Episode 42 - Socialmediaocracy
Added 2024-08-13 12:32:40 +0000 UTCIn today's episode, we discuss more about the lenses raised in the previous episode. Discussions about making our lives parallel to what goes on beyond our reach as well as striving for our own sovereignty.
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One video that always comes to mind is a lecture by Harold Bloom. At the end there is a Q&A section, and he mentioned a library in the UK invited him to participate in a ceremony for digitalization or something like that. He said he never learned how to type and did not intend to, he also knew very little about information retrieval. The only question he had was "Was it information."
Esthers2411
2024-08-14 19:40:44 +0000 UTCIt's not pessimistic to acknowledge the transgressions of the world. It's only pessimistic if you look at the transgressions of the world and simply give up
Kinotherapy Movies
2024-08-14 18:54:36 +0000 UTCYoooo thank you so much for putting in words why I cannot stand Charli. It’s not just that I feel that her music and her brand is part of some globalist brainwashing process - her whole persona feels brainwashed.
J George
2024-08-14 10:21:43 +0000 UTCTotally..... spiritual bankruptcy is at the centre of so much suffering, fear and hate.
hyperballadbrad
2024-08-14 10:06:18 +0000 UTCYour comments on sincerity versus overly self conscious were provoking/relatable Charlie XCX comes to mind - I can't stand her music (hollow, vapid, robotic, bland). But there is also something about her as an individual too that perpetuates that feeling for me.... she has this persona of being blase, bored, 'over it'.... the adjective 'messy' comes up a lot - she seems to not want to commit to anything.... and that is very much a 'Gen Z' thing - but even as I say that, I don't think that's fair to say its just generational...... there was a lot of it around me when I was a child at school. It would frustrate me so much that people around me would seem empty, believe in nothing, have no passion, and take nothing seriously - everything has to be put down with a joke and insincerity. It's a state of being now that people identify and emulate.... look at the Marvel films.... they used to have a vague core of storytelling.... but because the brand has eaten itself to the point of antihalation, the script is made up of meta jokes and slapstick. The general public are happy with the 'comfort' of non-commitment (just as you suggested in the last episode). -------------------------------------------------- Yeah I see your points on Van Gogh - it's very easy now to market that element of his life and work as something 'tragic', of something unrealised - but there is also the potential for sincerity in that outlook ie - not being recognised for your impact and genius because it's deserved, because people care to praise those with insight and talent and impact on their lives and the world But it all gets watered down by how someone is perceived without the desire to find out more. If someone isn't wanting to find out more about these bitesize perceptions of something or someone, then what can one do? We look at our own fears of mortality too when we think of Van Gogh's impact and life - all humans are afraid of death and tend to do all they can to avoid it... when they are presented with an example of someone's 'greatness' not being recognised in life.... we consider how someone would feel on their deathbed...... what was my life for? What was my purpose? Did I waste it? Did I do all I could? What would I do differently? Even if you did live the fullest or the most virtuous or principled, how will we ever know what it feels like to have life slip away in the last moments? Was it worth it committing to something? Why? How? Does it matter if you aren't around anymore? It strikes fear of mortality in most of us, because we are left with the inevitable...... it all ends, meaning of our life is only what we create, and when we are gone, that meaning we created most likely is gone forever, not even leaving the faintest shadow..... but we still have to choose today what we do and why we do it, despite the potential of infinite nothingness ahead. -------------------------------------------- I am going to say my comments today are in the 'stream of consciousness' style.... I am really just feeling a little tired and inarticulate [but I always type this way you say? lol]
hyperballadbrad
2024-08-14 08:51:08 +0000 UTCNick Cave once said in an interview that, while he was living in London in the 90's, he'd go to church just to wash away his guilt for using heroin. "One good act balances one bad act". I think these "true believers" in "social justice" on the left or "freedom of speech" on the right could take notes from that anecdote: is your hatred for "white cis-het men" or for "the woke mob" real or is it just a cover to a lack of spiritual meaning in your life?
J George
2024-08-13 22:57:17 +0000 UTCI was watching the Mystic and the Machine stream yesterday (if you're not familiar with Angie Speaks' work on YouTube, please do yourself a favor and check her out) and the topic of "decentering" your reliance on social media and algorithms came up; it feels like a bit of a syncronicity that the only other podcast that I listen to - yours - is talking about the same stuff in such a small window of time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MLXWleJesY
J George
2024-08-13 22:30:19 +0000 UTCI just love seeing an interview going off the rails; John Lydon, especially during the early PiL days, was like the Pelé or the Ayrton Senna or derailing interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0q98NlzvCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjWwfCJ65s
J George
2024-08-13 21:30:38 +0000 UTCLuiza, your sentiment on Van Gogh's post-mortem recognition mirrors my sentiments with pretty much every single "unsuccessful but only later recognized" black artist I can think of - it's always the same reductionist BS about racism that keeps the debate "politicized" but sterile. The Detroit proto-punk band Death (do not mix them up with the Death Metal band of the same name, they're a very different) is a prime example of that; I almost feel like the "proto-punk" label is "consolation prize" for three black (literal) brothers who were just making the rock music they wanted to hear, but were barred from entering the industry because of their name; the lyrics of their songs were primarily concerned with spirituality, but this is often sidelined just to talk about the politics of the band's history. Anyways, go watch the "A Band Called Death" documentary (which is actually very sentimental) and go listen to their stuff. If you're into 70's Rock Music in general, it'll be right up your alley.
J George
2024-08-13 21:23:08 +0000 UTC“People are trapped inside their own world view which, for them, is unknowingly formed by the powers that be” How sad that so many people act to maintain this false and shallow status quo. I see it everywhere
Rebecca Orton
2024-08-13 18:39:11 +0000 UTC
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