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#24: Heal Like an Animal: Interview with Joshua Sylvae pt. 2
(02/06/2021) In our last discussion, Joshua described cross-species uniformities in responses to traumatic experiences, and how he works...

Arnold Schroder
Feb 16, 20211 min read
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#23: Aggression, Specialization, Dysregulation, and Power
(01/30/2021) Unlock the entire episode at https://www.patreon.com/biologicalsingularity The year is 2050, and I have been making this...

Arnold Schroder
Feb 16, 20211 min read
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#22: Group Mind pt. 3: Oxytocin Atrocities
We use religious cults as an example of extreme group psychology to make generalizations about the group dynamics that determine...

Arnold Schroder
Jan 26, 20212 min read
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#21: Heal Like An Animal: Interview with Joshua Sylvae pt. 1
(01/07/2021) Joshua Sylvae practices and teaches Somatic Experiencing, an approach to trauma recovery based on a cross-species...

Arnold Schroder
Jan 26, 20211 min read
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#20: Group Mind pt. 2: Concerts, riots, cults
(12/27/2020) We continue to describe extreme aspects of group psychology, delving into the phenomena like death from social exclusion. We...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 29, 20202 min read
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#19: Scientific militant pt. 2
(12/06/2020) How scientific is science? In this episode, we further the argument that "science communication" about the ecological crisis...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#18: Scientific militant pt. 1
(11/29/2020) Here, we try out a somewhat dreamlike new format. We will describe a problem in terms of the present day, but we will also...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#17: Group mind pt. 1: Dancing epidemics
(11/18/2020) We begin a series on evolved psychological mechanisms for group participation, evaluating the wild variation in behavior and...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#16: The nine elders and the ancient scroll: A constitutional crisis comedy mini-special
(11/02/2020) In these difficult times, it is important to remember that no matter what we do, it should be entirely based on what the...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#15: GHG removal and the worldviews that consider it
(11/02/2020) Movements for climate and ecological survival have largely eschewed talk of taking CO2 out of the sky. For good reason. We...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20204 min read
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#14: A model political program for ecological survival
(10/21/2020) Start by reading climate plans, then write your own. Get a zoning map, change it in Photoshop, and release it to the media....

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#13: What elephants can teach us about civil war
(10/05/ 2020) Elephants are changing. The various traumas of extermination—witnessing the deaths of their companions, developing in...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#12: Do not worship the deities that came before the fire
(09/27/2020) "Climate denial" has the specific connotation of outright denial such a thing exists, but what about all the other forms of...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#11: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 4: Academic gibberish vs. life on earth
(09/18/2020) Academic constructs, valid or otherwise, tend to diffuse into our culture at large. How has this impacted social and...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#10: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 3: Foucault ruins your meeting
(08/26/2020) In this episode, we trace the journey of 20th century social sciences through innumerable versions of the nature vs. nurture...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#9: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 2: The universal people
(08/11/2020) Anthropology describes the observed range of human variation, as well as constants in human life. It therefore informs an...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#8: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 1: Margaret Mead goes to Samoa
(07/28/2020) What kind of societies are ultimately possible (i.e. within the range of variation our biology allows)? Why are social...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#7: The wilderness of mirrors
(07/15/2020) A CIA counterintelligence chief once described his world as a wilderness of mirrors. In this episode, we ask how ecological...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#6: Genocidal mystics
(07/01/2020) We've looked at some of the psychological traits that correlate with ideology, but what about those that don't? Considering...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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#5: Psychology and politics of collapse: Interview with Ken Ward
(06/21/2020) Having described innate psychological tendencies associated with other political perspectives, in this interview we examine...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20201 min read
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