This Place is Weird

A frank discussion (without dismissing the reasons) of what deglobalization would look like.  I don't get paid, nothing is sponsored, this podcast is not monetized. If you're hearing ads, it's not from me and it doesn't benefit me. All views are my own. Thanks for listening!

I don't get paid, nothing is sponsored, this video is not monetized. If you're hearing ads, it's not from me and it doesn't benefit me. All views are my own. Thanks for listening!

With the World Cup afoot, I work through the implications of making nationalism a consumer choice and bringing civic responsibility into the realm of consumer culture. Baudrillard and Bourdieu are our guides.

While avoiding liberal and conservative cliches, I discuss the masculinity crisis and try to unpack why the manosphere is so appealing.

Inspired by some weird news out of the New York Fed and ongoing conversations about AI, I ponder why the future looks grim when we're apparently on the doorstep of automation.

What happens when relationships are commodities? What happens when dating feels the same as looking through pictures or changing your music? What happens when you're supposed to be yolo pilled enjoymaxxers and ONE PERSON has to meet all your needs?

With the scammer established and college as a commodity analyzed, we look to the future of college and the question of enjoyment. Alfie Bown's "Enjoying It" https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/enjoying-it

Following up on last week's discussion of the scammer, we spend some time with the theoretical implications of college as a commodity as well as a brief discussion of why this thing got so expensive with regard to both policy and resource allocation within and among universities.

Characteristically chaotic and meandering discussion of whether college is a scam, and if so, who is the scammer?