Some good stuff coming up already in part 1 of The Map and The Territory:

benny's audio is completely cooked on this. I lost the files so I can't fix it sorry

CHAPTERS

(00:00:00) playdough’s cave
(00:04:01) is modern art a psyop
(00:07:59) straussian readings of plato
(00:12:21) map-territory distinction
(00:16:21) jed is a true artist
(00:25:00) raising children without the threat of physical violence
(00:31:00) what blows jed’s skirt up?
(00:40:40) woody allen goat
(00:44:10) rotten tomatoes manufactures mediocrity
(00:51:33) its good art brent!
(00:53:20) when the map changes the underlying territory, part 1
(00:58:05) wanky status signals can still mediate subjective experience
(01:05:50) modern books are easier to read
(01:11:42) when the map changes the underlying territory, part 2

Michel Houellebecq's Map and the Territory, part 1: Memeing big fat juicy asses into reality