On this Month's Episode of The Sociologist's Dojo Podcast, we tackle the Succession-like satire, Mountainhead. Return guest and friend of the pod Dr. Ellen Meiser and the host discuss masculinity, AI generated dystopias-how these things impact the perception of intellegence and our ability to critically think. Enjoy!
Production Notes
Intro: 0:00-2:28
Update on Dr. Meiser's Research 2:29-7:55
Basics of the Film 7:56-12:31
Historical Context 12:32-38:36
- Individual experiences watching the film
- Need to spend more time with the characters
- "Broligarchs" The New Power Elite
- All Interactions between them are transient and transactional
- A Film of the Moment: Misinformation, AI, Racism, Sexism, Wealth detachment
- The Magnitude of the character's decisions
- Connection to the current administration- Tech Robber Barons
- The acquiescence of control to corporations
- Ethics and humanity = morality
Social Analysis 38:37-60:37
- Spurious Ciorrelation between Capitalism/Wealth, Masculinity and Intellegence
- Case Study: Elon Musk
- Language to Proform Intellegence
- Goffman and Cooley
- Misinformation and Critical Thinking Loss (with an Anti-ICE aside)
Outtro 60:38-64:51
- Plugs and Upcoming Episodes
All clips were used under fair use
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