Vijayendra Mohanty

In this, the 145th episode of the show, we got callers who wanted to discuss caste, religion, careful speech, and political parties. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com

AI art and related new mechanisms are going to revolutionise the world. But what will be the cost of this revolution and will the artist of today be standing tomorrow, after this storm has passed. What will change? What will be lost? How can we prepare?Vinayak Varma is an artist and editor. He is the person behind the science fiction anthology Strange Worlds, Strange Times. He shares his despair and his hopes in this chat about artificial intelligence, art, artists, culture, and the future. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com

This episode had us talking about plenty of caste and Reservation-related points. We also talked about separating art from artist, and about proving god using argument from contingency. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com

This episode was about caste, and the conversation went in all sorts of directions, including eugenics FFS. We also discussed atheism, science, and politics of opportunity. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com

In this episode, we talked about privilege and power and how those from oppressor backgrounds can try to get past the barriers created by their ancestors. We also spoke of ideology, liberal biases, and belief not being a pathway to knowledge. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com

This episode was chaotic but still managed to find order in there somewhere. I went into topics I did not want to and emerged into other topics that I wished I could spend more time on but couldn’t. All in all, an interesting episode. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com

A brief note I wanted to share about digital detoxes and how to actually do one without leaving social media.I have very recently actually been on a little bit of an attempted detox. My Twitter account is just parked on Twitter. I don't feel that going back to Twitter. My Instagram account is still active, but I'm not actually using Instagram on my phone. I have removed the app from my phone. I'm using Instagram, the way people use Facebook.I'm logging into Instagram from the desktop computer's browser, and I'm just using Instagram from there. This reduces 24x7 stress that I experience because of social media, but it also helps me continue using Instagram because it is at the end of the day, one of the places through which I get my messages out, including this podcast episode, by the way.And there's something specific that I wanna talk about. It's digital detoxes and digital minimalism. I've been reading a book by Cal Newport called Digital Minimalism. It's about building focus in a word that offers us unending distractions in the form of social media. And Cal Newport has been a long time advocate of the idea that we should all quit social media because social media platforms are designed by corporations to be extremely addictive things. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com

In this episode of the show, our conversations went from unity among rationalists to anti-caste mindset to finding god using meditation to secularism as a guiding principle of India. All in all, a very packed episode. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com

Meghnad is a journalist, podcaster, and an avid social media user. I invited him over for a chat about Twitter, Meta, and other social media platforms and the ways in which our engagement with them affects our lives. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com

Twitter is on the brink. And the reason is that its new owner is a petulant manchild. In this episode of the podcast, I talk about what’s happening at the world’s most powerful social media company and what it might mean for all who use the tool. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit vimohlive.substack.com