Don't Obey the Algorithms; Ye is the GOAT; my review of Sam Kriss on "The Internet is Already Over", and Nick Land Dead or Alive. Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world https://OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit ship at https://imperceptible.computer IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of https://IndieThinkers.org (00:00) - Don't Obey the Algorithms (07:51) - On Sam Kriss, "The Internet is Already Over" (18:19) - Why Ye...
Oct 29, 2022•32 min•Ep. 208
Every sentence from Nick Land's Meltdown, one at a time. https://nicklandcourse.com Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit ship at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of IndieThinkers.org...
Oct 10, 2022•21 min•Ep. 207
Now that we're past Peak Wokeness, has "heterodoxy" exhausted itself? That's the argument of David Fuller, co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, a popular but now retired media brand. We discuss the problem of audience capture, whether Eric Weinstein and Jordan Peterson lost the plot, why David and Alexander decided to shut down Rebel Wisdom, and the deep-reaching effects that Covid has had on public intellectual life. David Fuller ✦ David Fuller on Twitter ✦ David's website Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the ...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 206
Joey Krug is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Pantera Capital, the biggest crypto hedge fund in the world. Joey's AngelList syndicate is also one of the most successful ever. We talk about Urbit as an investment and how to identify underpriced value more generally. Joey Krug ✦ Joey on Twitter ✦ Pantera Capital Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world https://OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit ship at https://imperceptible.computer IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independ...
Sep 21, 2022•53 min•Ep. 205
Timluc is a top Urbit engineer and founder of Uqbar, a zero-knowledge ETH Layer 2 built on Urbit. Timluc is one of the highest-conviction Urbit bulls in the world. We talked about why he has so much confidence in Urbit, what people misunderstand about Urbit, why he went from BTC Maxi to ETH Maxi, and what he learned about crypto living in Ukraine when the war broke out. ~timluc-miptev ✦ Follow Timluc on Twitter ✦ Subscribe to timluc's new podcast The Network Age ✦ The Uqbar crew is eager to talk...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 204
Marty Bent is the founder of TFTC.io, a media company focused on Bitcoin and freedom in the digital age. We discuss the "ESG" movement, how Marty built his media company, and how he's now building a natural gas company with Bitcoin mining. Marty Bent ✦ Marty's newsletter ✦ Marty's podcasts ✦ Marty on Twitter Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the Other Life newsletter ✦ Get a free Urbit ship at imperceptible.computer ✦ Join the community at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on i...
Sep 08, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 203
~Nilrun-mardux is co-host of The Network Age podcast and founder of AlephDAO, an early network state project on Urbit via El Salvador. ~Nilrun-mardux ✦ Nilrun is on Twitter at @alephdao ✦ Subscribe to The Network Age podcast (formerly Web0) on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or Google Podcasts Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you'...
Aug 26, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 202
Ellie Hain and Joe Edelman are itinerant thinkers designing a new kind of social movement. We discuss what they've learned from Charles Taylor and Amartya Sen, why Effective Altruism can be so cringe, Joe's role building Couchsurfing.com, and much more. Ellie Hain Joe Edelman Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit ship at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country...
Aug 19, 2022•39 min•Ep. 201
Logistical acceleration refers to the logistic function, otherwise known as an S-shaped growth curve. Techno-economic interactivity is a key postulate of Land's ideas. Elsewhere, he will frequently use the adjective techonomic. Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world https://OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit ship at https://imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at https://imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual w...
Aug 18, 2022•9 min•Ep. 201
Chris Williamson runs the Modern Wisdom podcast and YouTube channel. We discuss how Chris went from zero subscribers to nearly half a million; how to get big guests; and how to think about wisdom in the internet era. Modern Wisdom by Chris Williamson Podcast YouTube Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world ✦ Get a free Urbit ship ✦ We're building a new country...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 200
Curtis Yarvin is the author of the Gray Mirror newsletter. Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world ✦ Get a free Urbit ship ✦ We're building a new country
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 199
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Jul 29, 2022•4 min•Ep. 198
In the most underrated work of social theory from the 1990s, Nick Land presents a sweeping theory of modernity. With about 3,500 words and only 4 citations, Meltdown seems to comprehend—and arguably foretell—a range of momentous historical developments that will only arrive decades later. From cryptocurrency to the Covid pandemic, Meltdown sees it all coming. And yet, few social scientists have ever deigned to take this work seriously. The time is nigh. otherlife.co/renaissance-rationalization O...
Jul 19, 2022•9 min•Ep. 197
Geoffrey Shullenberger ( @daily_barbarian ) is a lecturer at NYU and runs the newsletter and podcast . Geoffrey teaches the Other Life course on René Girard. The Girard Course ✦ Download our free 18-page syllabus to get started reading Girard Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit ship at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 196
Rachel-Rose O'Leary was an artist before getting into crypto through Nick Land and Julian Assange. She's now a programmer working with Amir Taaki to build a crypto-anarchist DeFi ecosystem called DarkFi. ✦ DarkFi ✦ Rachel-Rose on Twitter Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join th...
