Illegitimate Scholar

I discuss identity and how it relates to contemporary political issues. Primary identities. Different overlapping identities, and which one takes prominence. Assimilation, accommodation.

well this episode ended up shorter than I thought it would be. next weeks will be longer. 

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Me and my friend Ben, an American Jew, sit down to discuss Israel Palestine. We discuss the violence, extremist factions on both sides, the practical result vs motive. We talk about civilian casualties, collateral, and what makes violence acceptable. We talk about the implications of diverse peoples existing in one country (United States or Israel, or any other). We discuss the rhetoric of violence at college campuses and amongst public figures. We disagree over "legitimacy". 

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Not a normal episode. Feel mixed about even releasing it, but I felt this chaos of an episode was good for the chaos of the situation. 

Decisions made on emotion are usually not the right ones. 

Don't be pushed to violence. 

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I sit down with Phil Gibson to talk Jerome Powell.

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Phil Substack:
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Centralization of political authority and how it happens over time to today. Early Humans. Roman/Chinese Empire. Early Modern. Modern. Post-Modern.

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1. Centralization
   1. Definition
      1. the action or process of bringing activities together in one place.
      2. the concentration of control of an activity or organization under a single authority.
2. Hunter-gatherers, state of nature
3. Any higher centralization requires some level of political organization
4. Early Empires
   1. Rome similar but specific example China
      1. Standardized writing system: 
      2. Standardized systems of weights and measures: 
      3. Standardized currency: 
      4. Network of roads and canals: 
      5. Great Wall of China:
5. After Roman Empire collapses the next thing I want to concentrate on is the modern era, beginning with the era of “absolutism”
   1. Feudalism in Europe was decentralized
6. Phillip II of Spain
   1. He established the Royal Printing Office in Madrid in 1566
7. Established the Tercios
   1. Professional Army under Spain specifically
   2. Rather than feudal levies
   3. Standardized, highly effective
8. He built new roads and canals to connect different parts of Spain and to facilitate the movement of troops and supplies.
   1. Physical location very important
   2. China, Rome, USA, always important, speed matters
9. He expanded the Spanish bureaucracy and created new government departments
   1. Always
   2. Replaces feudalism
   3. Put loyal people in those positions
      1. #patronage
10. He established a postal service that linked Madrid to all major Spanish cities
    1. With new roads, postal service allows control of larger area, utilize those roads, make information reliable and control
11. All only possible with marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile in 1469
    1. Leads into Spain
12. Modern era
    1. All the centralization in the modern era mirrors the past
    2. Railroads allowed for even faster transportation
    3. Telegraph for faster information transfer
    4. Ship technology faster transport
    5. Regional languages disappear as people are incentivized to speak the most economically viable language
13. Post-Modern and the future
    1. That brings us to today
    2. Internet is an insane force
14. Lifestyle centralization
    1. People in Namibia, Indonesia, Myanmar can see life in the upper classes of North America, Europe, East Asia, Middle Easst
15. Globalism and the New World Order

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We talk about Hunter Biden indictment and its implications, Ireland and Northern Ireland, a few other current events, and then we discuss some architecture. 

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This episode is with the great Stone Age Herbalist. Very excited to have him here.

Buy his book here, I HIGHLY recommend: https://amzn.to/3ZgpnAL

Substack: https://stoneageherbalist.substack.com/

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We discuss an introduction of Stone Age Herbalist, or Herb's, book. I go over what some of the essays are. We discuss how Anthropology and Archaeology differ in Europe and North America. We talk about old anthropological methods. We talk about where anthropology went wrong and what happened WWII and after-WWII did to create this scenario. We discuss the specifics of WEIRD. We discuss issues with anthropology today and what people like Stone Age Herbalist and I do differently and the methods we use. We discuss non-free people and the institutions around them and the anthropological position on the prominence of the Trans-Atlantic. We discuss 60s Anthropology and the noble savage trope with related issues. We discuss misunderstandings of people's practices and a few specifics of primitive societies. We discuss the consent of one modern path to success when ancient peoples had many and its relation to patriarchy and matriarchy. We discuss pastoralism, agriculture, how cultures can switch between them and utilize new foreign technology within their culture.  We discuss the likely lost civilizations in the Amazon and the archaeological methods used to find their artifacts and the implications for our understanding of people moving between vastly different methods of subsistence. We discuss uncontacted tribes and how they are really contacted and just have the "do not disturb" sign up. 

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We have a woman on the show for a first time. DEI score officially going up. Loved this conversation with Brooke. She recently left a corporate job and is moving towards entrepreneurial pursuits. We discussed a few things including corporate culture and its positives and negatives. We talked about her journey leaving corporate culture and what she plans on doing now with the experience and connections she has. She has a unique perspective and a way with people and I probably talked too much, should have let her talk more. We will hear from her again!

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In this episode I speak about the influences of Globalism in general and a few aspects of life and culture that globalism permeates, like language. We discuss globalism and its relation to architecture and how architecture is metaphoric of greater shifts in our culture happening as a result of globalization. The positives of globalization in architecture, business, and non-places of utility is discussed (airports, hospitals, McDonald's). Those are then countered with the negatives, such as a lack of local influence, soul-crushing efficiency, and one-size-fits-all approach. A discussion about what values go into these decisions is had, and then we finish with a discussion of examples of globalism and international business being a part of local architecture through McDonald's Restaurants and how that shows what we can do as a species into the future for a culture built for humans. 

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