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01:08:52

PDAMX#5.5 - Aphrodesia vs. Sexuality

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2024/04/18

Today we continue our discussion of Foucault's "The History of Sexuality" with volume II today, which discusses the Ancient Greek's perspectives on things having to do with sex. For them it was framed in terms of pleasure to be moderated through self control, rather than as a multiplicity of sexualities, like in modern times.Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

00:54:33

PDAMX#18.2 - Pharma Karma

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2024/04/11

Today we discuss Richard Posner's article "The Law & Economics of Intellectual Property" published in Daedalus in 2002. This discusses some of the rational for why we have IP laws and the incentives one needs to be mindful of when constructing them. Full issue: https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/daedalus/downloads/Daedalus_Sp2002_On-Intellectual-Property.pdf Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of,

01:10:33

PDAMX18.1 - He's an importer/exporter

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2024/04/04

Today we discuss Carla Hess's article "Intellectual property, 700 B.C. - A.D." published in Daedalus in 2002. This details the history of intellectual property up to the modern era.Article: https://www.amacad.org/publication/intellectual-property-700-bc-ad-2000 Full issue: https://www.amacad.org/sites/default/files/daedalus/downloads/Daedalus_Sp2002_On-Intellectual-Property.pdf Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part

01:04:16

PDAMX#5.4 - The West Loves Discourse

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2024/03/28

Today we pick up on our discussion of Foucault from ~6months ago by diving into another one of his books, "The History of Sexuality"...how provocative. We start with Volume I today, which discusses the repressive hypothesis, the West's development of Sciencia Sexualis, and how this all relates to power.Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:12:56

PDAMX#17.3 - Over academicalization

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2024/03/21

Today we continue our discussion of Murray Rothbard's "The Case Against the Fed" by talking about the final 3rd of the book (~pages 100-150). This section focuses on the formation of the federal reserve, its real world consequences, and what Rothbard thinks should be done about it.Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:11:06

PDAMX#17.2 - The Central Bank Strikes Back

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2024/03/13

Today we continue our discussion of Murray Rothbard's "The Case Against the Fed" by talking about the second 3rd of the book (~ pages 50-100). This covers the history of central banking in the US and how it ultimately won the day. Listener discretion is advised for this one, because at the end we cover a provacative topic. So 18+ only please....Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:09:33

PDAMX#17.1 - Fractional Reserve Warehousing

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2024/03/07

Today we begin our discussion of Murray Rothbard's "The Case Against the Fed" by talking about the first 1/3rd of the book. This covers what money is, fractional reserve banking, and how the federal reserve basically counterfeits and embezzles money. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:11:40

PDAMX#6.6 - Interestingly different

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2024/02/27

Today we finish Nietzsche's essay "Shopenhaur as educator", part of his Untimely Meditations. We continue to discuss how most people today, and during Nietzsche's time in the 1870s, are trained to just regurgitate information rather than synthesize it into something new. No culture, with a buncha automatons man...Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

00:59:20

PDAMX#6.5 - Most fear the truth

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2024/02/21

Today we continue our reading of Nietzsche's Untimely Meditations by discussing sections 1-4 of his "Shopenhaur as Educator" essay. Basically he discusses how most people are too afraid to speak honestly, because it would lead to a life of isolation and constant confrontation with others. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:09:15

PDAMX#6.4 - "Let the dead bury the - living"

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2024/02/14

Today we discuss Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Use and Abuse of History" from his Untimely Meditations. The title is basically the motto of the monumental historians. We discuss what these are and how it relates to consciousness, etc. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

00:56:17

PDAMX#16.3 - Everyone has rhythm?

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2024/02/08

Today we finish our discussion of Oliver Sack's book Musicophilia by covering chapters 9, 10, and 19. These cover things like perfect/absolute pitch, cochlear hearing loss, and the neurobiology of rhythm. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:14:24

PDAMX#16.2 - Worlds without music

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2024/02/01

Today we discuss chapters 2, 3, and 8 from Oliver Sack's book Musicophilia. These chapters cover interesting neurological cases where people have seizures that cause and are caused by music, as well as people who have congenital and onset amusia, dysharmonia, and tone-deafness. Could you live in a world without music? Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

00:52:17

PDAMX#16.1 - The final blackout

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2024/01/25

Today we discuss Oliver Sack's book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", specifically focusing on chapter 2, "The Lost Mariner". It discusses a 49 year old patient suffering from a particularly bad form of Korsakoff's syndrome, where he could not make any new memories and had forgotten the last 30 years. This resulted in him thinking he was a 19 year old fresh out of WWII. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not

01:01:46

PDAMX#15 - So you're an NPC

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2024/01/18

Today we discuss A.H. Maslow's "A Theory of Human Motivation", which is the paper that proposed his 5 hierarchies of needs. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:10:05

PDAMX#14 - Consciousness is in the Thalamus?

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2024/01/11

Today we discuss Byoung-Kyong Min's article called "A thalamic reticular networking model of consciousness", which basically theorizes a the primary location of consciousness within the nervous system resides in the thalamic reticular nucleus. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

00:55:11

PDAMX#13 - Ronnie James Dioscorides

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2024/01/04

Today we discuss "Dioscorides On Pharmacy And Medicine" by John M. Riddle. Dioscorides was a Greek/Roman physician who wrote an influential pharmacopeia back in the 1st century AD. We discuss the treatise, what life was like as a Roman physician, some of the different schools of medicine back then, among other things! Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:10:54

PDAMX#12.3 - Dear FBI, this is not a call for revolution

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2023/12/28

Today we finish our discussion of John Locke’s 2 Treatises on Government by talking about the second half of the 2nd treatise. Summary is this is basically where the USA framers got a lot of their ideas for how to structure government, and also he calls for revolt against tyrannical governments....no comment man. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:34:23

PDAMX#12.2 - Locke was a cheeky dude

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2023/12/21

Today we continue our discussion of John Locke’s 2 Treatises on Government. We focus on the first half of the 2nd treatise today, which covers a lot, but begins by defining the state of nature and ends with describing how peaceful governments are formed. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:07:02

PDAMX#12.1 - The Divine Right of Kings is Stupid

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2023/12/14

Today we begin our discussion of John Locke’s 2 Treatises on Government. We focus on the 1st treatise today, which is chiefly about refuting Robert Filmer’s argument that kings have a divine right to rule that can be traced back to Adam. You can guess the conclusion from the title. Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

01:20:29

PDAMX#11.3 - Nobody Knows about Knowledge

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2023/12/07

Today we finish our discussion of Plato with the dialogue Theatetus, which is basically about knowledge. Spoiler, they conclude that they don't know what knowledge is, but this is kind of in line with Socrates' whole schtick. We share our thoughts on what knowledge is though, so listeners have that to look forward to! Disclaimer: All opinions are our own and don't represent any institution we may or may not be a part of, respectively.

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