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 195
James Ellis hosts the podcast Hermitix. His latest book is Be Not Afraid , a fictionalized account of his recent conversion to Christianity. We discuss James' actual conversion story, Saint Teresa Benedicta and CS Lewis among others, and James' journey as a writer and podcaster. ✦ Be Not Afraid ✦ James' current writing ✦ The Hermitix podcast ✦ James on Twitter Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're bu...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 194
Neal Davis is a professor of computer science and the director of Urbit's Hoon School. We discuss why solving nuclear fusion might be a disaster, why Urbit computers have souls, Shinto philosophy, why you should read old books, how to select books, and much more. This was really good! Neal Davis ✦ Neal on Twitter ✦ Neal on Urbit: ~lagrev-nocfep ✦ Learn Hoon with Neal Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ W...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 193
Vers la Lune is an NFT degen who hosts the podcast Version 4, which published the first interview with Miya the BPD God in 2020. As Crypto Twitter influencers try to cancel the Milady NFTs for association with Miya, this podcast provides a totally different narrative in the context of Vers' first-hand knowledge of the Miya/Milady nexus and his larger perspective on NFT valuation. Vers la Lune ✦ Vers on Twitter ✦ The Version 4 podcast with Charlotte Fang representing Miya Other Life ✦ Subscribe t...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 192
Noah Kumin is the founder and editor of the Mars Review of Books, a new magazine published from Urbit (in print and digital). Check out the Mars Review of Books at https://marsreview.org. Mars Review of Books ✦ Order Vol. 1 in print ✦ Noah on Urbit: ~librex-dozryc ✦ Noah on Twitter Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit ship at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're workin...
Jun 09, 2022•40 min•Ep. 191
Johnathan Bi is a founder and independent scholar working on René Girard. Johnathan just published a professionally-produced YouTube series on Girard, in collaboration with David Perell. We discuss the concept of metaphysical desire, how to engineer social environments for productive mimesis, whether Girard can be separated from Christianity (Johnathan thinks he can), and the strategy behind Johnathan's new lecture series on YouTube. To learn more about and watch/listen to the first episode, che...
May 29, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 190
I'm joined by @lb_dobis, @yung_calibri, @SCHIZO_FREQ, @addytheyoung. Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world https://OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at https://imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at https://imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of https://IndieThinkers.org...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 189
Paul Millerd was a McKinsey consultant before quitting for an independent life on the internet. He's the author of The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life. ✦ The Pathless Path ✦ Paul's newsletter ✦ Paul on Twitter Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the nex...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 188
Steff is a poet and Autumn is a novelist. We talk about the writing economy, grad school for poetry, canceling yourself, how Autumn almost won the Passage Prize for right-wing fiction, how to stay free inside the institutions, how Autumn won Steff's heart with a meme about Hitler, how to think about success as a writer today, whether Curtis Yarvin's poetry is good, and Steff's call for suitors (DMs open). Autumn Christian ✦ Teach Robots Love ✦ Autumn on Twitter ✦ Autumn's novels Other Life ✦ Sub...
May 19, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 187
We discuss the enneagram personality model, my decision to become 10% more psycho, why Mike loves Gandhi, Christian anarchism, and markets for truth. ✦ Mike is the founder of IdeaMarket.io ✦ Mike on Twitter Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of IndieThinkers....
May 13, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 186
Andrew Hitchock bought 21 acres outside Austin to build a village DAO. We talk about the new urbanism, his vision for his village DAO called Montanoso, what he's learned from similar projects such as CabinDAO, and how he plans to make his vision happen. ✦ Andrew's village DAO, Montanoso ✦ Andrew on Twitter Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThin...
May 09, 2022•51 min•Ep. 185
At the Other Life x Urbit meetup in Austin, a group of 8 people rocked up wearing black trenchcoats. Endproject is an art and music collective based in Houston. I didn't know a thing about any of them until this podcast, and we quickly went deep into their defection from institutions, faith, the logic of culture, Deleuzian immanence, Urbit, and how authentic counterculture always wins. ✦ Endproject website ✦ Endproject's group on Urbit: ~rocdel-napsec/endproject ✦ Vincent on Twitter ✦ Vincent on...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 184
Read the essay Upcoming events I mentioned Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of IndieThinkers.org...
May 04, 2022•35 min•Ep. 183
We discuss what's real and what's not in web3 gaming, and the future of crypto countries. Charl3s is a cool dude I've got to know in Austin. At a party recently, I heard him spitting some fire about how most of web3 gaming is bullshit, so I brought him on to discuss. ✦ Nifty Island is a web3 game that lets players import NFTs from multiple chains ✦ Charl3s on Twitter Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ W...
May 02, 2022•55 min•Ep. 182
We discuss the evolution of "alt lit," the formative experience of "indie sleaze" for millennials, why party photography went out of fashion, and the gathering wave of sex negativity. ✦ Katherine's newsletter ✦ Katherine on Twitter ✦ Katherine on Urbit: ~hapnyx-tamnex Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on indepen...
Apr 29, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 181
We discuss the imminent future of DAOs on Urbit with the founder of Holium (~lomder-librun) and Anthony (~poldec-tonteg) from the Urbit-focused startup accelerator The Combine. Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest free newsletter in the world OtherLife.co ✦ Get a free Urbit planet at imperceptible.computer ✦ We're building a new country at imperceptible.country IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent intellectual work, join the next cohort of https://IndieThinkers.org...
Apr 25, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 180
