Vijayendra Mohanty

This episode is about why people burst firecrackers and why they lie - perhaps unconsciously - about their reasons for doing so. It features a boy who got beaten up for being good at studies, and it throws light on why we feel guilty for being happy. 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

To the problem of nationalistic passions, the suggested solution is sometimes a greater identity - that of a human being - presumably because it will make the nation irrelevant. But such a solution is bound to create similar passions in due course of time. So I try to answer the question by visiting the other end of the spectrum. 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 is a recording of a live stream I did on youtube.com/vimohlive on October 30. It goes deeper into the Facebook Metaverse move and the perils it poses.Navigate the episode using the time stamps below:00:00 Welcome and Introduction02:15 Facebook has a history of bad behaviour09:00 How corporations hijack and destroy open technologies15:44 Metaverse, the attention economy, and real world damage21:44 The perils of "immersive experiences" and social apathy27:42 Looking at technology through a human lens30:38 The future of the metaverse has to be decentralised32:43 Responses to comments and questions

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Corporations have always hijacked public tech to build their empires on top of them. The result is not always the death of open tech like email, podcasting, and RSS feeds, but it does invisiblise the importance of open protocols. Protocols that are the gateway to freedom for independent creators. 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

The fact that people need to be able to see themselves in popular entertainment is not something many in India are unaware of, especially if they are tuned into American pop culture discourse. But are we applying that understanding to popular entertainment in India? 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

As a feature, the Twitter trending topics feature does more harm than good and getting rid of it might prevent rampant misuse of the platform for purposes of large scale manipulation of public sentiment. 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 is somewhat a continuation of the previous episode about my problems with the phrase Hindu Atheist. It delvs into how not believing in god doesn't matter if you believe in Karma, which is a similar alleged cosmic principle. 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 is about a label that is used often in the discourse about atheism in India. It's also about a bit of appropriation that happens.

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This episode is about how we are ruining our future by forcing our past into our present. It's also about Star Trek, Star Wars, rebellion and tech utopias. 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

We don't know what debate is. We are obsessed with debates. And finally, we stuff our faulty understanding of debates into areas where there should not be any debate. 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