"Among Europeans today there is no lack of those who are entitled to call themselves homeless in a distinctive and honorable sense: it is to them that I especially commend my secret wisdom and gaya scienza. For their fate is hard, their hopes are uncertain; it is quite a feat to devise some comfort for them - but what avail? We children of the future, how could we be at home in this today? We feel disfavor for all ideals that might lead one to feel at home even in this fragile, broken time of transition; as for its 'realities, we do not believe that they will last. The ice that still supports people today has become very thin; the wind that brings the thaw is blowing; we ourselves who are homeless constitute a force that breaks open ice and other all too thin 'realities.'"
- Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science
In this first episode we introduce ourselves and how we met, lay some foundational ideas for future episodes, put in place the overarching themes of the podcast, and briefly hit on some current events like the Dali crash and Boeing controversy.
Episode notes:
The referenced episode of Modern Wisdom where Eric Weinstein talks about the idea of "information bukkake" can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJxBnSyH0T4
Episode corrections:
When Joel mentions Edward Bernays he mistakenly says Bernays was Freud's cousin - he was actually Freud's nephew.
