Weird Studies Episode 114: On the Wheel of Fortune, the Tenth Card of the Tarot
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Jan 19, 2022 AI Snips
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Improvisation Grows Ideas Over Time
- Improvisation across episodes lets ideas mature over time rather than fully formed in one session.
- Phil and JF treat their series as theme-and-variations where precision grows with repeated turns of the wheel.
Tarot Reading Revealed Modern Biases
- Phil recounts an occult book club tarot reading that drew the Emperor and the Devil and provoked predictable reactions.
- The group idolized the Devil card while dismissing the Emperor, revealing modern biases toward transgression over authority.
Read Hard Ideas To Avoid Closed Wheels
- Engaging with uncomfortable ideas requires donating attention and charity to learn from them.
- JF and Phil argue that refusing to read contrary voices traps you in a closed wheel of repeating opinions.