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September 18, 2024We'll be back in October! ...more September 10, 2024140. GNOSTIC STATES | Drug-free Altered Consciousness for Creatives In this episode, The Furious Curious dives into the world of altered states of consciousness and their potential to enhance creativity and problem-solving. Hosts David and Britt discuss techniques for achieving these states without substances, including Gnostic states—altered consciousness reached through singular focus. They explore methods such as holotropic breathwork, sleep deprivation, polyphasic sleep cycles, lucid dreaming, binaural beats, and hypnagogic light sessions.
The hosts share personal insights and experiences, emphasizing the importance of consistency, intention, and journaling for tracking progress and gaining valuable insights.
Takeaways:
- Altered states of consciousness can boost creativity and problem-solving.
- Gnostic states are achieved through singular focus.
- Techniques like holotropic breathwork, sleep deprivation, and polyphasic sleep cycles can induce altered states.
- Professional guidance is recommended for certain practices.
- Altered states can lead to increased self-awareness, spiritual experiences, and deeper understanding.
- Lucid dreaming allows individuals to become aware of and control dreams.
- Binaural beats and hypnagogic light sessions use specific frequencies to induce relaxation or altered states.
- Consistency, intention, and journaling are crucial for exploring altered states effectively.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: Unlocking the Power of Altered Consciousness
01:34 Exploring Gnostic States: Achieving Singular Focus
04:08 Understanding Altered States of Consciousness
05:28 Techniques for Inducing Altered States
08:05 Holotropic Breathwork: Breathing to Bypass Ordinary Consciousness
13:01 Sleep Deprivation: Pushing the Limits of Wakefulness
26:45 Polyphasic Sleep Cycles
28:14 Lucid Dreaming
29:52 Reality Checks for Lucid Dreaming
37:31 Binaural Beats
45:07 Hypnagogic Light Sessions
Sources:
Gnosis (Chaos Magic)
Altered State of Consciousness
Breathwork (New Age)
Holotropic Breathwork Research
Altered States Without Drugs
Lucia Light Experience
Ness Labs: Altered States
Sleep Deprivation and Hallucinations
Polyphasic Sleep
The Science of Hypnagogia
Holotropic Breathwork
Lucid Dreaming Techniques
Sleep Cycles Explained
Books:
Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming - Clare R. Johnson, PhD
Holotropic Breathwork - Stanislov & Christina Graf
Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction (2nd Edition) - Susan Blackmore
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Credits:
Hosted and produced by Britton Rice, along with David Harper, Alexander Woell, Chase Domergue, Alex Detmering, and Nicole Lazar. Our original logo was designed by Nate Betts.
Music:
“All Comes Crashing” by Metric
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...more September 03, 2024139. ONLINE GURUS | How to Not be a “Fluffluencer" Summary
In this episode, The Furious Curious delves into the world of online gurus, discussing how to avoid becoming a “fluffluencer.” They explore the reasons behind the rise of online gurus, including the demand for simple answers in a complex world and the accessibility of social media. An online guru is defined as an internet personality who offers simple or secret solutions to complex problems. The hosts highlight red flags to watch out for, such as overblown promises, lack of credentials, high-pressure sales tactics, cult-like behavior, lack of transparency, promoting dependency, and an excessive focus on the guru. They also identify green flags, including realistic expectations, credentials and experience, empowerment, ethical conduct, and a focus on personal development.
The episode covers topics like discernment, sharing ideas online without becoming a full influencer, the importance of personal experience, understanding concepts versus real-world application, the dangers of creating bad guys and in-groups/out-groups, using flash for credibility, and using vulnerability at manipulation. The hosts emphasize the importance of self-awareness, humility, and genuine intentions in content creation.
Takeaways
- The rise of online gurus is fueled by the desire for simple answers in a complex world and the accessibility of social media.
- Red flags to watch out for include overblown promises, lack of credentials, high-pressure sales tactics, cult-like behavior, lack of transparency, promoting dependency, and an excessive focus on the guru.
- Green flags include realistic expectations, credentials and experience, empowerment, ethical conduct, and a focus on personal development.
- Content creators should add value to the world without resorting to manipulative or deceptive tactics.
- The education system often fails to provide practical knowledge, leading to a demand for online gurus who fill that void.
- Critical thinking and self-reliance are crucial in navigating the world of online gurus.
- Exercise discernment in cutting negative people out of your life.
- Share ideas online without falling into the practices of online gurus.
