let's THiNK about it

Part 1: The Aggregation of Marginal Gains

Habits are really about identity change. Behaviour change is simply the means to get there (the feedback loop).

What are atomic habits? They are the smallest p…

Series overview

There is a mystical power to self optimization, to becoming better. With all the Behavioral Science, behavioral economics, psychology, neurological studies, and FMRI tech we have figur…

Intro

Check Step 46 for a history of how money developed from sacred origins into “a force for evil.”

Part 1: Separation and Oneness

This illusion is a prison for us, restricting us to our personal desi…

Eisenstein asks “Why is money a force for evil in the world?” When did money, once a sacred promise and gift, become a means to separate individuals from each other and nature, to create competition,…

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Part I

This week, we were offered a story of an NPC, non-player character, in a video game called Free City. And what happens when Guy, played by Rya…

PART I
The art world is a complicated place with diverse motivations, bizarre criteria and social norms, yet it also offers profound friendships and solidarity through community. Ryder speaks of the p…

Our conversation ranges from daily routines, gut health and probiotics, taking supplements, being in therapy, meditation practice, physical fitness as part of a daily routine that produces chemicals …

Given the recent news of Hong Kong's protests being squashed, the "China Question" looms larger. As no expert, the best way to learn is bring someone on the show who has been podcasting about the mul…

Rutger Bregman’s book, Utopia for Realists, maps out how Universal Basic Income was nearly real in the 70’s. Coupled with increasing automation (robot uprising) and prospects of joblessness (along wi…

We walk through the dreamland of Cockaigne, and our small utopic dreams. Bregman reminds us democracy was once a dream, and slavery was once unthinkably common. 

We nearly had UBI in the 70's, because…

Mapping out how we got here, and why Baudrillard's ideas of the simulation and simulacrum can explain much about how our institutions and ideals have lost touch with their original motivating force, …

This is a loosely beginner friendly, and broad, look at Baudrillard's notions of simulacrum and simulation. 

Baudrillard is frequently cited in the art world in reference to all things that have steps…

In his interview, we discuss Tom's book. While speculative fiction, it is based in a realism that predicts a chain of events leading to a more and more despotic, tyrannical presidency by Trump. While…

This was a delightful conversation with Rebecca Coffey, author of the book "Science and lust" available on Amazon, or wherever you buy things that make you smarter.

We cover a lot of ground, while pri…

This week, I talk with Zackary Seitz, a doctoral student in Education and Social Studies at Univeristy of Texas at Denton.

We cover how to be a global citizen, especially when our globalized society i…

Part 1

 Is the culture of new capitalism, and our capitalist economy creating a New Politics?

Yes, of course. Increasingly, there is a divide between the wealthy workers who are, as Robert Reich calls …

During the depression people couldn't find work, so now we get an education, but today we still can't find work, and have lost our place in a society that devalues craftsmanship, stability, and exper…

PART 1: militarization of society

Tracing back to Max Weber’s insights, Sennett talks about the “iron cage” of the militarized bureaucracy is mapped onto society by Otto Von Bismarck.

This does 2 thing…

THE PUNISHER, is a comic book character who is an ex-military, badass vigilante. He is all dark and broody, and smashy and gunsy.

In 2019 the Punisher death’s head skull logo became conflated with the…