Tonic Discussions

Mathew Crawford from Rounding the Earth joins the crew to talk about leadership and modeling the moment in terms of network warfare.

Discussing the search for and promotion of truth in the postmodern information age.

The T7 crew return in the new year to discuss the Declaration of Military Accountability. If the military can brazenly violate the law and subvert the constitutional rights of service members are sworn to protect without consequence, what are those oaths worth? Check out the declaration at militaryaccountability.com and feel free to sign the petition if you're so inclined. Though the initial signatories of the declaration are all service members and veterans, everyone is welcome to sign the petition.

First off, the subject matter for this one is intense, viewer discretion is advised.The start of Edmund Howe's article in the Journal of Clinical Ethics says it all. "Peter Singer, a leading philosopher who advocates animals' interests. expressed views on human/animal sex in an on-line book review. He said that while he didn't regard bestiality as "normal or natural," he didn't find it necessarily offensive" to our status and dignity a human being. He said this to highlight what he sees as many humans' hypocrisy regarding the treatment of animals: they are outraged at human/animal sex, when no one, ostensibly, is harmed. Yet these same people may show no concern when thousands of animals suffer needlessly every day." (https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi...)This take starts the conversation which quickly expands into the difference between humans and animals (a difference in degree or in kind?).

Join us as we delve into the role accountability plays in society. We all seem to agree it is essential, but why? What are the consequences when people can't be held accountable? What does it mean for government, policy, and AI? John's Cryptocracy is relevant, as is Grant's Modeling Maximum-Tent Morality which explore how to deal with a lack of accountability among the governing class and moral principles that can facilitate greater accountability to ourselves and each other respectively. https://barsoom.substack.com/p/cryptocracyhttps://radicalamerican.substack.com/p/modeling-maximum-tent-morality

A discussion of Wolf Tivy's article in Palladium Mag delving into accelerationism, humanism, and agency https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/11/03/make-yourself-human-again/

We all got started talking about the pros and cons of nicotine and its various means of administration and social contexts offline then decided to hit record and see where it went. The conversation spans several topics and ends up setting up our next conversation about the relationship between accountability, power, and responsibility quite nicely.

In this episode of Tonic Discussions we dive deep into the depths of John Carter's recent article examining the apparent relationship between the interaction of the hemispheres of the human brain and politics. Perhaps a useful framework to reflect on all cognition, this article (and accompanying discussion here) found fertile ground focusing on these particular implications. Read here: https://barsoom.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-a-brain-with-schizophrenia

What's the deal with all the recent talk of aliens and UAPs? Join us as we discuss!

Today's discussion centers around two articles, one from John and one from Luc: https://barsoom.substack.com/p/memetic-judo-biopolitics-and-exopolitics https://luctalks.substack.com/p/on-becoming-an-awake-contrarian

Today we review and discuss an article from our own Harrison Koehli examining supernatural evil and its nexus to ponerology. Does evil have a physical manifestation? If so, what is it? How is good differentiated from evil? Is evil a pure biophysical issue or is there something more? Read Harrison's thought provoking article and join us for a discussion! https://ponerology.substack.com/p/supernatural-evil-and-ponerology

In this episode, the Tonic 7 discuss N.S. Lyon's recent essay on the convergence of Chinese and American systems, using this as the starting point for a discussion about Evil and its relationship to the managerial state.

This episode we talk about an article by Billionaire Psycho entitled Pygmalion and the Anime Girl. It is a very long article (or rather Poem, or perhaps a Collage) examining a feature of the current state of civilization which then expands to confront many challenges society faces and the dearth of viable solutions. https://billionairepsycho.substack.com/p/pygmalion-and-the-anime-girl

Extended discussion of national divorce, this time with more Doc Hammer!

An animated discussion about the prospect of national divorce as a means of resolving seemingly irreconcilable differences in the current American political environment.

Today we discuss Raw Egg Nationalist's short essay on art in the modern age and resisting the desire to merely "RETVRN" to the past. See essay here: https://asylummagazine.ca/FAIL-BETTER-TACITUS-AND-ART-ON-THE-DISSIDENT-RIGHT

Today we discuss the article "Complex Systems Won't Survive The Competence Crisis" by Harold Robertson. https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/06/01/complex-systems-wont-survive-the-competence-crisis/The interdependent complex systems giving us our push-button economy in the developed world evolved under conditions where diversity was not a primary concern. Robertson argues that there is a fundamental conflict between prioritizing diversity and prioritizing competence. Will this conflict be enough to unravel the complex systems upon which our modern civilization depends? Join us as we discuss this and more!

Are we in the midst of a spiritual/religious war? If so, how can we delineate the sides in this conflict? More importantly, how do we pick a side? Join us as we discuss an article written by John Daniel Davidson in The Federalist entitled "Corporate America Has Launched A Religious War. It's Time To Choose Your Side" that explores these questions so that we may align ourselves with Tao against Machine.

Another tonic discussion, this time about education. Is the Prussian model the western world mostly inherited valuable, or should it be discarded into the dustbin of history? That and MORE!

Some months ago John Carter wrote an article about how the U.S. can't win WWIII. This prompted us to discuss that topic on this week's episode. Is another global conflagration inevitable, or are we already in the midst of a fifth generation war of wars? Obviously this is a complex topic, but we do our best to scratch the surface.

What the heck is honor anyway? These days many seem convinced it isn't important, or maybe that it isn't even real (although that usually comes from postmodernists who don't think anything is real). Join us as we try to wrap our heads around what honor means to us and to civilization, and how it might just be the key to our salvation as a species.Daniel: aghostinthemachine.substack.comMark: markbisone.substack.comJohn: barsoom.substack.comHarrison: ponerology.substack.comLuc: luctalks.substack.comEric: dochammer.substack.comGrant: radicalamerican.substack.com and h2fman.substack.com

When human beings witness paranormal phenomenon, is this evidence of the existence of the supernatural, an indication we might not understand nature as well as we think, or an artifact of complex neural processes? Is it some combination thereof? Join us as we discuss setting the stage for future discussions on epistemology and particular phenomenon that have been categorized as paranormal since the word hit the scene in the 1920s.

Trans ideology is central to the cultural zeitgeist. Join us as we attempt to wrap our heads around these phenomenon touching on everything from psychology and health to metaphysics.

Is the climate changing? If so, is it a big deal? If so, are humans responsible? If so can we do anything about it? We blow past addressing these questions and more to get past what we consider to be the obvious answers in order to cover more interesting ground. Join us as we explore the perverse impact that a myopic focus on CO2 is having and what might be done to avert the kind of catastrophe that inevitably follows wholesale disregard of reality over narrative.Looking for more from the Tonic 7? Check out our link tree with links to our 'stacks and more: linktr.ee/tonic7