- Ground ideas in personal experience and give credit to others.
- Differentiate between understanding concepts and real-world application.
- Avoid creating bad guys and in-groups/out-groups.
- Do not use flash for credibility.
- Be cautious of manipulating vulnerability for attention.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction: Online Gurus and Fluff Fluencers
09:01 - The Rise of Online Gurus
18:06 - The Education Gap and the Demand for Practical Knowledge
28:46 - Red Flags: How to Spot a Scammy Guru
32:33 - Green Flags: Signs of a Legitimate Online Guru
35:27 - The Difficulty of Calling Out Red Flags
37:22 - Navigating Negative People and Cutting Them Out
38:21 - Sharing Ideas Online Without Being a Full Influencer
39:45 - The Importance of Personal Experience
41:39 - Understanding Concepts vs. Real-World Application
47:52 - Avoiding the Creation of Bad Guys and In-Groups/Out-Groups
51:59 - The Pitfalls of Using Flash for Credibility
53:49 - The Manipulation of Vulnerability
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Credits
Hosted and produced by Britton Rice, with David Harper, Alexander Woell, Chase Domergue, Alex Detmering, and Nicole Lazar. Original logo by Nate Betts.
Music
“Cult of Personality” by In Living Colour
Sources
Fake Online Gurus: The Art of Deception
Economic Distress Stimulates Religious Fundamentalism
A Plague of Gurus: How the Internet Was Flooded with Fake Success
YouTube: The Art of Deception
LinkedIn: Jason Vana
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...more August 27, 2024138. EMPATHY FATIGUE | Creators in the Age of Emotional Exhaustion Exploring empathy fatigue and its impact on creators. Understanding the differences between empathy, sympathy, and compassion, as well as the symptoms of empathy fatigue.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Recognize that your audience is likely exhausted, so consider creating calming content.
- Embrace in-person experiences to counter digital overload.
- Avoid empathy fatigue as a creator by being selective in where you invest your emotional energy.
- Cultivate empathy through writing exercises and mindfulness meditation.
- Focus on understanding and connecting with your audience’s experiences.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction: Empathy Fatigue and Its Impact on Creators
10:20 - Chapter 1: Recognizing Audience Exhaustion
17:01 - Chapter 2: Creating Calming Content
20:26 - Chapter 3: Embracing In-Person Experiences
24:21 - Chapter 4: Avoiding Empathy Fatigue as a Creator
31:36 - Chapter 5: Cultivating Empathy
35:24 - Chapter 6: Connecting with Your Audience
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CREDITS:
Hosted and produced by Britton Rice, with contributions from David Harper, Alexander Woell, Chase Domergue, Alex Detmering, and Nicole Lazar. Our original logo was created by Nate Betts.
KEYWORDS:
empathy fatigue, creators, empathy, sympathy, compassion, symptoms, audience exhaustion, calming content, in-person experiences, emotional energy, writing exercises, mindfulness meditation, understanding audience
MUSIC:
“Emotion” (Curls)
SOURCES:
- The Psychology of Emotional and Cognitive Empathy | Lesley University - lesley.edu
- Empathy - Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org
- Compassion Definition | What Is Compassion - Greater Good Science Center - greatergood.berkeley.edu
- Empathy vs Compassion: The Difference, and Why They Matter — Calm Blog - calm.com
- Empathy, Sympathy, and Compassion – What’s the Difference? - compassionit.com
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...more August 20, 2024137. DEAD INTERNET THEORY | Why Creatives Should Care The Dead Internet Theory is an online conspiracy theory that asserts much of today’s internet activity is generated by bots and AI rather than real people.
This week, Chase, Harper, and Alexander break down Dead Internet Theory, why it’s important, and what it means to create in the age of AI.
This is The Furious Curious podcast, where we explore culture to inspire creators.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:20 - Definition
06:00 - Examples
07:40 - Suspending Disbelief
10:10 - Youth and the Digital World
12:30 - Downsides
13:20 - What the Bots Say About the Bots
14:20 - Hypotheticals
15:20 - The Alternatives That May Re-emerge
19:05 - Reasons Why: A Premium on Human-Made
21:40 - Reasons Why: The Rise of Large Language Models (LLMs)
23:15 - Reasons Why: The ’16 Election
24:20 - Media Literacy
26:10 - The Evolution of Twitter (X)
27:15 - “The Inversion”
29:40 - Reasons Why: Do Social Media Companies Love Bots?
