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Signs of Life is my weekly newsletter about philosophy and science on the frontiers of internet culture. Subscribe at https://OtherLife.co.This podcast is based on Signs #63: Reality Splitters. We explore...How to find frontiersMónica Belevan's theory of Covidian AestheticsHow to listen to podcastsA light for the most midnightly men, according to NietzscheHow microdosing worksNews and events coming up (Based Mansion, Austin!)Links✦ ȘȈǤƝȘ 63, Reality Splitters: https://www.otherlife.co/signs-reality-splitters/ ✦ IndieThinkers.org: https://indiethinkers.org✦ Philip Monk's How to Find Frontiers https://pcmonk.me/2019/02/19/how-to-find-frontiers.html✦ Join a Tuesday morning work session: https://lu.ma/fhonr8u8✦ Edgeware Agency's Discord server: https://discord.gg/JXcdzNeQys✦ RSVP to Based Mansion: https://jmrphy.typeform.com/mansion-atx#source=pod

Mónica Belevan is a Peruvian theorist and crypto entrepreneur. She's the author of a newsletter called Covidian Aesthetics and co-founder of a Web3 production studio called Accursed Share. Her current focus is an NFT project called The Curse, which you can search for on Open Sea.We talk about Georges Bataille and the meaning of energy expenditure in the cryptoeconomy; Spengler, Wittgenstein, and Duchamp; the aesthetics of covid, the sentimentality of markets; the affective drama of Wallstreet Bets; egregoric warfare; and much more.➡️  Covidian Aesthetics newsletter: https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com➡️  Accursed Share production studio: https://accursedshare.art➡️  The Curse NFT: https://accursedshare.art/curse-nft-auction/Other Life✦ Join 6,000+ academics, creators, and investors who read the Other Life newsletter https://OtherLife.co✦ Join the Urbit group via https://exit.otherlife.coIndieThinkers.org✦ If you're working on long-term intellectual work outside of institutions, request an invitation at https://indiethinkers.org

Discord for this project: https://discord.gg/W43KSNgWctThe Point DAO group on Urbit: ~winlud-dirnet/point-daoIf you need an Urbit planet, I can give you one at cost of gas fees: https://exit.otherlife.coJames of Zora.co✦ James on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/new_username_22Kenny Rowe✦ Kenny Rowe on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/sicdev_pilnupJustin Murphy✦ I write a free newsletter to more than 6,000 academics, creators, founders, and investors: https://OtherLife.co✦ If you're working on long-term intellectual work outside of institutions, request an invitation at https://indiethinkers.org✦ If you're not already subscribed to the pod, subscribe at https://plnk.to/otherlifeJustin Murphy✦ I write a free newsletter to more than 6,000 academics, creators, founders, and investors: https://OtherLife.co✦ If you're working on long-term intellectual work outside of institutions, request an invitation at https://indiethinkers.org✦ If you're not already subscribed to the pod, subscribe at https://plnk.to/otherlife

Brom Rector is a Youtuber, podcaster, and venture capitalist focused on the psychedelics industry. We discuss how he launched his creator brand and VC fund at the same time; the current FDA pipeline, which psychedelics are going to be mainstream medicine, in what order, and for what treatments; unknown psychedelic compounds that haven't been invented yet; the "picks and shovels" infrastructure that will boom as psychedelics go mainstream; how to track the space; why microdosing might be overrated and harmful; a serotonin receptor to improve long term memory; whether LSD can help ADHD; how the psychedelic industry is different from the cannabis industry; and how virtual reality is on a continuum with psychedelics.Brom Rector✦ Empath Ventures VC Fund: https://www.empath.vc✦ The Integration Conversation Podcast: https://www.theintegration.co✦ Brom on Twitter:  https://www.twitter.com/therealbromJustin Murphy✦ I write a free newsletter to more than 6,000 academics, creators, founders, and investors: https://OtherLife.co✦ If you're working on long-term intellectual work outside of institutions, request an invitation at https://indiethinkers.org✦ If you're not already subscribed to the pod, subscribe at https://plnk.to/otherlifeResources on the Psychedelics Industry✦ Clinical Trial Tracker: https://psilocybinalpha.com/data/psychedelic-drug-development-tracker✦ Database of Psychedelics Research and Companies: https://blossomanalysis.com/✦ Psychedelics Patent Tracker: https://psilocybinalpha.com/data/psilocybin-patent-tracker

