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Today we discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Use and Abuse of History" from his Untimely Meditations. The title is basically the motto of the monumental historians. We discuss what these are and how it relates to consciousness, etc. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we finish our discussion of Oliver Sack's book Musicophilia by covering chapters 9, 10, and 19. These cover things like perfect/absolute pitch, cochlear hearing loss, and the neurobiology of rhythm. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss chapters 2, 3, and 8 from Oliver Sack's book Musicophilia. These chapters cover interesting neurological cases where people have seizures that cause and are caused by music, as well as people who have congenital and onset amusia, dysharmonia, and tone-deafness. Could you live in a world without music? Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent...

Today we discuss Oliver Sack's book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", specifically focusing on chapter 2, "The Lost Mariner". It discusses a 49 year old patient suffering from a particularly bad form of Korsakoff's syndrome, where he could not make any new memories and had forgotten the last 30 years. This resulted in him thinking he was a 19 year old fresh out...

Today we discuss A.H. Maslow's "A Theory of Human Motivation", which is the paper that proposed his 5 hierarchies of needs. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss Byoung-Kyong Min's article called "A thalamic reticular networking model of consciousness", which basically theorizes a the primary location of consciousness within the nervous system resides in the thalamic reticular nucleus. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss "Dioscorides On Pharmacy And Medicine" by John M. Riddle. Dioscorides was a Greek/Roman physician who wrote an influential pharmacopeia back in the 1st century AD. We discuss the treatise, what life was like as a Roman physician, some of the different schools of medicine back then, among other things! Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't repr...

Today we finish our discussion of John Locke’s 2 Treatises on Government by talking about the second half of the 2nd treatise. Summary is this is basically where the USA framers got a lot of their ideas for how to structure government, and also he calls for revolt against tyrannical governments....no comment man. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any insti...

Today we continue our discussion of John Locke’s 2 Treatises on Government. We focus on the first half of the 2nd treatise today, which covers a lot, but begins by defining the state of nature and ends with describing how peaceful governments are formed. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we begin our discussion of John Locke’s 2 Treatises on Government. We focus on the 1st treatise today, which is chiefly about refuting Robert Filmer’s argument that kings have a divine right to rule that can be traced back to Adam. You can guess the conclusion from the title. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a pa...

Today we finish our discussion of Plato with the dialogue Theatetus, which is basically about knowledge. Spoiler, they conclude that they don't know what knowledge is, but this is kind of in line with Socrates' whole schtick. We share our thoughts on what knowledge is though, so listeners have that to look forward to! Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't repres...

Today we continue our discussion of Plato's dialogues with book I of the Republic. Basically Socrates hears and refutes 3 definitions of justice, proposes his own loose definition, refutes that, discusses death, and once again concludes he knows nothing. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we begin our discussion of Plato's dialogues with 'Socrates' Defense/Apology'. Basically Socrates' was on trial for corrupting the youth and not believing in God, so he refutes that, discusses his Oracle, and explains if he has any wisdom, it's because he knows he has no wisdom. I.e., we're all idiots so don't get carried away. Spoiler, he gets condemned. Disc...

Today we talk with Brother X about Peter Szendy’s book “Listen: A History of Our Ears. Specifically we discuss chapter 2, which makes some pretty philosophical points about whether people degrade arrangements more in modern times than they did prior to 1773. He also puts forth the idea that the arrangement works in tandem with the original work to strive towards a sort of ideal "Work". W...

Today we finish our discussion/reading of Rose Wilder Lane's book "Discovery of Freedom". Specifically we focus on the "Feudal System", "The English Liberties", and "The Third Attempt", The Feudal System chapter basically discuss how feudalism spawned from christendom and preserved the Abrahamic tradition of individualism/that all people are free; the En...

Today we discuss Rose Wilder Lane's book "Discovery of Freedom". Specifically we focus on "War" from Part I, and "The First Attempt" and "The Second Attempt" from Part II. Ultimately she's making the point that Abraham, Muhammad, and Jesus all preached about individualism and breaking away from authority figures. Also, war == bad.   Disclaimer: All o...

Today we discuss Rose Wilder Lane's book "Discovery of Freedom". Specifically we focus on Part I and talk about her belief that only individuals can control their own energy (as opposed to an outside authority) and that all organization wastes human energy (but organization that is maintained without force will reach a natural limit of wastefulness, while those with force exceed the...

Today we discuss 'The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom" by James Burnham. We focus on Section VI "Pareto: The Nature of Social Action", which detail's Pareto's theory of logical/non-logical actions, derivatives/residuals, and the circulation of the elites.   Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not...

Today we discuss 'The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom" by James Burnham. We focus on Section V "Michels: The Limits of Democracy", which detail's Michel's critique of democracy and his iron law of oligarchy.   Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss 'The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom" by James Burnham. We focus on Section 2 "Machiavelli: The Science of Power", which breaks down Machiavelli's method and political theories. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss 'The Anarchist Handbook', organized by Michael Malice. Specifically, we explore chapters 19 (David Friedman) and 20 (Murray Rothbard). Summary? State == bad   Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss 'The Anarchist Handbook', Organized by Michael Malice. We discuss chapters 8 (Lysander Spooner) and 16 (Emma Goldman). Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss 'The Anarchist Handbook', Organized by Michael Malice. We discuss chapters 1 (intro), 2 (William Godwin), and 13 (Leo Tolstoy). Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss essay 3 rom Nietzsche's "Genealogy of Morals"...asceticism is opposite to art, and arose to help us cope with reality...or something like that. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

Today we discuss essay 2 rom Nietzsche's "Genealogy of Morals"...memory, promise, punishment, resentment. Dare I say more. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own, respectively, and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.