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- #6: Meditation and Consciousness
In this episode, Raymond talks about his experience with meditation, after meditating for the past 5 years and attending a meditation retreat this summer. The conversation slowly changes towards questions regarding consciousness, as Raymond and Anthony explore the mind-body problem of consciousness, and how meditation, philosophy, and science can all help us understand why humans experience consciousness.
Portions of this episode have been cut due to poor audio and the belief that we can do the topics (e.g. AI) justice in later episodes.---
socials:raymond:
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RaymondZhu
Anthony:
- instagram: anthnyung
22 min - #5: Why Philosophy is Important
In this episode, Raymond and Anthony highlight how learning philosophy can affect all aspects of our daily lives, and how philosophy is present in whatever we learn, whether the sciences or art. They show how despite the current image of philosophers being old men thinking about irrelevant topics, philosophy can be used to live better lives overall, improving our character and the way we interact with the world.
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also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCer_a07lOYqHZtO-QLvlNJQ/
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socials:
raymond:
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RaymondZhu
Anthony:
- instagram: anthnyung
38 min - #4: Masculinity and Radicalization
Raymond and Anthony discuss the recent male mental health crisis which has seen suicide rates among men triple those of non-males. Raymond discusses the relationship between contemporary masculinity and the weaponization of masculinity by influencers to advance their misogynist worldview. They also discuss the binding hold contemporary gender roles impose on people, how the expectations placed upon men have led to the said mental health crisis, and how a school of thought believed to be the enemy--feminism--is actually the antidote. Finally, they try to discuss solutions to these problems, and try to instill a kind of hope in the listener.
*the term right-wing was used sloppily in the episode. there is nothing inherently wrong with right-wing ideas, the issue is that oftentimes right-wing ideas are used to perpetuate problematic statements. we apologize for that.---
also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCer_a07lOYqHZtO-QLvlNJQ/
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Socials:
Raymond:
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RaymondZhu
Anthony:
- instagram: anthnyung
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Resources:
- on dating as a man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be_Ms3nVG10
- incels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2briZ6fB0
- masculinity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1xxcKCGljY
- takedown videos:
- sneako: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSHVgKqPiOM
- fresh and fit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBrtmpOqg-c
- andrew tate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkohX4ICZGk
- books:
- Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
- The Will to Change by Bell Hooks
37 min - #3: Digital Minimalism Revisited
In Erudite Episode 3, Anthony and Raymond revisit the topic of the previous episode: Digital Minimalism, and Anthony’s Experience with the lifestyle over the past couple of weeks. Including the ups and downs he faced, and some of the changes he has noticed.
24 min - #2: Digital Minimalism and Keeping Relationships
Digital Minimalism is a philosophy/lifestyle where someone aggressively restricts their tech usage, keeping only the services they find valuable, which usually involves deleting social media.
In this episode, Anthony and Raymond each talk about their experience with Digital Minimalism and its relation to socialization as teenagers, being recent adoptees and long-time adherents, respectively.
35 min - #1: Why are our conversations so shallow?Welcome to Erudite, a new podcast hosted by Raymond and Anthony, two high schoolers from the suburbs of Toronto, who will discuss intellectual subjects and their own interests, ranging from literature to film.In this episode, they discuss the reason why they created this podcast: the lack of intellectual conversations in their daily lives, and why they believe this is the case.50 min
About Erudite
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Two Highschoolers from the suburbs of Toronto engage in intellectual conversations surrounding topics that interest them, documenting and archiving their growth throughout time.