31:10 - Reasons Why: The Rise of Fake Images
35:52 - The Creative Opportunity
FOLLOW: LinkedIn
SOURCES:
Wikipedia: Dead Internet Theory
Springer Article
New York Magazine: How Much of the Internet Is Fake?
The Atlantic: Dead Internet Theory
YouTube Video
CREDITS:
Hosted and produced by Britton Rice, along with David Harper, Alexander Woell, Chase Domergue, Alex Detmering, and Nicole Lazar. Our original logo is by Nate Betts.
©2024 The Furious Curious
...more August 19, 2024Trailer Can K-Pop inspire copywriters? Does pickleball explain virality? Are comic books a branding masterclass?
We think so.
Because we believe curiosity creates opportunity, wonderful ideas hide in weird places, and exploring, inspires.
If you’re like us, you’re a curious creator with a culture-wide mindset. You find inspiration outside the lines — even if your work lives inside them. You revere the collective genius of culture because you know it says something new and useful every day if you listen. You ask “why” to truly understand, then ask “why it matters” to apply it.
If this is you, get ready.
Pack your compass, grab your bag, and join us as we roam cultures’ corners, peaks, and valleys looking for inspiration. We’ll leave no stone unturned, no question unasked, and no territory unmapped in our quest to make sense of the world — so you can make your mark on it.
Welcome to The Furious Curious — we explore culture to inspire creators.
...more August 13, 2024136. CREEPYPASTA | How Horror Stories Work Evoking emotions through your craft doesn’t happen by luck. This week, we’re breaking down the essence of methodically communicating fear via Creepypasta and some horror theory.
But, what is Creepypasta, and why are we talking about it? We’ll explore that and we’ll explore what fear and horror actually are, and why we experience them. Plus! We’ll dive into some tips and techniques for crafting spine-chilling tales.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:45 - What is Creepypasta?
09:55 - Ostension
13:34 - Creepypasta Example #1
21:24 - What is fear? What is horror?
22:20 - What do we fear?
24:40 - Epigenetics
28:40 - Fear lives in the brain
42:45 - Paradoxical Pleasures
48:20 - Creepypasta Example #3
57:54 - What do we fear?
01:04:00 - Techniques & Tips
01:11:05 - Things to avoid
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MUSIC:
"Look Out" (Myuu)
"It's Not Safe Here" (LVKEHOUSE)
"Very Creepy Song with Bells" (Trickolas)
"It's Coming..." (FesliyanStudios Background Music)
CREDITS:
Hosted and produced Britton Rice and David Harper, along with Alexander Woell, Chase Domergue, Alex Detmering, and Nicole Lazar. Our original logo is by Nate Betts.
SOURCES:
Web:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/3iex1h/im_a_search_and_rescue_officer_for_the_us_forest/
- https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/9qzt9j/if_you_can_see_this_it_is_very_important_that_you/
- https://youtu.be/uAR1fp1tbds?si=HVbiUt0sX-5hv1XM
- https://youtu.be/JkddoGugx1Y?si=viXw6NEbqDW2br2b
- https://youtu.be/xjKruwAfZWk?si=TqXWu5zIC2ENddPx
- https://www.healthline.com/health/list-of-phobias#types
- https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23262-sympathetic-nervous-system-sns-fight-or-flight
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear
- https://www.reddit.com/r/asklatinamerica/comments/1agqq1i/comment/koixidq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
- https://youtu.be/EzRHGS-HUdE?si=3H7TFG-5EpS9LwsI
- https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(12)00956-0/abstract
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienting_response
- https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/fear-memory
- https://arkansasadvocate.com/2023/07/05/understanding-epigenetics-how-trauma-is-passed-on-through-our-family-members/
- https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190326-what-is-epigenetics
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loab
- https://blog.simplecast.com/creepypasta-and-societal-mirrors-a-review-of-digital-folklore
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostension
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26983799/
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-science-of-recreational-fear-why-we-love-horror-movies-and-other-spooky
- https://www.reddit.com/r/shortscarystories/comments/hbcp2h/aita_for_pranking_my_241f_boyfriend_after_he_25m/
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323492#Triggering-the-response
- https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/playing-with-fear-a-field-study-in-recreational-horror
Books:
- Nightmare Fuel - Nina Nesseth
- Write Horror Good Enough To Wake The Dead - Christina Escamilla
- On Writing - Stephen King
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...more July 30, 2024135. FAILED FUTURES | Lessons from the Amazing Innovations that Didn't Change Anything Everyone loves a success story. But what about tales of failure?
