Tonic Discussions

Mathew Crawford from Rounding the Earth joins the crew to talk about leadership and modeling the moment in terms of network warfare.

Discussing the search for and promotion of truth in the postmodern information age.

The T7 crew return in the new year to discuss the Declaration of Military Accountability. If the military can brazenly violate the law and subvert the constitutional rights of service members are sworn to protect without consequence, what are those oaths worth? Check out the declaration at militaryaccountability.com and feel free to sign the petition if you're so inclined. Though the initial signatories of the declaration are all service members and veterans, everyone is welcome to sign the petition.

First off, the subject matter for this one is intense, viewer discretion is advised.

The start of Edmund Howe's article in the Journal of Clinical Ethics says it all. "Peter Singer, a leading philosopher who advocates animals' interests. expressed views on human/animal sex in an on-line book review. He said that while he didn't regard bestiality as "normal or natural," he didn't find it necessarily offensive" to our status and dignity a human being. He said this to highlight what he sees as many humans' hypocrisy regarding the treatment of animals: they are outraged at human/animal sex, when no one, ostensibly, is harmed. Yet these same people may show no concern when thousands of animals suffer needlessly every day." (https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi...)

This take starts the conversation which quickly expands into the difference between humans and animals (a difference in degree or in kind?).

Join us as we delve into the role accountability plays in society. We all seem to agree it is essential, but why? What are the consequences when people can't be held accountable? What does it mean for government, policy, and AI? John's Cryptocracy is relevant, as is Grant's Modeling Maximum-Tent Morality which explore how to deal with a lack of accountability among the governing class and moral principles that can facilitate greater accountability to ourselves and each other respectively.

https://barsoom.substack.com/p/cryptocracy

https://radicalamerican.substack.com/p/modeling-maximum-tent-morality

A discussion of Wolf Tivy's article in Palladium Mag delving into accelerationism, humanism, and agency https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/11/03/make-yourself-human-again/

We all got started talking about the pros and cons of nicotine and its various means of administration and social contexts offline then decided to hit record and see where it went. The conversation spans several topics and ends up setting up our next conversation about the relationship between accountability, power, and responsibility quite nicely.

In this episode of Tonic Discussions we dive deep into the depths of John Carter's recent article examining the apparent relationship between the interaction of the hemispheres of the human brain and politics. Perhaps a useful framework to reflect on all cognition, this article (and accompanying discussion here) found fertile ground focusing on these particular implications. Read here: https://barsoom.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-a-brain-with-schizophrenia

What's the deal with all the recent talk of aliens and UAPs? Join us as we discuss!

Today's discussion centers around two articles, one from John and one from Luc:

https://barsoom.substack.com/p/memetic-judo-biopolitics-and-exopolitics

https://luctalks.substack.com/p/on-becoming-an-awake-contrarian