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Tonic Discussions
by Tonic Seven
In a world where the forces of darkness have twisted the largest and most venerable institutions of the West into toxic caricatures of their former selves, seven tonic brothers-in-arms unite on a quest to find truth regardless of the consequences. Join us as we bring our eclectic interests, expertise, and life experience to step outside the longhouse to discuss and explore the issues of the day. Originally brought together by the written word, you can find our respective publications for further consideration here: https://linktr.ee/tonic7
Episodes
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Leadership and Network Warfare: A Tonic Discussion with Mathew Crawford
Mathew Crawford from Rounding the Earth joins the crew to talk about leadership and modeling the moment in terms of network warfare.
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Persuasion, Rhetoric, Propaganda, Truth
Discussing the search for and promotion of truth in the postmodern information age.
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The Declaration of Military Accountability
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...
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Discussing Peter Singer's Take on Animals
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...
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Accountability
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...
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Becoming More Human in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
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/
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Drugs, Prometheus, and Ideological Justifications for Control
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...
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The Internet is a Brain With Schizophrenia
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...
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Aliens
What's the deal with all the recent talk of aliens and UAPs? Join us as we discuss!
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Epistemic Humility, How to Avoid Ideological Thinking, and (of course) Religion
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
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Supernatural Evil and Ponerology: What is the metaphysical status of evil?
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…
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Two Evil Empires Converge: Communist China & Globohomo America (GAE)
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.
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Pygmalion and the Anime Girl
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…
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National Sidepiece
Extended discussion of national divorce, this time with more Doc Hammer!
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National Divorce (USA)
An animated discussion about the prospect of national divorce as a means of resolving seemingly irreconcilable differences in the current American political environment.
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Fail Better: Tacitus and Art on the Dissident Right
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
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The Competence Crisis
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...
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Tao vs. Machine
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...
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Education
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!
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WWIII
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…
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Honor
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...
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Paranormal
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...
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The Faustian Bargain of Trans Ideology
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.
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Climate Change
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...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In a world where the forces of darkness have twisted the largest and most venerable institutions of the West into toxic caricatures of their former selves, seven tonic brothers-in-arms unite on a quest to find truth regardless of the consequences. Join us as we bring our eclectic interests, expertise, and life experience to step outside the longhouse to discuss and explore the issues of the day. Originally brought together by the written word, you can find our respective publications for further consideration here: https://linktr.ee/tonic7
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Tonic Seven
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