The Technosocial Institute

In this conversation we talk about Urbit, its core philosophy, the technological problems it seeks to address, and its community. We also reflect on Curtis Yarvin's thought, the influence of Jorge Luis Borges on Urbit, and more besides.

Find Jurij on Urbit at ~dilryd-mopreg

This is the third installment of our series engaging in a chapter by chapter analysis of René Girard's book "Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World", along with Girardian expert and AI professor Thomas Hamelryck. In this episode we dive into Chapter 3 of the book, "The Process of Hominization".

Brendan Graham Dempsey joins us to talk about the explosive creative relationship between Wagner and Nietzsche, and debate the approaches to art and mythology that appear in metamodern and dark renaissance thought.   Brendan can be found here 

https://www.brendangrahamdempsey.com/

Daniel Garner, one half of O.G. Rose, joins us to talk about ethics, Dostoevsky, walking a path between extremes, and much more besides.   

Find his work here: https://www.og-rose.com/ 

Cadell Last and Owen Cox are launching a new project in January in collaboration with Maniphesto, called The Art of Being a Man.   

https://maniphestocore.com/art-of-being-a-man/ 

We have both been doing men's work together for some time, as well as exploring questions of contemporary culture and masculinity on our YouTube channels and in other creative work (for instance, Cadell's book Sex, Masculinity, God, coauthored with Daniel Dick and Kevin Orosz).  We wanted to create a type of men's work that expresses our shared interest in existential questions, continental philosophy, and Freudian psychoanalysis (and Heavy Metal and Hip Hop music). The idea with the Art of Being a Man was to create a series of workshops to explore elements of the psyche that are often overlooked, ignored, repressed or experienced as "problems to solve". Our intention is to lead a group of men in spending time with these parts of our selves, exploring what they mean, what we can learn from them, how we can draw inspiration and strength from them - in short, to see if we can live more artfully with all parts of our selves, and sublimate the forces that move through us for expression in our creative work.   

The topics we will cover in our workshops will be: 

Pleasure and Infantile Drives (Kill, Eat, Fuck) 

Adult Eroticism and Sexuality 

Melancholy and Depression 

Power 

Death  

Love and Community 

Creativity and Art  

The idea is that we begin with the early beginnings of the psyche, the drives that we are created with, and slowly move through to our own ability to express ourselves and influence the world around us.  In addition to the core workshops, there will be a facilitated community platform, optional "homework" exercises and prompts for those who want to go deeper into the material, and optional extra community calls or 1on1 support.  The course will begin on Sunday 16th January and run on alternative Sundays through to 8th May. Each workshop will last 5 hours, with an hour break in the middle. They will start at 4pm CET, 3pm GMT, 10am EST.  If you're interested, check out the links below,. You can sign up by following the Maniphesto link. And if you have any questions, get in touch with Owen or Cadell!   

https://maniphestocore.com/art-of-being-a-man/

Outline:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/615abdea83700f2629ae1cf5/t/61a4d28d61b9581da57afab7/1638191777678/Art+of+Being+a+Man+outline.pdf

Cadell Last and Alexander Bard join us to dissect the past two years and think about future projects, antagony buttons and activism.   Check out Cadell's new platform for courses and ideas, including courses on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit and The Art of Being a Man https://www.philosophyportal.online/ 

Alexander's latest book 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Libido-violence-network-society/dp/9188869237/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=1294125396667647&hvadid=80882890106232&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=133318&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-80882977468569%3Aloc-188&keywords=digital+libido&qid=1639665249&sr=8-1

Alexa Vartman is a tantra teacher and the founder of The New Tantra.   We discuss all things tantra, androgyny, orgasms, dangers on the spiritual path, and criticisms of The New Tantra.  

Maniphesto Media Academy: https://maniphestocore.com/maniphesto-media-academy/ 

TNT workshops, private sessions & online courses: https://thenewtantra.com​   

Start practising tantra at home for free:  http://21daychallenge.com​   

Alexa's book:  http://50misconceptionsofsex.com​   

Support Technosocial  https://www.patreon.com/technosocial​​​ 

Music by Salvatore Schiano http://www.salvatoreschiano.com/​​​ 

Also on  https://anchor.fm/technosocial

John Robb is an author, military analyst, entrepreneur, and writes the monthly Global Guerilla report.   In this conversation we discuss new networks of power, conflict and warfare in the information age, the emergence of the tech elite, citizens' data rights, the concept of The Long Night, blockchain and networked consensus building.   

The Global Guerillas report: https://www.patreon.com/johnrobb 

Maniphesto Media Academy: https://maniphestocore.com/maniphesto-media-academy/ 

Support Technosocial  https://www.patreon.com/technosocial

Music by Salvatore Schiano http://www.salvatoreschiano.com/​​​​ 

Also on  https://anchor.fm/technosocial