Thought Criminal Episode 33: Take your kids to see Babylon
Mitch and Wyatt are BACK in a new studio, happy new year! Join us as we cover movies from Avatar to Babylon, the uselessness of Pride merchandise, and the beginning…
Just waiting around for the AI takeover/Butlerian Jihad
Elliot and Collin play around with ChatGPT in multiple languages, and opine on the coming AI takeover. We get all accelerationy with it, try to get the AI to give…
Building Awesome Waterworld Rafts to Escape From Academia
Mitch joins Collin again to discuss the “intersection” of “justice” and corpus linguistics. They get into why the ship of academia is going down, and how to start build awesome…
The Weird Right- A Playlist
Here’s a playlist to accompany your reading and thinking about the Principles of the Weird Right. It’s a journey from despair to hope, with lots of angst mixed in. Enjoy!
Principles of the Weird Right
After much ado, we finally give you something! Behold, the Principles of the Weird Right. Be on the lookout for some live reading episodes of the show, where my colleague…
A Festivus Miracle
Elliot and Collin celebrate Festivus by airing their grievances. Check it out!
The Case for Sensible Logo-Centrism
I hope all of you have been having a good Advent/holiday season. As one of the frozen chosen, this is the time of year to make Scandinavian treats, stave off…
Isaac Newton, the Enlightenment, and Units of Measure
Elliott joins Collin again on The Wandering Humanists to discuss how the Enlightenment lead to the standardization of units of measure, and what role Isaac Newton played in the development…
“A Grounded Liberalism?”
Fred and Collin discuss a liberalism that’s grounded in a particular place and tradition. Check it out!
“Fighting the Future with Anti-Entropy Weapons”
I hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving, and that you avoided too many awkward conversations around the dinner table with relatives. I’m back to put out a theory…