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“Objectivity as represented in the stereotypical Enlightenment way relies on the separation between observer and observee, when, in reality, in actual reality, the two cannot be separated and therefore objectivity isn’t objective in the way that a separationist dreams of.”

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”Unconscious and subconscious information rises to the surface of the conscious all the time.”

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“If only there had been some kind of explanation. Any explanation.”

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“There is comfort in obeying authority.”

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“It would be so nice if humans, in general, could overcome their own limitations before things hit the bottom. However, maybe it’s not possible, especially without hitting an emotional bottom first.”

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“Perhaps the most crucial choice that we make is whether to struggle or not. And if and when one chooses to stop struggling, the struggle stops. Rationalization, intellectualization, as well as reasoning cease to matter. Instead, what matters begins to matter.”

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“Perhaps I should live my life the way I write fiction, especially the way I write fiction with so-called restrictions.”

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“If there is something to be found in emptiness, can such an emptiness be truly empty? What does it even mean for something to be empty?”

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“In the present, the past has vanished and the future has not yet materialized. Thus, the past is a figment of the imagination and so is the future. Moreover, in the future, the present will become the past, and in the past, the present was the future, so this very present moment either will be a figment of the imagination or used to be one. Given this, what is the desire to be in the past, the future, or the present? Moreover, what does it mean to be in the past, the future, or the present?”

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“The playful obsession with one’s state of being, independent of artificial constructs, is a fundamental element in finding a creative well that never dries up.”

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“In articulating a message, delivering it by using the stories the recipient is accustomed to is highly effective.”

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“One cannot give what one hasn’t unveiled in oneself; moreover, one cannot receive what one hasn’t unveiled in oneself. So it is with unconditional love.”

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“Opposing extremes coexist in a person, and an experience that allows a person to see that in a short period of time can have a freeing effect.”

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“Humor makes the most gruesome horror bearable—even enjoyable.”

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“Shock value is underrated, especially the value of sustained shock, considering that it is an excellent way to veil other sustained emotions that may not be as immediately appealing as shock.”

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“The biggest step toward taking the path of least resistance is deciding to acknowledge what that path is for oneself at a given moment, without automatically accepting the norms of one’s surroundings.”

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• 00:00:00 --- Opening
• 00:21:52 --- Zeitgeist reflector
• 00:36:36 --- Lazy adoption of mainstream paradigms
• 00:52:07 --- The (new) path of least resistance
• 01:17:13 --- Body work

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“Until we find a way to safely and reliably break down the barriers of what we have come to call “the five senses,” the easiest way to see something that can’t be seen, taste something that can’t be tasted, touch something that can’t be touched, smell something that can’t be smelled, and hear something that can’t be heard is through writing.”

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• 00:00:00 --- Opening
• 00:05:53 --- The futility of counting senses
• 00:14:25 --- AIs and barriers of senses
• 00:22:24 --- Mushrooms
• 00:26:33 --- Writing, the smoothest barrier-breaker + audiophile
• 00:56:05 --- Finally, some Chopin + how Zach died
• 01:39:03 --- Other renditions of the sonata

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“When we’re presented with the option to find meaning through play, meaning that solely comes from stability swiftly loses ground.”

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Not exactly three hours, but this episode is still pretty long. So, it has chapters.

• 00:00:00 --- Opening
• 00:07:10 --- Stability without the charm of meaning
• 00:22:54 --- Marriage and affairs
• 00:35:30 --- Humans, suckers for meaning
• 00:44:33 --- Edited puzzles
• 00:54:33 --- The Other Woman
• 00:59:09 --- Co-puzzling
• 01:06:50 --- Foreign language pattern matching and being in sync
• 01:31:10 --- Insomnia and the meaning of life
• 01:55:43 --- Old puzzle, new puzzle, and the final scene
• 02:14:14 --- Some lines from a poem

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“No amount of information does any good, if not acted upon, and the best way to act upon anything is to form a steady, healthy, and supportive long-term relationship.”

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“Within a given life, longevity trumps almost everything else.”

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"The belief that the acceptance of the existence of the unknowable contradicts reason and logic is one of the most unreasonable and illogical beliefs to cling to."

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"The terror of not knowing what is going to happen next is one of the most freeing feelings for some creators."

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"A listener who shall remain anonymous asked me if I could record something in German and Korean, because this listener wondered what I sound like in those languages."

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"Pain might be an inevitable part of our lives. But even so, pain is, on its own, utterly meaningless beyond the fact that the word means pain."

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"To worry about the demise of human translation due to AI is to both underestimate and overestimate translations. And, perhaps, by extension, to worry about the demise of human narration due to AI is to both underestimate and overestimate narrations."

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"To eliminate suffering altogether is to eliminate too fundamental an element from life. Besides, sometimes, suffering is the path to beauty."

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"Personality tests cannot help but be accurate representations of the present, but they cannot predict the future."

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"The possibility of destruction is the most seducing element of beauty."

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"Some kinks cannot be satisfied with a simple, honest erotica story."

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"Love at first sight isn’t as first as it might appear at first sight."

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"There are always worse crimes than a given crime, and worse sins than a given sin, in one person’s eyes or another."

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"Practicing what you preach while preaching is totally possible, and to do that, you just gotta do some things yourself."

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"To have my books burned would be an honor."

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"There is a part of us that wants to believe that the knowledge of an opponent’s face and name holds power."

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"A flying castle might be too much, but a flying house would be ideal."

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"Anything can be a mirror."

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"Skin color, as well as all other colors, can be chosen for effective and efficient propaganda."

"Every era and every place has its romanticized ideology."

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"The more complicated an organism’s features, the more repulsive they get for other organisms."

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"Too much power makes a person powerless."

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"Bowker’s  existence is a disgrace to American capitalism and along with Bowker,  all monopolies should die."

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"To make something richly meaningful, don’t reinvent the wheel, just draw from the body of legendary wheels."

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“There was no past in the history of humanity that can be glorified for the separation between art and the market.”

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