The Three-Headed Man

THE THREE-HEADED MAN recounts a request from an acquaintance who wants advice on his wish to end his life with assisted suicide. This experience leaves the boys questioning their own soon-to-be-a-reality death, and they ask: how can one die with dignity?

To understand death, THE THREE-HEADED MAN recalls the death of their fathers and grandfathers. The podcast ends with Phreddie's recollection about working in a funeral home.

The conversation begins with speculation and suicides and old-timers -- the chatter that surrounds our life. Boy, frozen organic chickens are expensive. Eventually THE THREE-HEADED MAN arrives at this week's topic: What will disappear when we go? What will be left over?

This week the THE THREE-HEADED MAN podcast explores the question "AM I AI?" by examining the concept of associative thinking and how it functions in the brain. They discuss various types of sorting, the meaning of artificial intelligence, and how one can make contact with intelligence outside of oneself. The conversation then turns to the concept of emotional intelligence (EQ) and how prompting both AI and human interactions is integral to communication. Lastly, the hosts look at how humans are currently in a transition between human and AI. Ultimately, the episode raises questions about the future of humanity, and encourages listeners to think about their own relationship to AI and the implications of technology in our lives.

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THE THREE-HEADED MAN begins by talking about the ability to change oneself or others. From there, they discuss rigid habits and the option to distinguish and accept what cannot be changed.

When we get riled up and our buttons are pushed, we jump on a train of inner-considerations and bad moods. Continuing on they stumble into a discussion of G.I. Gurdjieff's notions about being awake and asleep.

What did our parents get better at as they aged? Jimmy inserts the idea of judgement and being stuck as we hold strongly to our beliefs.

THE THREE-HEADED MAN confronts his retirement, and he acknowledges that he is labeled as old.

Phreddie retells a story where about a rebellious 11 year old student.

This week THE THREE-HEADED MAN wonders about mistakes. What is a mistake? What do we label as a mistake? Jimmy tells us that school and religion verify mistakes. What is the difference between "wrong" and a "mistake"?

How do you do it? We borrow from those have gone before. Jimmy tells us that process is a story. THE THREE-HEADED MAN recounts their work processes.

Jimmy explains building processes, Jazzy tells us about his painting and drawing processes, and Phreddie relays his teaching processes.

Eventually, THE THREE-HEADED MAN stumbles into recognition of group processes. Jimmy builds beautiful stairs and Phreddie puts posts in the ground.

THE THREE-HEADED MAN confronts aging and death. Jimmy begins our conversation by calling for help. The help he calls out for is help to maintain an independent lifestyle as he confronts his aging body. Jimmy wants to downscale his life because he is beginning to feel helpless. While he says he has always been "one needle away from death", the reality of death affects his life.

Jazzy returns from a week long Tai Chi cruise with a pair of new eyes.

Surprised by how his views of his life have changed after the cruise, Jazzy prods us with questions so that we can help him understand his experience that became a milometer of distance and just a little juxtaposition.

Is there a way to get a "milometer of distance" from ourselves without going on holiday?

Phreddie tells a story about trying to teach his primary students that time is relative, then he explains how he is trying to learn Spanish through immersion. After Phreddie's lengthy opening, THE THREE-HEADED MAN wonders: do we bring something from the outside,and it's incorporated on the inside or do we remember what we already know? How do we learn? What is a learning process? Repetition?