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Jessica Taylor is an AI & Cognitive science-influenced philosopher working on a range of areas like social epistemology, decision theory, and philosophy of mind, to name a few. She is currently a researcher at the Median Group on technology forecasting along with the prior mentioned fields. In this episode, we discuss AI alignment, the foundations of cognitive science, linguistics, desire formation, psychoanalysis and Kantian philosophy. Jessica's links: https://unstableontology.com/ https://twitter.com/jessi_cata https://www.lesswrong.com/users/jessica-liu-taylor ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠⁠   Website} ⁠⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠⁠   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Amidst the UFO Congressional hearing in the United States, the topic of conspiracy theories has recently gained unprecedented public attention. In this episode, I discuss conspiracies from a Lacanian perspective with Hunter Coates, a philosophy and history undergrad at Georgia College & State University interested in German Idealism, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, and Eastern Orthodox Christian theology.  In February 2023, Hunter published his first full-length text titled 'Conspiracy and the Subject: A Lacanian Enterprise,' which we discuss in detail: https://www.amazon.com.au/Conspiracy-Subject-Enterprise-Hunter-Coates/dp/B0BW267JC5 Hunter's links: https://www.youtube.com/@dissatisfiedphilosophy9723 https://gcsu.academia.edu/HunterC  ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠   Website} ⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠   {Reference Links} https://youtu.be/DAAkbs2HnkM   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Euwyn and I critique tech bros and techo-optimism. We also discuss 'The Question Concerning Technology' by Martin Heidegger. Connect with Euwyn at: https://twitter.com/euwyngoh https://memoirworthwriting.substack.com https://www.instagram.com/euwyngoh --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠⁠   Website} ⁠⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠⁠ {Reference Links} The Question Concerning Technology by Martin Heidegger The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis Brave New World by Aldous Huxley https://paulkingsnorth.substack.com/p/the-tale-of-the-machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tools_for_Conviviality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Technological_Society https://open.substack.com/pub/startupy/p/things-im-thinking-about-331 https://substack.com/@startupy {Images & Videos used}  Thumbnail: The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel (1563)   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Dr Grace Tarpey is a Psychoanalyst and Philosophy Academic with significant years of experience in Psychoanalytic clinical private practice, Psychotherapy and Counselling. Her PhD thesis is on the topic of 'self-Other relations for an ethics-of-love' in the context of contemporary postmodern culture. She's also currently writing a book on 'The Ethics of Love.' In this episode, we discuss Jacques Lacan, Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Marion.   Lacan's Psychoanalytic Way of Love: https://lacancircle.com.au/psychoanalysislacan-journal/psychoanalysislacan-volume-1/lacans-psychoanalytic-way-of-love/  Find Dr Grace at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-tarpey-95067a65/   ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠   Website} ⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠   {Images & Videos used}  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc_Marion https://youtu.be/mKl5_OxKBn8   --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Euwyn and I discuss marriage, love and modernity. Connect with Euwyn at: https://twitter.com/euwyngoh https://memoirworthwriting.substack.com https://www.instagram.com/euwyngoh --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠ Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠ {Images & Videos used} The Lovers by René Magritte (1928) --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Hunter Coates is an undergraduate student and aspiring academic. Currently, he is pursuing a philosophy and history double B.A. at Georgia College and State University. After graduation, he plans to work towards a PhD in philosophy. In February 2023, Hunter published his first full-length text titled “Conspiracy and the Subject: A Lacanian Enterprise.”: https://www.amazon.com.au/Conspiracy-Subject-Enterprise-Hunter-Coates/dp/B0BW267JC5 Hunter's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dissatisfiedphilosophy9723 In this episode, we discuss Kant, Hegel, Lacan, Žižek and Christian Atheism. --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠ Anchor: ⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠ {Social Media} ⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠ Facebook Group: ⁠https://goo.gl/JoL9CA⁠ {Reference Links} Books mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/170169 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/13095855 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90568.For_They_Know_Not_What_They_Do https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/30292 {Images & Videos used} The Pervert's Guide to Ideology Director: Sophie Fiennes Screenplay: Slavoj Žižek Producers: Sophie Fiennes, Martin Rosenbaum, James Wilson, Katie Holly Film series: The Pervert's Guide to Cinema Cast: Slavoj Žižek Distributed by: Zeitgeist Films --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.

Mettalia Tanjaya is an artist and philosopher. She studied for a Bachelor of Animation and Interactive Media in the past year, followed by a Diploma in Theological Studies for a year. She is now doing her Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary). The working title for her dissertation is “Why Theology Matters”, where she will discuss the components of Theological studies and analyse how it is relevant to modern philosophy and science. I discuss Christianity, morality and Kant with her. Mettalia's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@misguided_pilgrim --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.minds.com/trahulsam/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ https://trahulsam.medium.com/ https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/JoL9CA --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you. The description may contain affiliate links to products. I receive a commission for purchases made through these links. I only recommend products that have genuinely helped me.

Euwyn and I discuss Christ, faith, existentialism and Christian phenomenology. Please consider checking out his Substack: https://memoirworthwriting.substack.com/ Euwyn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/euwyngoh --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.minds.com/trahulsam/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ https://trahulsam.medium.com/ https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/JoL9CA --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you. The description may contain affiliate links to products. I receive a commission for purchases made through these links. I only recommend products that have genuinely helped me.

My conversation with Paul (PF Jung) on his follow-up thoughts after his Vaush debate. And we discuss if Jordan Peterson is a fascist―viewing Peterson through Umberto Eco's and Hannah Arendt's social theories. Paul's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PFJung  Paul's debate with Vaush: https://youtu.be/hHn9WMSQyyk --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.minds.com/trahulsam/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ https://trahulsam.medium.com/ https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/JoL9CA {Reference Links} https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-origins-of-totalitarianism-9780241316757 --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you. The description may contain affiliate links to products. I receive a commission for purchases made through these links. I only recommend products that have genuinely helped me.

Recently the topic of masculinity has been discussed contentiously in our culture with the rise of controversial figures like Andrew Tate. Original piece: https://theunhappyman.substack.com/p/masculinity-and-nothingness --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.minds.com/trahulsam/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ https://trahulsam.medium.com/ https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/JoL9CA --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you. The description may contain affiliate links to products. I receive a commission for purchases made through these links. I only recommend products that have genuinely helped me.