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For Michel Foucault Power is critical to understanding the world we live in. Foucault's theory of power revolutionised the way we look at power from being a top-down domination to being an omnipresent force of nature. This episode is an introduction to the Foucault theory of power. We'll be explaining Foucault's theory in simple terms using examples from everyday life to show how revolutionary this new understanding of Power truly is. 

A critical distinction in approaching Foucault's work on Power is the distinction between the Empirical and the Theoretical levels of Power. The empirical level is the study of historical crystallisations of power (for example disciplinary power or biopower). The Theoretical level of power however is the study of power in itself — what is common to power across all historical instantiations. 

What we end up with is a Foucault theory of power that stands apart from all conceptions of power that went before. Instead of a top-down hierarchical domination hierarchy, Foucault's Power is an immanent, omnipresent force of nature like gravity or magnetism. For Foucault Power is everywhere from the interactions of lovers to those between states or colleagues. The fundamental atom of this force of nature is Foucault's Force Relations. 
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:59 Empirical vs Theoretical
1:57 What Power Isn't
3:32 What is Power?
4:12 Traits of Power: Immanence
5:04 Traits of Power: Intentional and Non-Subjective
6:19 Traits of Power: Resistance
7:35 Force Relations
9:23 Dynamism of Force Relations
11:52 The Alliance of Force Relations
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In this episode we explore a potential Nietzschean revaluation of all values in the form of a distinction. If we separate the ideas of femininity and masculinity from females and males, we are left with two possible revaluations. 
There is the fight over the respective value of men and women in society; this is the classical struggle of historical Feminism. In this episode we are going to call this the Womanist struggle.
There is another, deeper, struggle that has yet to be wrestled with on a substantial level: the distinction between the values of masculinity and of femininity. With that distinction in mind we can form a distinction between Masculinism and Feminism. 
Masculinism is the triumph of Masculine values in society. Feminism is the triumph of Feminine values in society. Seen through this lens, Womanism (the historical movement we usually call Feminism) is in fact a Masculinist movement.
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📖 Further reading and study:
* Introduction to ecofeminism: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/ecofeminism-history-and-principles
* Charles Eisenstein (interview with Daniel Schmachtenberger): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfNgW-On6hw
* Brene Brown’s legendary TED talks:
   — The Power of Vulnerability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o
   — Listening to shame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psN1DORYYV0 
* Blair Fix (Planet Critical interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u51MDOQ9ygo 
* Jason Hickel (Planet Critical interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isjWWCRBJBk 
* Marion Woodman’s books:  
   — The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter : 
   https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/27245.The_Owl_Was_a_Baker_s_Daughter 
   — Addiction to Perfection: 
   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703515.Addiction_to_Perfection 
* Gender distribution chart:
http://savvystatistics.com/open-sex-role-inventory/ 

Masculine/Feminine Tests: 
* Helen Fisher's Personality types: https://helenfisher.com/personality/
* Testosterone/Estrogen/Dopamine/Serotonin test: https://theanatomyoflove.com/relationship-quizzes/helen-fishers-personality-test/personality-test-1/ 

* Introduction to the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BRSI): https://www.britannica.com/science/Bem-Sex-Role-Inventory
* BSRI test: https://www.idrlabs.com/gender/test.php 
* Critiques of Bem Sex Role Inventory:
   — https://www.bustle.com/articles/131801-i-took-the-bem-sex-role-inventory-test-from-1974-this-is-what-happened
   — https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/he-speaks-she-speaks/202202/what-holds-women-back-realizing-their-ability-and-ambition

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1. Despair and Triumph — Kevin MacLeod
2. There’s Probably No Time – Chris Zabriskie
3.  Lost Frontier — Kevin MacLeod
4. Mesmerize — Kevin MacLeod
5. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod
6. 1812 Overture — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
7. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod

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⌛ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
1:16 Masculine vs Feminine
2:23 Industrial Values
4:54 Feminism and the FEminine
7:13 The Cost of Masculinism
13:50 A New Breed of Feminism
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The Four Quadrants model developed by Ken Wilber is an exceptional map of knowledge and of the human experience. It gives us a language for understanding differing fields of knowledge and why they are approaching the problems that they are and in the way that they are.
The Four Quadrants model was developed by Ken Wilber in his book Sex, Ecology, Spirituality and for him it is a map of the Kosmos (that is to say, of the entirety of reality rather than the merely materialist external cosmos). Wilber uses the model to explain the interconnectedness of all things, to show the hierarchy of experience rising up to the higher spiritual experiences and also as a tool for developing the various elements of our life. 
In this episode however we focus in on where the model is most powerful in the context of this channel: the human element and the potential of this Four Quadrants model for helping us understand the intellectual landscape of the 21st century and for understanding the underlying ontological/epistemological groundings for the cultural conflicts we see today. 
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Further Reading:
• A Theory of Everything – Ken Wilber
• Sex, Ecology, Spirituality – Ken Wilber
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3. Mesmerize — Kevin MacLeod 
4. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod 
5. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod
6. End of an Era — Kevin MacLeod

