We begin out N-EVA series, starting with the first aphorism of Gay Science, Book One: "The Teachers of the Purpose of Existence." Then, Andrew introduces Brian to Weeb culture and introduces his choice to cover Neon Genesis Evangelion. We talk about the first six episodes.

00:00 Nieztsche's Gay Science, Aphorism 1

21:10 Neon Genesis Evangelion

Reading Room Ep.3 | Moeller & D'Ambrosio's "You & Your Profile"

In the third episode of the Reading Room podcast, Andrew and Brian take a step into an enticing theory of "modes of identity" - from sincerity to authenticity and now profilicity. You may recognize Moeller's name from his channel "Carefree Wandering." We relate it to Hegel's dialectic and Marx's application/inversion of Hegel in the historical materialist tradition, where human history is seen as moving in modes of production, great bundles of tensions which gradually convulse/unfold into the next "mode" which remains birthmarked by the old (sublation - see episode one). Moeller seems to evoke a similar narrative regarding how "modes of identity" develop, perhaps informed by political, social, and technological orders. This is our first step into Moeller & D'Ambrosio's book. We'll continue the conversation in future episodes.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Are We Authentic?

03:44 Profilicity & Second Order Observation

13:25 Sincerity & Authenticity

14:20 The Myth of the True Identity

17:20 Social & Political Orders

23:23 Identity Ethics

29:30 No One is Outside of Profilicity

36:53 Closing Remarks

A Prelude in Rhymes | We take a step into the defiant and dancing "gay science" of Friedrich Nietzsche, enjoying his poems and measuring his distance from Hegel.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

01:30 Hegel & Nietzsche

11:50 Subjects vs. Agents

21:30 Stairs Climbing People

25:13 Alienation & Star Morals

32:00 The Gay Science

40:08 Boys Love Him!

43:04 Orientation

45:10 A Yeasayer to All Life

Introduction to the "Shorter Logic" | In the debut episode of Reading Room, Brian & Andrew take a step into Hegel's dialectics, discussing the introduction to Encylopedia of the Philosophical Sciences. We're gearing up to compare his system to the ever-defiant and dancing "gay science"/"joyous wisdom" of Friedrich Nietzsche. Over the course of the show, we'll dip into philosophy, movies, literature, and more!

CHAPTERS

00:00 Introduction

10:49 An Overview

14:45 Entanglements & Contradictions

18:20 Mediation & Immediacy

24:00 Example, States & Markets

30:20 Hegel's Circle of Circles

33:06 Example, Sense-Certainty to Perception

37:30 Dialectics