Logos Soup

In this episode I analyze a lucid dream that I recently had. In this surreal experience, I flew through a psychedelic mandala, found myself in an art gallery, and I encountered a painting rife with Gothic, psychoanalytic, and biological symbolism. As such, this episode is an intersection between art analysis and dream analysis.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a controversial public intellectual, and his arguments about lobsters and serotonin has been the subject of countless memes and criticisms. In this episode, I weigh on this discussion, the truths, and problems with Peterson's argument, and why the topic of lobsters has tremendous implications for the future of the psychedelic movement. 

In this art analysis episode, I discuss one of my favorite paintings of all time. This painting is an intriguing example of how the Surrealist Movement was influenced by Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theories, and how Darwinian Evolution birthed the masculine/feminine archetypes, as discussed in Carl Jung's psychoanalytic theories.

In this particularly paranoid episode, I discuss ByteDance, the world's most valuable startup, and its wildly popular social media app, Tik Tok. ByteDance is a global leader in Artificial Intelligence, and while its technology makes it a viable contender in the social media industry's turf war with Facebook, its is also a clear example of how AI algorithms can perfectly and precisely tap into the human Limbic System. Does today's AI pose any serious danger to our society? How will this change with the introduction of Brain Computer Interfaces? And what does the psychedelic experience teach us about this problem?

Every Sunday, I will be analyzing that day's three Catholic Bible readings, and discussing their meanings from a both a Theological standpoint, and from a secular Psychoanalytic view. This week's readings are perfect for kicking the series off — they discuss the grand narrative of mankind's fall and redemption — the story of how Adam succumbed to Satan's temptation, and how God ultimately sacrificed himself in order to forgive this original sin.