#73: Evgeny Morozov - Can AI Break Out of Panglossian Neoliberalism?
#73 In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “Panglossian Neoliberalism,”a term that Evgeny Morozov uses to describe the place of generative AI in thehands of venture capitalists.Can AI Break out of Pan...
9 Aug 202458min
#72: Simone Weil -- Attention
This is a look back at our 3/3/23 episode on Simone Weil.
26 Juli 202451min
#71: Bernard Steigler - What Makes Life Worth Living, pt. 2
In this episode Barry and Mike return to Bernard Steigler’s What Makes Life Worth Living: On Pharmakology. They tease out Steigler’s terms proletarianism and disintoxification, as well as our possibl...
12 Juli 202455min
#70: Bernard Steigler - What Makes Life Worth Living
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Bernard Steigler’s 2010 book, What Makes Life Worth Living: On Pharmacology. They reconsider their understanding of the pharmakon from Steigler’s other work and...
28 Juni 202447min
#69: On Life’s Terrifying Vacuity: Chayka, Han, and Benjamin.
In this episode, Barry and Mike finish their discussion of Chayka on Han and Benjamin’s essay, “The Storyteller.” In teasing out Han and Benjamin’s ideas about the distinction between narration and i...
14 Juni 202457min
#68: Benjamin - The Storyteller
In this episode, Barry and Mike focus exclusively on the distinction between the storyteller and the novelist as explained in Walter Benjamin’s 1936 essay, “The Storyteller.”
31 Maj 202449min
#67: Kyle Chayka - "The Internet's New Favorite Philosopher - Byung-Chul Han
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Kyle Chayka’s assessment of the “Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher,” Byung-Chul Han. For those unfamiliar with Han's media theory, we encourage you to click t...
17 Maj 202438min
#66 Sonny Bunch - The Future of Media is Passive
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the “Sonny Bunch Hosts the Bulwark Goes to Hollywood” episode “The Future of Media is Passive” and the notion of “linear streaming.” The ponder what it says abo...
10 Maj 202449min