This week Alex, Alexander, and Chase unpack some of tech’s most marvelous misses. Th en we'll ask ourselves, as creators, what can we learn from history’s almosts.
Because if failure is the best teacher, may these disasters be our Yoda.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:50: Intro
03:30: Failed Future #1: Nuclear-Powered Cars
13:36: Nuclear-Powered Cars - Lessons for Creators
19:10: Failed Future #2: General Magic Smartphone
31:08: General Magic Smartphone - Lessons for Creators
33:30: Failed Future #3: iSmell, Smellivision
45:08: Passion Doesn’t Always Make a Product
48:20: Failed Future #4: Pneumatic Tubes
57:39: Lessons for Creators
58:52: Failed Future #5: The Concorde
01:02:32: The Concorde - Lessons for Creators
SOURCES:
https://www.vox.com/2015/6/24/8834989/when-the-pneumatic-tube-carried-fast-food-people-and-cats
https://hiddencityphila.org/2014/04/pneumatic-philadelphia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohrpost_in_Berlin
https://thehustle.co/digiscents-ismell-fail
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISmell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_scent_technology
https://commoncog.com/c/cases/general-magic/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Magic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon
https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/nuclear-powered-cars-were-once-a-real-possibility/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_propulsion
https://www.britannica.com/question/How-much-was-a-ticket-on-the-Concorde
https://inews.co.uk/news/why-did-concorde-stop-flying-last-flight-2775291
https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-concorde/
https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/concorde/the-concorde-story/concorde-timeline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Age
MUSIC:
"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" (Timbuk 3)
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...more July 23, 2024134. CREATOR TO LEADER | The Magic of Creative Leadership (feat. Designer, Jon Delman) This week, Brit and Harper talk with designer Jon Delman about creative leadership.
Jon Delman has had a diverse and influential career in design over the past 27 years. He is currently leading the Design Systems team at Workiva, focusing on helping product and engineering teams build world-class enterprise software. Jon has a wealth of experience working with major brands such as Google, Apple, Splunk, and Samsung. His prior roles include Executive Creative Director at Ueno, Group Creative Director at Beyond, and Creative Director at Huge.
In addition to his professional endeavors, Jon has also been involved in educational initiatives, contributing as a guest speaker on topics like building a learning organization and leading change management in digital environments. Jon’s deep commitment to fostering a nurturing environment for design teams is reflected in his public discourse about leadership in design. He emphasizes the importance of kindness, curiosity, and authenticity in leadership, advocating for a more inclusive and supportive approach within creative teams. This philosophy aims to challenge the often rigid norms of leadership within the design industry and promotes a more flexible and humane approach to managing and inspiring teams.
His blend of hands-on design work and educational outreach highlights his dedication to both practicing and teaching design, aiming to inspire and develop the next generation of designers.
TIMESTAMPS
7:24 - How to cultivate curiosity within oneself
11:28 - Embracing “not getting it”
16:57 - Staying in your craft
23:33 - How creatives take in work from a team
28:40 - Strong opinions, loosely held
29:28 - Redefining creative contributions
38:12 - Created while managing
45:16 - People you want to be around
51:50 - Design systems
57:29 - Giving feedback the right way
58:16 - The role of the creator in taking in feedback
01:09 - Addressing Imposter Syndrome
1:12 - Advice for young creators
MUSIC:
“Am I Dreaming [Instrumental]” (Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee)
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...more July 17, 2024133. NEW GOLDEN AGE OF COMEDY This week Brit talks with Chase Domergue and “I’m a Snake guy” and comedian Matt Keck about why now is the Golden Age of Comedy. This is The Furious Curious where we explore culture to inspire creators.
SOURCES:
https://www.vulture.com/article/edgy-comedy-special-signs.html
https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2014/07/04/siriusxm-fires-opie-anthony-host-over-tweets/30672587007/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyE3zoUMLgU
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-05/stand-up-comedy-has-tripled-in-size-over-the-last-decade
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/26/shane-gillis-fall-and-rise
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/magazine/tim-robinson-i-think-you-should-leave.html
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/outstanding-a-comedy-revolution-release-date-news
https://news.pollstar.com/2022/10/11/a-golden-age-of-comedy/
https://www.vulture.com/article/new-stand-up-comedy-specials-this-month.html
MUSIC:
"King of Comedy (REM)"
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