Razib Khan writes the #1 Substack in the Science category. We talk about how to genotype your unborn baby, whether we can increase our intelligence and testosterone with CRISPR, whether Genghis Khan was good actually, how Razib is succeeding on Substack, and much more.Check out Razib's Substack at razib.substack.com. If you subscribe, tell him I sent you.➡️  Join 6,000+ who read the Other Life newsletter at OtherLife.co➡️  If you're working on long-term creative or intellectual work, request an invitation to IndieThinkers.org

We talk with the preeminent biographer of Ivan Illich on the life and times of the great Catholic anarchist priest; Giorgio Agamben and the coronavirus; why friendship is the modern form of prophecy, and much more.➡️  Nina Power's course on Ivan Illich: IllichCourse.com➡️  Join 6,000+ readers of my newsletter at OtherLife.co➡️  If you're working on long-term creative or intellectual work, request an invitation to IndieThinkers.org

Jess Sloss is a lead instigator of Seed Club, an incubator of tokenized communities—communities that use custom cryptocurrencies to align incentives and distribute value among stakeholders.Learn more about Jess Sloss and Seed Club✦ https://SeedClub.io✦ The Seed Club Discord https://discord.gg/42UjJskuEF✦ Jess Sloss on Twitter https://twitter.com/thattallguyLearn more about the $LIFE dao✦ Join my free Urbit group and get some $LIFE: https://exit.otherlife.coAre you working on a long-term creative project outside of institutions?✦ Request an invitation to https://IndieThinkers.org

LM Sacasas is a theorist of technology and expert on Ivan Illich. He writes a popular Substack called the The Convivial Society, and recently published a book entitled The Frailest Thing. We're joined by friend of the show Nina Power to discuss Ivan Illich's prescient theories of technology, institutions, and the senses.Learn more about LM Sacasas✦ Subscribe to LM's newsletter, The Convivial Society.✦ Read LM's book of collected essays, The Frailest Thing.Learn more about Ivan Illich✦ Download our free Ivan Illich reading list at https://IllichCourse.com✦ Apply to Nina Power's 8-week course on Ivan Illich at https://IllichCourse.comAre you working on a long-term creative project outside of institutions?✦ Request an invitation to https://IndieThinkers.org

David Fuller is a co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, a media company and community dedicated to ideas and independent sense-making.Rebel Wisdom’s newest course, Sensemaking 101, starts this Thursday. With guest faculty including Daniel Schmachtenberger, John Vervaeke and others participants will spend 8 weeks developing their judgment, thinking, speaking, and relating skills. David is giving Other Life listeners 10% off, just use the coupon code “Indie_10”.✦ Sensemaking 101: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/sensemaking101✦ Rebel Wisdom on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/rebelwisdomOther Life✦ I write a free newsletter about philosophy, science, and tech to +6,000 academics, creators, founders, and hackers. Subscribe at https://otherlife.co✦ If you like the podcast, do me a favor and leave a review on Apple podcasts! https://otherlife.co/reviewIndieThinkers.org✦ Are you working on a long-term intellectual project? With about 400 members working on blogs, books, films, and more, IndieThinkers.org provides recurring work sessions to improve your productivity, monthly conferences to share your work, private workshops and Q&As with other successful indie thinkers, a content library with instructional material, and a curated network for finding collaborators. Request an invitation to IndieThinkers.org: https://bit.ly/3jH5DUg

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