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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction: A Map of Reality
01:44 What are the four quadrants?
2:34 Q1 – Internal Individual
3:09 Q2 – External Individual
4:22 Q3 – Internal Collective
7:07 Q4 – External Collective
9:00 As a map of knowledge
11:27 As defuser of intellectual conflicts
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Jordan Peterson’s idea of Postmodern Neo-Marxism is a conspiracy theory. It is also the Shadow in the Jungian sense of Jordan Peterson. Nothing whips Peterson into a more passionate frenzy than the Postmodern Neo-Marxist idea. And to hear the way he talks about the “main villains” of the Postmodern Neo-Marxist movement — Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida — this diagnosis becomes all the more obvious. Peterson goes beyond the bounds of reason and strays into the possession of his Shadow. Little wonder then that Peterson’s discourse has captivated all sides of the political spectrum. It constellates the Shadows both of his supporters and of his detractors. In this episode we explore Peterson on Postmodern Neomarxism — his argument, where it's wrong and what it tells us about Peterson.
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Sources: 

Jordan Peterson Clips
1. Jordan Peterson Manning Centre speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf2nqmQIfxc
2. Joe Rogan Episode 958 clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCfIuFmULkg
3. Postmodernism in a Nutshell – Jordan Peterson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el6TVEMnS3E
4. Postmodernism Diagnosis and Cure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4c-jOdPTN8
5. Jordan Peterson: You’re Oppressed! The Dangers of Postmodernism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-8slOBngqk 
6. Interview with John Vervaeke (timestamped to relevant point): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLg2Q0daphE&t=2817s&ab_channel=JordanBPeterson 
7. Postmodernism in a nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el6TVEMnS3E 
8. Why Postmodernism is so Dangerous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URktRTE1S0A 
9. Foucault the Reprehensible clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBFSDd_5tiE 

Other sources:
1. Jonas Ceika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHtvTGaPzF4
2. Jordan Peterson “why the rage bruh” clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EFyADe8B4E&t=5m47s
3. Jacobin article on Foucault’s experimentation with neoliberalism https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/michel-foucault-neoliberalism-friedrich-hayek-milton-friedman-gary-becker-minoritarian-governments 
4. Psychology and Religion by Carl Jung https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123636.Psychology_and_Religion 
5. Jung 1939 Lecture (source of the bete noire quote) https://carljungdepthpsychologysite.blog/2021/11/30/27-january-1939-psychology-and-yoga-meditation-lecture-10/#.YgFF7Or7S3A 
6. Foucault quote about Marxism from Didier Eribon’s biography of him https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1385058.Michel_Foucault 
7. Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2218102.Maps_of_Meaning
8. Robert Johnson’s (Jungian psychologist) book on the shadow: Owning Your Own Shadow https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9544.Owning_Your_Own_Shadow 
9. French elections and the Communist Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Communist_Party#Popular_support_and_electoral_record 
10. Conspiracy theory definition: Goertzel T. (1994). Belief in conspiracy theories. Political Psychology, 15, 731–742.

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⌛ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:06 Peterson’s Postmodern Neo-Marxist Argument
09:04 Counterargument I: Peterson’s Misunderstandings
11:40 Foucault as Peterson’s Shadow Double
20:23 Counterargument II: The Neomarxist Conspiracy

Is Buddhism a religion or philosophy? I have debated many times over the years with people who are fond of Buddhism but tend to dislike religion. Of course anybody who has studied Buddhism in any depth knows that Buddhism is a religion first and foremost. Is Buddhism a philosophy? Yes but in the way that Christianity is a philosophy that is to say that there is a philosophy within it but that is not what defines it. 

In this episode we examine different schools of Buddhism and their supernatural beliefs in order to answer the question is Buddhism a religion or philosophy. The resounding answer is that yes Buddhism is a religion and no Buddhism is not atheist. 

