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A cultural detective's journey into philosophy, art, sociology, and psychology with Ryder Richards. (Formerly known as "The Will to DIY")
Ryder Richards hosts let's THiNK about it, a society show with 89 episodes published.
In the latest episode of Let Us Think About It, host Ryder Richards tackles the provocative and polarizing work of Ward Churchill, Pacifism as Pathology. Published in 1986 and later expanded, this essay challenges the sa
In Step 87 of LetUsThinkAboutIt, host Ryder Richards dives into Part II of Richard Rorty’s Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989), exploring the clash between ironists and metaphysicians. Fresh off recording Step 86,
In "Step 88: Rorty’s Solidarity," the concluding episode of our three-part series on Richard Rorty’s Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989), host Ryder Richards explores Part III, Chapters 7–9, where Rorty tackles cru
In the first of a three-part series on Richard Rorty’s Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989), Let Us Think About It delves into the concept of contingency. Host Ryder Richards guides listeners through Rorty’s radical
Ryder Richards discusses the evolution and degradation of the concept of "good" in moral language, referencing Nietzsche, Shell, and McIntyre. Nietzsche argues that "good" originated as a term for nobility but was invert
Language Failure: How Words Shape Our Reality A Long-Form Summary of the Podcast Opening Hook: The Illusion of Reality Imagine walking through downtown San Francisco. On your phone, you see pristine streets and a bustlin
In this lecture, Ryder Richards, an artist currently based in Fort Worth, explored the intersection of art and artificial intelligence (AI), specifically focusing on a project that reimagines Salvador Dali's "Alice in Wo
Essay, Deck and Transcript can be found at https://www.letusthinkaboutit.com/step-82-art-and-ai/ The Future of Art and AI: Promises and Perils Artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded onto the cultural scene, raising pr
https://www.letusthinkaboutit.com/step-81-kant-and-the-rise-of-subjective-realism/ Reality, belief, and the apocalypse. 0:00 Ryder Richards discusses the demotion of reality in favor of subjectivity, exploring the tensio
In this episode of Let's Think About It, host Ryder Richards examines the relationship between truth, reality, and abstraction. He proposes reality filters profound ideologies like religion and science, which rely on bel
Ryder Richards builds on thinkers like Kant, Rorty, and Baudrillard in this podcast to argue that reality can filter problematic abstractions. He proposes reality as a net separating transcendental truths and superficial
https://www.letusthinkaboutit.com/step-78-the-parallax-view/ Ryder discusses the concept of Slavoj Zizek's "The Parallax View" in three parts. Part 1: Ryder defines the parallax view as the convergence of seemingly paral
Welcome to the problematic realm of perspective framing. Ryder Richards will be your dubious guide through this profound exploration of self-awareness and understanding. Central to our journey is the parallax view, a pow
🗑️ Garbage represents the concrete universal of waste. 🎨 Picasso's art exemplifies the concrete universal through different periods and works. 🌌 Failures and contradictions can lead to transcendence. 🎭 Art expresses
Christianity operates through a lack: we cannot know God, so a “gap” must be filled between God and Humans. Christ is God splitting from 1 into 2, allowing us to identify and get closer to the mystery of God, but in so d
0:00 The contradictory injunction of double binds. • The contradictory injunction in double binds. • The binary trap in cyberpunk. 2:15 The death drive of determinism. • The death drive of determinism. • How to transcend
0:01 Why camouflage is like a rhizome. The complexity of camouflage and abstraction.Why camouflage is a better survival strategy. 2:44 The servant as master. How to become low like water and remain powerful.Master as ser
Introduction - Recap of previous episodes on the mimetic desire. - Rene Girard's model of scapegoating. 2:33 How do we prevent mimetic desire? - One way to solve mimetic desire and scapegoating. - The dispute plan to pre
0:00 How violence is provoked by fantasy. 2:31 The balcony and the revolution. 5:14 How far does mimetic desire go? 6:54 Most things happen twice: the story, then reality 9:41 Post-terrorist architecture. 12:40 Turning t
Reversing inner pressure outward requires a scapegoat to sacrifice in order to stabilize society. By discovering the hidden models driving it reveals our motivations, but more importantly, Rene Girard‘s theory accounts f
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let's THiNK about it is hosted by Ryder Richards. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 89 episodes.
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