Diaries with Debby Friday

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.

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Music: The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Artwork: https://ca.pinterest.com/pin/25614291624353854/

Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt

Something Ominous Is Happening In The AI Economy, written by Rogé Karma

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/2025/12/nvidia-ai-financing-deals/685197/

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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 Woodman: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703515.Addiction_to_Perfection

"The Goon Squad" by Daniel Kolitz for Harper's Magazine: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/11/the-goon-squad-daniel-kolitz-porn-masturbation-loneliness/

"The Same Stream Twice" by Rob Arcand for N+1 Magazine: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-same-stream-twice/

Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22613.Simulacra_and_Simulation Teal Swan, "How To Get Over The Fear Of Responsibility": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmI6ubZEB9U

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

------ "Clout Academy" by Katherine Dee: https://www.clunyjournal.com/cp/159136138

The Gutenberg Galaxy by Marshall McLuhan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440463.The_Gutenberg_Galaxy

Feeling Is The Secret by Neville Goddard: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11485130-feeling-is-the-secret

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

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