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Decoding the Gurus

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Apr 22, 2024 • 3h 16min

Destiny: Debate King and/or Degenerate?

Exploring controversial figure Destiny, the podcast delves into his rise to streaming fame, political commentary, drama-infused debates, and personal boundaries. Topics include brainpower in debates, privacy challenges, and dissecting his online persona to decipher guru potential.
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Apr 13, 2024 • 36min

Supplementary Material 4: Passive Aggressive Therapists, Shit-posting Monks, and Weaponised Naivety

Topics include passive aggressive therapists, shit-posting monks, ethical dilemmas in online therapy, false halos of success, secular vs. religious gurus, power of polemicists, orthodoxic atheism, reflections on intellectual humility, and important messages from the hosts.
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Apr 5, 2024 • 2h 17min

Yuval Noah Harari: Eat Bugs and Live Forever

Historian and writer Yuval Noah Harari discusses controversial topics like human augmentation, AI, mythic narratives, AI's impact on financial systems, potential immortality, free will illusion, and the shift from global order to disorder.
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Mar 31, 2024 • 52min

Supplementary Material 3: Sand-worms, Anti-Capitalist Merch, and High Level Idea-Jacking

The podcast covers interesting topics like Dune 2 review, Hasan Piker's Anti-Capitalist Merch, controversy around Andrew Huberman, differential charity, high-level idea jacking, and more. It explores parallels between the middle ages and fictional world as well as power dynamics and moral ambiguity in the Dune universe. The episode also unveils contradictions in public image and delves into figures embracing Christian values in the guru sphere.
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Mar 26, 2024 • 1h 24min

Mini-Decoding: The Descent of Jordan B. Peterson

Jordan B. Peterson and Steven Bonnell discuss Jordan's evolving views, from COVID vaccine skepticism to climate change denial. They tackle the question of Nazis being right-wing and explore challenges in public health policies. The conversation delves into the complexities of addressing climate change and political ideologies, critiquing Jordan's viewpoints on historical political context.
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Mar 22, 2024 • 37min

Supplementary Material 2: Dissident Dialogues, Bloodbaths, & Genocidal Debates

Exploring dissident dialogues, bloodbaths, and genocidal debates with Sam Harris devotees. Trumpian media criticism, Lex Fridman's Israel-Palestine debate, and Finkelstein vs. Destiny. Dive into dangerous ideas and the dynamics of guru idolization.
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Mar 15, 2024 • 24min

Gurometer: Hasan Piker *PREVIEW*

Exploring biases and prejudices post-interview with online leader Hassan Haikou. Evaluating Neoliberal Agenda and Galaxy Brainness. Analyzing personality traits and cult-like behavior. Scrutinizing political figures and their stances. Political ideological evolution and Patreon episode preview.
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Mar 13, 2024 • 1h 56min

Hasan Piker: A swashbuckling Bromance

The podcast explores Hasan Piker's left-wing commentary and complex geopolitical topics, including Yemeni hostage situations and controversial slogans. It delves into Hasan's insights on political issues, drawing parallels to anime and challenging mainstream narratives. The conversation covers revenue sources for streamers, contrasting perspectives on global conflicts, and the importance of acknowledging patrons. The hosts navigate lighthearted exchanges amidst tense discussions, showcasing a mix of political analysis and personal anecdotes.
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Mar 7, 2024 • 30min

Supplementary Material 1: Cringe Immunity & Supplemental Ethics

In this episode, they discuss a mysterious clip, Lex Fridman on Navalny, Jordan Peterson's fury, Cringe Immunity as a superpower, ethics of sponsorship, and more. The hosts analyze political figures' admiration, critique Jordan Peterson's views, and explore Brett Weinstein's behavior and fan reactions.
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Mar 6, 2024 • 2h 10min

Interview with Kevin Mitchell on Agency and Evolution

In this podcast, Kevin Mitchell discusses free will, determinism, consciousness, and agency from a scientific perspective. The conversation dives into evolutionary perspectives on behavior, consciousness, quantum uncertainty, decision-making processes, meaningful information in neural processes, emotions' influence on decision-making, AI creativity, theories of human intelligence evolution, and more.

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