Diaries with Debby Friday

talking about desire, suffering, tanha, chanda, what is "right" for us, how to get what you want, surrender, emptying out, Wu Wei and gift giving. ---------------- [00:00:00] Introduction [00:01:10] Desire as a part of life [00:04:09] On right living [00:06:12] Letting go of the imaginary [00:15:06] Effortless action and the Wu Wei principle [00:18:38] Closing thoughts ---------------- Music: Litv...

talking about fame and spectacle, Lena Dunham's new memoir "Famesick", Guy Debord, mental health and trauma, virality, narcissism and why everyone wants to be famous.   ------------- [00:00:00] Introduction [00:01:30] Lena Dunham's memoir, "Famesick" [00:04:31] Fame in History and Modernity [00:14:21] The democratization of fame and The Society of The Spectacle [00:20:53] Why Does Everyone Want to...

talking about the body and technology, social media, Marshall McLuhan, looksmaxxing, the economy, Toby Shorin's "Body Futurism" essay, and what does it mean to be human in an electric world? ----------------------------   [00:00:00] Introduction [00:03:00] Marshall McLuhan and "The Medium is the Message" [00:06:12] What does the medium of social media produce in us?     [00:07:40] Pillar 1: Attent...

talking about art vs entertainment, industry and its economic structures, rupture, Mark Carney, truth, beauty, Hannah Arendt,  Theodor Adorno, why the artist must be a thinker, Simone Weil, and moreeee. --------------------------- Cover Image: Dallas, Texas, USA, 1981 (photography by Alex Webb) Intro Music By: Por Una Cabeza - 4Cellists Mark Carney Davos Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFBk...

talking about logging off, being online, history of the internet, in-between-ness, TikTok, Solvej Balle's "On The Calculation of Volume I", unreality, social media, time loops and moreeeee. ------------------------------- Cover Photo: https://pin.it/5rYiwdhyD Music: Lady Macbeth - Justin Allan Arnold Alex Beightol (on Tik Tok) https://www.tiktok.com/@abaetol On The Calculation Of Volume I by Solve...

talking about finding meaning, the development of the soul, potential, unreality, work and labour, David Graeber, financialization, abstraction, the AI economy, Simone Weil, and how to make your work the work of your life, etc. ------- Music: The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Artwork: https://ca.pinterest.com/pin/25614291624353854/   Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber https...

talking about power, fear, eros, Thanathos, that Goon Squad article, the financialization of art, everything being a casino, derivatives, abstraction, knowing thyself, AI, Marion Woodman's Addiction to Perfection, ego death, simulacra and simulation, goodness, concretizing, hope frequencies, etc. ----- texts mentioned in this episode: Addiction To Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride by Marion W...

talking about being an outsider, social rejection, difference as a gift, Madonna, Carl Jung, Marion Woodman, the parable of the talents, taking responsibility for your life, healing as an act of service, and hope frequencies, ofc. ----- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotif...

talking about definitions of slop, nihilism, the Charlie Kirk spectacle, internet and technology, Rudolf Steiner, Mark Fisher, complexity, hope frequencies, fear, entropy, alternative politics, etc. ----- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify...

talking about pressure, transformation, suffering as fuel, answering The Call, superposition and quantum mechanics, making a choice, Sartre, letting go, and some updates about my own pivot. ---- substack: https://debbyfriday.substack.com/ instagram: @debbydiaries000 | @debbyfriday goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182402410-debby-friday spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playl...

talking about stuck culture, mimetic madness, human design, the death of monoculture, resonance as the future of the arts, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Marshall McLuhan, innovation, hope frequencies, and moremoremore. ------ texts mentioned in this episode: "Clout Academy" by Katherine Dee: https://www.clunyjournal.com/cp/159136138 The Gutenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/sh...

talking about the fear of perception, the beauty in being misread and how to be true.