Benjamin Studebaker Talks Intelligence And The Natural Slave

Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die | Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!

Yo!! Mikey are Sean are here to discuss the film, Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die! ***SPOILER ALERT!!! If you haven't seen this movie yet, we recommend doing so before you consume this episode, as there are several pleasant surprises in the movie that we probably spoil in this discussion!*** This movie is excellent! I don't want to write this description, it's kinda all in the episode. Although, I didn't get around to sharing my fears that this movie will never gain the following of other Cult Classics, some mentioned in the discussion, because it hits too close to home and people just aren't into that stuff anymore; though we do brush up against it. Anyway, check it out!!! Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s Patreon, YouTube channel, and Substack - https://www.patreon.com/thedangerousmaybe https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack, he's been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing Three Billion Nances has a Patreon page now too! https://www.patreon.com/nancee and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com [https://nanceee.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Hospital | An Illich Epsiode

Yo!! In this solo episode, I talk a bit about going into The Hospital as someone who has effectively sworn off modern healthcare treatment. It was gnarly. Then I talk a bit about Ivan Illich, a guy who has a pretty robust critique of Modernity and its Institutions; including Education, Healthcare, Tranportation/Infrastructure, and Media/Communication. I then talk about where Illich fails and how he leaves himself open to Reactionary politics, and I offer my suggestion on how to preserve his critique while shifting to an even more structural view and seeing how Capital achieves a Radical Monopoly and is the source of Counterproductivity rather than the Institutions and Tools themselves having some essential manipulative qualities. Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s Patreon, YouTube channel, and Substack - https://www.patreon.com/thedangerousmaybe https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack, he's been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing Three Billion Nances has a Patreon page now too! https://www.patreon.com/nancee and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com [https://nanceee.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Baudrillard Bonus Episode!

In this episode, Mikey and I catch up and shoot the proverbial s**t for a bit, then move into a discussion of Baudrillard's interpretation of Bataille's Accursed Share. We unpack the superegoic dimension of how society manages The Accursed Share, touch on why increasingly sophisticated social coordination will not save us from the impending Apocalypse of The Object, and where Baudrillard and Lacan seem to be talking about the same thing; and why that matters. This was a fun episode to record! I've obviously been a bit absent from the feed for a while, and that will probably remain true for the immediate future, but it's great to have and share conversations like this! Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s Patreon, YouTube channel, and Substack - https://www.patreon.com/thedangerousmaybe https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack, he's been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing This is the Substack post about Bataillie where I talk about the Butthole Surfers - [https://open.substack.com/pub/nanceee/p/the-accursed-share-as-destiny-desire?r=1jl6yq&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] Three Billion Nances has a Patreon page now too! https://www.patreon.com/nancee Thanks for your time and attention!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com [https://nanceee.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Benjamin Studebaker Talks Intelligence And The Natural Slave

Benjamin Studebaker [https://substack.com/profile/281728583-benjamin-studebaker] joins Mikey, The Dangerous Maybe [https://substack.com/profile/147897623-the-dangerous-maybe], and I for a conversation about Intelligence. What is Intelligence? Why does the question even matter? What does the reduction of Intelligence to tasks that can be mechanically simulated do to the notion of Freedom? Politics? The Soul? Can this question lead to an emancipatory project? We touch on A LOT in this conversation, Orthogonality, The Turing Test, Neo-/Techno-Feudalism, Benjamin's critique of Nick Land's core thesis (Capitalism IS Artificial Intelligence); and a whole lot more!!! Thanks, Benjamin!! Can't wait for our next convo!!! You can now get a paperback of Benjamin's book, Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies, wherever you get your books!!! Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s Patreon, YouTube channel, and Substack - https://www.patreon.com/thedangerousmaybe https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack, he's been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing Three Billion Nances has a Patreon page now too! https://www.patreon.com/nancee and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com [https://nanceee.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

The Best BACKROOMS Conversation Ever Had (by us)!!

Yo! In this episode, Mikey The Dangerous Maybe [https://substack.com/profile/147897623-the-dangerous-maybe] and I talk about Backrooms, the film that just hit theatres and seems to have been assembling itself out of disparate bits of online fiction and memes posted on The Chans, Reddit, and Instagram over the last two decades or so. What is it about The Backrooms lore that speaks so loudly to people? We get into Liminality, touch on Phenomenology, consider the Weird and the Eerie, point of the Baudrillard of it all, and more!! Then, we talk about Hyperstition, Hypostition, and Retrostition a bit; and we get into Trump's absurd Aliens.gov affair. Keep your ears peeled and your eyes open for Mikey's book, which will be available SOON! The Hyperstition Zone has A LOT that you're gonna want to read if you enjoyed this conversation! - The Retrostition essay- https://open.substack.com/pub/nanceee/p/travels-along-the-fault-line-1-long?r=1jl6yq&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Don’t miss out on all the stuff going on at Mikey’s Patreon, YouTube channel, and Substack - https://www.patreon.com/thedangerousmaybe https://youtube.com/@TheDangerousMaybe?si=2btoEcN3ta3Dd-V2 https://substack.com/@thedangerousmaybe Make sure to check out Sean's Substack, he's been droppin' some heat! - https://substack.com/@dukesdoswing Three Billion Nances has a Patreon page now too! https://www.patreon.com/nancee and as always, stay tuned for more!! Thanks for your time and attention!!! Thanks for reading Three Billion Nances! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit nanceee.substack.com [https://nanceee.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]