Meta-Cosmos

When Bartleby is asked, "Where does wind come from?" he uses it as a launching point to describe the complexity of life on the grandest of scales. Artemus brings in a little math and mythology to the…

Looking into The Lord of the Rings and comparing the books to the movies, Artemus exposes how the movies were a fine adaptation but failed us as a society. In relation to Tolkien's essay, On Fairy St…

While J.R.R. Tolkien was creating Middle Earth, he literally defined the genre of Fantasy in a 1939 lecture, "On Fairy Stories." This week, Artemus breaks down that lecture, taking Bartleby on a tour…

This week, we look at the origins of the Tarot and the Major Arcana, examining the relationships between these archetypes. Artemus guides us through a tour of the cards and explores their relationshi…

What is reality made of? Taking a page from Carl Jung, we examine the space in between the collective unconscious and that thing we call the synchronicity. It’s a celestial dream space, where reality…

Why do we procrastinate? What are the invisible barriers that keep us from getting it done? Bartleby and Artemus manage to unpack the topic at the very last moment and teach us the value of getting i…

Do we deserve this? What does the word “deserve” even mean? Breaking it all down,Bartleby and Artemus discover that it is a circular loop of self-entitlement and self-deprecation. In another amazing …

As Superman's popularity rises in the zeitgeist, Bartleby and Artemus examine what this says about humanity. Our favorite pair of socks dive into some deep questions about Neitzche's Übermensch and t…

What does survival mean to animals and is it any different for the human animals? Inspired by the stand up comedy of David Drake, our favorite pair of socks examine human nature, yet again. Also, we …

With education standards on the decline, we ask ourselves, what is the cause of this decline, what are its effects, and what can be done about it? Our favorite pair of socks have several suggestions,…

As bombs fly overhead in the Middle East, Bartleby and Artemus look back on the wisdom Delores O'Riordan left us and how relevant her message still is. With Israel and Iran embroiled at war, we ask o…

Getting into the mechanics of navigating perception, Bartleby asks Artemus to explain the Flux Capacitor of interdimensional travel and the role attitude plays in outcomes. With real-time examples, t…

Animal bodies come with some natural repercussions, though not everyone can admit that they're an animal. From their relative sock status, Bartleby and Artemus examine the seven signs of life and wha…

What does authortarianism look like and how do we fall into its plans? Through the lens of Andor (the Star Wars series), Bartleby and Artemus begin a journey discussing rebellion in many forms, parti…

In a special Meta-Cosmos retrospective, we examine the past topic of corporate sentience and re-examine what it all means, in light of Large Language Models and Artificial Intelligence (as they have …

Our favorite pair of socks field listener questions and explore the nature of perception, the path to healing, the fundamentals of intuition, and what is up with the generation gap? In a surprisingly…

What is skibidi, and how is it a Dadaist expression? Dive into the origins of the early 20th-century anti-art movement as a response to a broken social contract. Along the way, Bartleby and Artemus e…

Examining the social safety net, Bartleby and Artemus get to the core of what fuels bigotry. Why should a society help people? And a more important question, why would we not help each other? Our fav…

What are the chatbots up to? Can an LLM create art? Why would a chatbot want you to like it? In the face of an Orwellian AI mess, Bartleby and Artemus put a spotlight on the human condition and the v…