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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...

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Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#4: It isn't nonviolent to let people hurt you
(06/13/2020) Having described the right-left spectrum in psychological terms, we will now examine the psychology of the liberal, an...

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Dec 18, 20201 min read
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#3: The biology of the right-left divide pt. 3: Creepy, hyper-sentient children
(05/27/2020) Having described the biology of aggression, we discuss the hypothesis that right-left political difference reflects...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20203 min read
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#2: The biology of the right-left divide pt. 2: Raven politics
(05/12/2020) Having described the idiosyncratic constellation of traits that correlate with political outlook in the last episode, this...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20203 min read
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#1: The biology of the right-left divide pt. 1: Why political arguments don't change people's minds
(04/30/2020) Does it ever seem like when people are arguing about politics, they are actually arguing about much more fundamental...

Arnold Schroder
Dec 18, 20204 min read
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Bibliography for episode 18
Dutcher, D. D., et al. (2007) Connectivity with nature as a measure of environmental values. Environment and Behavior 39:474-493....

Arnold Schroder
Dec 8, 20201 min read
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Bibliography for episode 17
Bartholomew, R. E. (1994) Tarantism, dancing mania, and demonopathy: the anthro-political aspects of 'mass psychogenic illness'....

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Dec 8, 20201 min read
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Bibliography for episode 15
Andrews, M. G., & Taylor, L. L. (2019) Combating Climate Change Through Enhanced Weathering of Agricultural Soils. Elements...

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Nov 18, 20203 min read
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Components of a model political program for ecological survival
I'd like to try to convey some of what I've learned over the years fighting against ecological collapse and for a viable form of human...

Arnold Schroder
Oct 15, 202016 min read
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Bibliography for episode 13
Bourgois, P. (2003) In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio. Cambridge University Press. Bradshaw, G. A., Schore, A. N., Brown,...

Arnold Schroder
Oct 7, 20201 min read
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Bibliography for episode 11
DiAngelo, R. Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses White Fragility. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ey4jgoxeU&t=955s Edgerton, R. B. (1992) Sick...

Arnold Schroder
Sep 19, 20201 min read
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Bibliography for episode 10
Breland, K., & Breland, M. (1961) The misbehavior of organisms. American Psychologist 16(11):681–684. DOI: 10.1037/h0040090 Brown, D. E....

Arnold Schroder
Aug 30, 20201 min read
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Bibliography for episode 9
Brown, D. E. (1991) Human Universals. McGraw-Hill. Edgerton, R. B. (1992) Sick Societies: Challenging the Myth of Primitive Harmony. The...

Arnold Schroder
Aug 19, 20201 min read
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