for those who do not.... Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook):...
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Ep25 - Social Tumors & Telomeres
Is overregulation analogous to autoimmune disease? Social Tumors and Telomeres… Cancer and Corporations… Immunity and Monopoly… Shmoke and a Pancake? Here's a related episode of "The Podcram": https://youtu.be/acsXHqnbfQ0 Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):...
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Ep24 - Psychosomatic Infarction
Can you shut your body down, simply by thinking the wrong thought? In the great open field of ideas, are there landmines? Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet...
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Ep23 - Parsing the Soup
How do we categorize reality? What’s the adaptive value of intolerance? Get ready for the greatest idea since sliced water! Intro theme: "Shattered", by Vopiscus: https://www.youtube.com/@VopiscusGuitar Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):...
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Ep22 - the Sleepisode
Every major mistake I've made in my life involved a lack of sleep. When I finally realized that, I built a fortress of rituals and rules around sleep, and for the last few years, so long as I stick to the path, sleep comes easy. Field-tested, tried and true—these secrets of rest, I’ll now share...
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Ep21 - Gnosis Primer #2 - Harmonic Resonance
Here comes Gnosis Primer #2: Harmonic Resonance. You don’t need to hear the first rant to follow along, but If you haven’t listened to the “Gnosis Metaprimer” episode, I recommend you start there, then come back to this. If you’re returning, then get ready for a wild ride that takes us from...
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Ep20 - Gnosis Primer #1 - Comedy, Music, Magic, Fiction
If you haven’t listened to the “Gnosis Metaprimer” episode, I recommend you start there, then come back to this. If you just got back, then strap yourself in for Gnosis Primer #1, a rant in which we’ll explore the commonalities between techniques of comedy, music, magic, and fiction. Augmenting...
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Ep19 - Gnosis Metaprimer
What is Gnosis? My discussion of this topic has nothing to do with anything religious, occult, supernatural, spiritual, mystical, or anything like that, even though it’s frequently dealt with in those contexts. Instead, I’m approaching this very real psychological phenomenon from a purely...
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Ep18 - Enabling & Disablling Beliefs
The placebo effect, self-reliance, and Shakespearean conspiracy. “An institution is the lengthened shadow of a man” - Emerson Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your…
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Ep16 - Dominating Fate Through Ritual
The value that can be built from what you do control far outweighs the all value you’ll ever collect from fortune. Belief and faith are two different things. Deliberation costs can outweigh opportunity costs. Lessons from an arsonist. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):...
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Ep14 - Motivational Rant on Ritual (ver2)
Most of life is uncertain, but some things are very certain. You will die; therefore time to act is limited. Every piece of mail you bother to open steals 30 seconds of your limited time, tugging you an inch closer to the grave… Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):...
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Ep13 - Emotional Snipe Hunt
The whole concept and practice of trying to get in touch with your inner feelings results in nothing but psychological destabilization. Looking for soft spots makes you squishy. Feelings are not emotions. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook):...
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Ep12 - Self-Talk vs Interrogation
How many of us talk crap to ourselves when we screw up? Does it really matter? Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook):...
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Ep11 - Deterministic Agency (ver2)
How accountability and initiative still fit the deterministic picture. This is my re-write of the episode "Partially Free Will". Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your...
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Ep10 - Ichiban
One would make a little boy stare if one asked him: "Would you like to become virtuous?"– but he will open his eyes wide if asked: "Would you like to become stronger than your friends?" - Nietzsche, The Will to Power, note 918. Documentary mentioned: "Lesson Plan: The Story of the Third Wave"...
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Ep9 - The Religious Spit-Shake
An investigation into the social function of agreed-upon falsehoods. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook):...
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Ep8 - Formula for Trust
What are the principles upon which to form or break off connections? Attempt at a first draft, in need of listener input. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet...
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Ep7 - All Religions Were True, but Not Yet
Let's have some imaginative fun centered around artificial intelligence, self-fulfilling prophecies, and a fresh conspiratorial view of history. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from…
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Ep6 - Sabbath as Restraint, Not Rest
We talk about an alternate view of days off, meditation, and discipline, while sprinkling in some choice words of wisdom from Ferris Bueller, Daniel Tosh, and Andrew Huberman. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a...
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Ep5 - Misguidance of Self-Esteem
Argument for abandoning the concept of self-esteem in favor of the term "morale", and an exploration of its foundations, pitfalls, and utility. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your...
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Ep3 - Atheist Over Agnostic
Exploration of the rationale against uncertainty. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to Your Wallet (audiobook):...
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Ep1 - Sharpening Occam's Razor
The meaning of the Principle of Parsimony has been watered down so much it's worse than useless, so I'm setting the record straight. Augmenting Willpower (audiobook): https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Augmenting-Willpower/dp/B0CMY2T4D5/ An Idea is Not a Product: Moving Daydreams from Your Head to…
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Heavy metal philosopher of psychology, sociology, and political theory. Grease your mental gearbox with this collection of concise concepts meant to get the creative juices flowing. (formerly titled Psychic Lube)
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