Social Psycho
Two brothers, Ben and Mr. A, discuss the big questions in life. Who are we? What the f*** is going on? What’s meaningful? What do now? We discuss psychology, philosophy, conspiracies, business, technology, AI, and more. New episodes every Monday and Friday.
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Episodes
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
What's up with this Naked Attraction show on TV? Is it authentic or inauthentic? What do corporate trainings have to say about fatness and body size? What's going on with fat studies research? And what's the state of diversity hiring in America?
Here are the links to the diversity hiring articles we discuss:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-black-lives-matter-equal-opportunity-corporate-diversity/
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/just-6-percent-of-new-sp-jobs-went-to-white-applicants-in-the-wake-of-george-floyd-analysis-shows/
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
What's so interesting about Indian music? What are the implications of social constructionism or socially constructed reality? How does the unconscious influence socially constructed reality? What is God, and what does that even mean? How does one come to believe in God or in anything? How can we reason through the irrational? What's the Matrix take on this? And what role does capitalism play in shaping society?
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Strap in for this jam-packed episode where we discuss the following. What happened to those super long nasal swab COVID tests? Why does insurance mess up free markets, and how is higher education similar? What's going on with elevated levels of aluminum in the environment? Is the green revolution even possible? Where are we going to get all the materials needed for these green energy sources? And what's Utah's plan to depopulate their state?
Here is the link to the Utah Population & Environment Council we discuss: https://utahpopulation.org/
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
In this episode, we discuss RFK Jr.'s discussion with Dane Wigington about chem trails and weather modification (link below). We also discuss the movie Snowpiercer and how Jacques Ellul thought propaganda worked.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4BAaMuJvaRXtECkcM9AecO?si=90c9cba7ed944614
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
How do you balance authenticity with social awareness? What's up with Elon Musk and X? Is RFK Jr. authentic? What's all this Russell Brand controversy about? What interesting things came out of Russell's conversation with Sam Harris? And what's the metaphor of the red pill vs the blue pill in The Matrix?
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
What's going on with the housing crisis facing the U.S., and what does RFK Jr. have to say about it? What's the importance of property ownership anyway? Is climate change real? Is it as bad as it seems? If not, what's going on? And how do top-level public and private institutions get so corrupted?
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
In this episode, Mr. A tells us about his problematic personality and lifelong existential dread. We then ponder why we don't know why we're alive.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
What is the 4th turning crisis, and when is it predicted to happen? What's going on with Trump's recent campaign ads? What does RFK Jr.'s book about Fauci and the medical deep-state actually say? And what does Salesforce think is coming next for AI?
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
What's up with zero trust architecture? How advanced is AI really? How do fantasies shape reality? Are we on the brink of the 4th turning? And what the heck does that even mean?
Here is the Joe Rogan episode we played a clip from: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FLNuzVhrmOJD8vyawuTum?si=49ae858873f84f0d
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Can AI read your mind? Is that the goal of these big tech companies who are working on AI? Why do we need all this "progress"? Also, is magic real? If it were, what would it look like? What spiritual insights are there to be gleaned from alchemy? And how did alchemy lead to the AI revolution we're witnessing today?
The AI article & research we discussed: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-recreated-a-pink-floyd-song-from-listeners-brain-waves-180982746/
Apple's new AirPods patent: https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/20230225659