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Confused about Heidegger's word DASEIN? I've got you covered. This episode is designed to make the notion slightly easier to understand. You'll get the most out of it if you listen until the end but if the lightbulb goes off at any point, thank God for that!
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"God as law, awe and fortune...
LLM analysis reveals that the concept of God is well-defined in semantic space by this three-word combination. It provides a closer match than, for example, Lord, Yahweh and Elohim."
That's what Jordan Peterson posted today, referring to research by Victor Swift at https://www.collectivelabs.ai/semantic-core-clarification
In this video, I walk through the claims of the paper to see whether they deliver on the promise of clarifying our concept of God.
Why would we prefer the LLM to other ways of learning about God, like through the study of theology, mysticism, and philosophy? Is the LLM uniquely insightful?
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In this episode, I explain why I use philosophy, politics, and mysticism to make sense of the world.
What are they and how do they differ?
Why do we need all three?
What's the connection?
It's the approach I use on this channel and in my online courses at MillermanSchool.com. You'll also see it reflected in my Heidegger book and, to a slightly lesser extent, my Dugin book.
What do you think?
Is this a good approach?
What's yours?
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What's up with the "everyone I don't like is Hitler" phenomenon? It's strange but not incomprehensible. Post-war liberal zealotry (combined with leftist antifascism) coded a lot of things as "far-right" and made them taboo, including some important things that we need in order to understand political and human life well. That's the argument of this video.
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In this spontaneous musing, I dive into the surprising connections between two films: Whatever Works and Another Round. Both movies explore the complexities of love, life, and personal growth, showing that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to finding happiness and meaning.
Drawing on insights from philosophy, I discuss how these films reflect the idea that life's advice isn't universal; what works for one person may not work for another. This theme is echoed in the characters' experiences with love and drinking in the movies, highlighting the unpredictable nature of life.
But I also discuss how Whatever Works doesn't mean that Anything Goes! There is still room for good life advice, and you'll hardly find a better of that than Socrates, especially the down-to-earth version we get in Xenophon's Memorabilia.
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He's been called a proto-communist and a proto-fascist. Why? And can both be true? Let's take a closer look...By the way, my comments are deliberately introductory. There are other factors I didn't mention, like the issue of free speech vs. censorship, since the Republic includes a defence of censorship! But the goal of this short presentation is to whet the appetite of newcomers, not to provide a comprehensive overview. That's something I do in my Plato course (PlatoCourse.com).Thanks for listening!
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This article by Quillette got me thinking that it's important to defend Derrida against his liberal detractors. https://quillette.com/2024/05/07/how-french-intellectuals-ruined-the-west-foucault-lyotard-derrida/ What do you think?
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Listen to my Tucker-Dugin afterparty, where I go deeper into "Putin's Brain." For more Millerman School materials on Dugin, visit DuginBook.com and MillermanSchool.com. Follow youtube.com/@millerman and millermanschool.substack.com for free. Enjoy!
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Discussing two ways to re-enchant the world, and why I prefer one over the other. Brought to you by MillermanSchool.com
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What was Ratzinger's political philosophy? What role does Christianity play on the modern left? What about on the Radical Right? Those are the topics discussed in episode, drawn from my Tuesday morning article reading livestream. Enjoy, and make sure to visit MillermanSchool.com for great courses on political philosophy.
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In this episode, we take a look at Orientations: 11 Points by Julius Evola, written in 1950. Brought to you by MillermanSchool.com
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What was the philosophy behind the success of NVIDIA and the original Open AI, back when Elon Musk was still involved? We explore this question by pursuing a clue from a recent photo of Jensen delivering the first NVIDIA AI system to Open AI. This is a livestream reading and commentary. Subscribe for more great content on political philosophy.
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Livestream article reading about the risk of AI, written by Iain McGilchrist, author of The Master and his Emissary, and The Matter With Things.
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Reading and commenting on Alex Karp's recent time article about Silicon Valley and political philosophy.
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Reading and commenting on Agamben's Pardes essay from Potentialities, which discusses the story of the four rabbis in Paradise, Derrida's trace, the passive intellect in Aristotle, and more. Challenge yourself with this difficult, illuminating text.
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Reading and commenting on Peter Thiel's essay "The Straussian Moment," available here: https://gwern.net/doc/politics/2007-thiel.pdf
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Reading and commenting on the article by Marc Andreessen that argues in favour of AI's world-saving capabilities. Apologies if the audio is slightly rougher than usual! I had an issue and tried to resolve it in post-processing. Original article is here: https://a16z.com/ai-will-save-the-world/
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The most scandalous philosophy book of 2023? Let's see! In this episode, I walk you through Costin Alamariu's Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophy. You can read my written summary here: https://im1776.com/2023/10/27/selective-breeding-review/ Make sure to visit MillermanSchool.com for great courses on political philosophy. And if you're a complete newcomer to the topic, PhilosophyIntro.com is the place for you.
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Reading an essay originally published athttps://im1776.com/2023/01/20/bodily-noesis/ on my brief experience training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
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What did Sartre think of existentialism? How did he object to the criticisms of communists and Christians that existentialists are moody, godless nihilists? Why did Sartre understand his project as optimistic?
These are some of the questions covered in this walkthrough of Sartre's 1946 lecture called "Existentialism is a Humanism." This exposition is a prelude to a future talk on Heidegger's "Letter on Humanism."
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