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#35: Ethnogenesis pt. 2: Evolutionary Anarchism
(08/18/2021) In this episode, we examine not how biology pervades politics, but how politics pervades biology: how the course of...

Arnold Schroder
Aug 18, 20212 min read


#34: Ethnogenesis pt. 1: Hill Tribes Are Like Street Kids
(08/07/2021) When we speak of revolution, aren't we are ultimately speaking of the creation of a different culture? And if so, how...

Arnold Schroder
Aug 7, 20211 min read


#33: Addiction, Madness, Despair pt. 3: Despair
(07/30/2021) But seriously: is there any point to doing anything at all? Or is the world truly just going to end so soon we really might...

Arnold Schroder
Aug 7, 20211 min read


#32: Addiction, Madness, Despair pt. 2: Madness
(07/16/2021) We examine the hopelessly subjective and highly contentious (one could perhaps say psychotic) process by which the...

Arnold Schroder
Jul 18, 20211 min read


#31: Addiction, Madness, Despair pt. 1: Addiction
(07/06/2021) As we emerge from quarantine and reveal to one another our many wounds, Arnold describes a recent, months-long period of...

Arnold Schroder
Jul 8, 20212 min read


#30: Heal Like An Animal: Interview with Joshua Sylvae pt. 3
(06/27/2021) In this episode, Arnold asks Joshua a series of truly fundamental questions to which no one has decisive answers: questions...

Arnold Schroder
Jul 8, 20211 min read


#29: Believing You're Trapped in a Simulation Is the New Punk Rock (preview)
(04/20/2021) We continue our examination of the revolutionary period of 2032-3, relying heavily on the psychographic researcher Sarah...

Arnold Schroder
Jul 8, 20211 min read


#28: Group Mind pt. 6: Suburban Holy War
(04/07/2021) We continue the examination of the post-materialist shift, and the emergence of increasingly niche subcultures, that we...

Arnold Schroder
Jul 8, 20212 min read


#27: Scientific Militant pt. 3 + Aggression and Specialization pt. 2
(03/24/2021) In this episode, a 72-year-old Arnold reflects on how our species and the global ecosystem managed to survive to 2050. We...

Arnold Schroder
Mar 25, 20211 min read


#26: Group Mind pt. 5: Everybody Loves a Narcissist
(03/06/2021) In this episode, we take a rollicking journey through the minds of narcissists, the emergence of states, and the seemingly...

Arnold Schroder
Mar 25, 20212 min read


#25: Group Mind pt. 4: The World Is a Lot Like the Internet
(02/11/2021) In this episode, we examine the way the internet is changing us through the lens of evolved group psychology. We follow the...

Arnold Schroder
Feb 16, 20212 min read


#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


#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


#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


#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


#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


#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


#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


#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


#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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