We will also be challenging the claims that tend to get piled in with this school of thought: firstly that Buddhism isn't a violent religion and second the question is buddhism atheist. 
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⌛ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:59 Why People Think Buddhism Isn’t a Religion
06:23 Theravadin Buddhism
08:43 Mahayana Buddhism 
11:00 Buddhism and Violence
12:28 Final Thoughts

Metamodernism might be the most important idea you come this year. According to Hanzi Freinacht, the pioneer of political metamodernism, metamodernism is a new cultural phase that transcends and includes (to use Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy language) the previous phase of Postmodernism (which is turn transcended and included the previous phase of Modernity). 
Hanzi Freinacht is one of a number of pioneering Metamodernist thinkers as well as the Dutch art scholars Robin van den Akker and Timotheus Vermeulen who first sparked the Metamodern phenomenon with their 2010 paper Notes on Metamodernism. 
In this episode we are going to look at the characteristics of this new Metamodern cultural trend. its relationship to the previous trends of Modernity and Postmodernity and why, in this world in crisis, we need Metamodernism. 
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Further Reading:
• The Listening Society by Hanzi Freinacht
• Metamodern Manifesto by Luke Turner http://www.metamodernism.org/
• Notes on Metamodernism by Robin van der Akker and Timotheus Vermeulen https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/jac.v2i0.5677 
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⌛ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
03:11 The Metamodern Synthesis
05:50 What is Metamodernism?
07:34 Ironic Sincerity: the Tone of Metamodernism
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Is humanity a cancer? It’s a perspective that’s growing increasingly popular. It tells us a lot about humanity’s self-perception in the 21st century that this view is gaining traction. But it’s completely false.
In this episode we are going to explore why it is false. The analogy to cancer is a poor one as we’ll see. A much more fruitful comparison can be made with bacteria but even this comparison is a mere finger pointing to a tendency that is common to life on Earth in general. It seems that the propensity to over-consume and overbreed is not a uniquely human trait.
The reality is that humanity’s destructiveness derives from its connection to the rest of life. However what is unique about humanity is our potential to do something about it. In facing into the climate crisis, we see two camps emerging which are each allied with uniquely human traits: wisdom and culture/intelligence. 
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5. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod
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⌛ Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:53 The Problem
04:05 The Bacterial Lifecycle
08:34 The Wolves of Yellowstone
12:39 The Rabbits of Australia
15:02 Two Paths to Salvation
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Modernism and Postmodernism are two cultural stages with their own worldviews. In this episode we talk about the emergence and differences between these ages and look at the contrast between postmodern philosophy and the Modern philosophy of the Enlightenment that preceded it. 

This episode is an exploration of the two worldviews whose conflict is so prominent in our world today. 
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⌛ Timestamps:
00:00 A Tale of Two Worldviews
00:47 Modernity
05:04 Postmodernity
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Ahead of the release of the Matrix 4 I thought a second run into the world of postmodernism’s high priest was due and so today we look at Jean Baudrillard on The Matrix. Simulation and Simulacra, Baudrillard’s famous book from 1981 was required reading for the entire cast of The Matrix and the Wachowskis even asked Baudrillard to work on the second and third movies. He declined. As it turns out he had nothing but disdain for the movies and in this episode we explore why and look at the 2004 interview he gave to the French magazine Le Nouvel Obsevateur.
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Further Reading:
Baudrillard interview with le Nouvel Observateur: https://baudrillardstudies.ubishops.ca/the-matrix-decoded-le-nouvel-observateur-interview-with-jean-baudrillard/
Catherine Constable: Adapting philosophy - Jean Baudrillard and  The Matrix Trilogy

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1. Lightless Dawn — Kevin MacLeod
2. 1812 Overture – Tchaikovsky
3. Mozart’s String Quartet No. 15 in D minor
4. There’s Probably No Time – Chris Zabriskie
5. Lost Frontier — Kevin MacLeod
6. Drums of the Deep — Kevin MacLeod
7. Despair and Triumph — Kevin MacLeod
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:58 #1 The Misrepresentation of The Matrix
5:13 #2 The Matrix would love The Matrix
8:23 #3 A Glimmer of Irony
10:34 Why Baudrillard is Wrong
13:32 Final Thoughts
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Self Reliance, Emerson’s classic essay is one of the gems of philosophical literature. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading light of the American Transcendentalism tradition and Self Reliance Emerson’s most famous spark. 
I have been a fan of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s since my early days of philosophical exploration as a teenager and it’s interesting to read Emerson Self Reliance now in light of the passing of time and to see just how much it has influence my worldview and my perspective on philosophy. 
With that in mind, I thought that in this week’s video it would be nice to explore this amazing essay and to make a Self Reliance summary and review video. Hope you enjoy it and if you haven’t read it before be sure to check out Emerson’s work at the link below!
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Self-Reliance full essay: 
thelivingphilosophy.com/self-reliance/
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Emerson - Self-Reliance
2:23 Greatness vs. Meanness
3:28 Self vs. Society
5:56 The Dead Past vs. the Eternal Present
8:48 Self-Reliance vs. Conformity
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