Philosophers In Space

We survived the zombies! We escaped from earth to space and found another society that is also terrible but is not actively being overrun by zombies. For part two of our Player of Game time we dive into the Empire of Azad and their essentialist culture. We discuss how essentialism naturally plays a major role in authoritarian cultures and undermines meritocracy.

Essentialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentialism

Authoritarianism and gender essentialism: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-020-01123-3

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Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

CONTENT PREVIEW: Player of Games and Gameification of Ethics and Culture Pt3

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Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

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CONTENT PREVIEW: Dr. Who "Heaven Sent" and "self" sacrifice

Hi all! Another round of profound thanks to our patrons who are keeping the lights on even in these difficult times. Thank you so much and hope you enjoy this special birthday Q and A!

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CONTENT PREVIEW: Listener Qs 14

What a wild time to celebrate our 100th episode. At least we're celebrating it talking about something of great value, World War Z's portrayal of the loss of humanity from doing the right thing. I hope it helps to think about how we're all experiencing the grind and that's what makes us humans.

Williams against Utilitarianism: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/williams-bernard/#DayCannTooFarOffhWillAgaiUtil

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Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

CONTENT PREVIEW: Player of Games and Essentialist Culture Pt2

Moving with the kind of speed you'd have hoped to see in our federal government, we have pivoted away from our Culture coverage (don't worry it's just bumped down the timeline a bit) to current events with Max Brooks's epic masterpiece World War Z. Easily one of the best works of horror fiction around. For part one, we talk through the consequentialist arguments in the first half, while marveling at all the disturbing similarities to the daily news. Part two is gonna cover the loss of humanity side of the book, so buckle up.

Lifeboat ethics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_ethics

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Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

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Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

CONTENT PREVIEW: World War Z and Humanity pt2

Last episode, Thomas complained that I never take him to any nice utopias, so here we are! The Culture, the closest any sci-fi I've ever read got to anything that sounded like a good outcome, besides maybe Um-Helat. I'm told all of Ian Banks's books are fabulous, but we start with a really easy and satisfying intro to the Culture world, The Player of Games. In part one we cover the Culture society and whether it counts as an AI Utopia and what the potential costs are for living in such a society. Part two will cover the contrasting Empire of Azad and the various kinds of essentialism at its core.

AI Utopia book: https://www.amazon.com/Automation-Utopia-Human-Flourishing-without/dp/0674984242/

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Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

Recent appearances: Aaron did a two part chat with Emerson over at the Counterapologetics and Walden Pod. Pt1 is on Moral Luck and Pt2 is on Neutral Monism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Tz97eGos

CONTENT PREVIEW: Player of Games and Biological Essentialism pt2

Hey, podcast listener. Are you feeling down? Don't got enough old timey eugenics in your life? Well come on up to our floating spaceship of horrors, I mean HUMORS! We've got weird new DNA for everybody and we can all go Galt together. Turn that taker mind into a maker mind, with Philosophers in Space brand plasmids. Come on, it's your rational birthright!

Who is John Galt?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Galt

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Recent appearances: Aaron was in TWO recent debates online! One on the Question of Jewish IQ, and the other on Panpsychism. Something for everyone!

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Panpsychism debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSlk8mpae1s&feature=youtu.be

CONTENT PREVIEW: Player of Games and AI Utopia Pt1

This episode is about Eugenics in much the same way that Firefly is about the civil war. That is to say, it's okay that we're the baddies here cause we're loveable scamps. We discuss whether it is moral to make people better, which is clearly a separate question from whether it is technically possible, which it totally is.

Recent resurgence in Eugenics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics#Modern_resurgence_of_interest

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Recent appearances: Aaron was in TWO recent debates online! One on the Question of Jewish IQ, and the other on Panpsychism. Something for everyone!

Jew IQ debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5axofPNufw&feature=youtu.be

Panpsychism debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSlk8mpae1s&feature=youtu.be

CONTENT PREVIEW: Bioshock and Going Galt

Picture in your head the "I'm not saying it was aliens..." guy, but that's the whole series. Boom, you're now caught up on Stargate and can fully enjoy this episode of lighthearted banter between archetypal humans as they toy with the lives of other humans in ways they can't begin to understand. We're watching season 3 episode 15 of Stargate: Atlantis. The episode is called "the game" so we thought it would be super original to tie that to gamification. That's about as deep as the Stargate writing pool goes.

Article on Gamification: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/technology/all-the-worlds-a-game-and-business-is-a-player.html

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Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

Recent appearances: Aaron was in TWO recent debates online! One on the Question of Jewish IQ, and the other on Panpsychism. Something for everyone!

Jew IQ debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5axofPNufw&feature=youtu.be

Panpsychism debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSlk8mpae1s&feature=youtu.be

CONTENT PREVIEW: Serenity and Eugenics

Okay, I'm finally ready. I've said my goodbyes. Our analysis here is complete, we can walk through the podcast arch and transcend to the next level of podhood. I want to thank you all for your loving patience and I leave you with this parting gift of a final wrap up of The Good Place and the ways it incorporated both Christian Universalism and Buddhism/Taoism into the final resolution. Now I'm gonna turn into a black mirror style ball of light and float away.

Christian Universalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_universalism

Boddhisattva:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva

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Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/

Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/

Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

Recent appearances: Aaron was in TWO recent debates online! One on the Question of Jewish IQ, and the other on Panpsychism. Something for everyone!

Jew IQ debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5axofPNufw&feature=youtu.be

Panpsychism debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSlk8mpae1s&feature=youtu.be

CONTENT PREVIEW: Stargate Atlantis ep3.15 and Gamification