Walks with Ray
By Ray Doraisamy
A look at everything under the sun (and how everything under the sun is connected), through the frame of a walk with Ray Doraisamy.
Walks with RayMar 26, 2023
The Masquerade
On Rote Repetition
Stumbling with Purpose
Meandering
Meandering around after time away from these walks.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Environments and Expanding Fit
Touching on the effects of particular environments on how we fit in our world.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Cycles Again
Touching on cycles again, and not for the last time.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Invitation and Incumbents
Touching on what often happens to would-be system disrupting conquerors.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
More Masters
Touching on what may happen as centralized centers of power weaken.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
A Gap in Models of War
Touching on a gap in one of our primary models of understanding conflict.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Collective Consciousness and God
Touching on the Matryoshka doll of consciousness.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Measurement and Improvisation
Touching on how precise copying plays with competition.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Variety_and_Restriction
Touching on how correlation might turn into variance.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Credit and Sourcing
Walk with T
A walk with T Nazarov. We touch on spirituality, attention, mind, and the complications that arise from the modular spread of spirituality in a culture. This is an unusually long episode.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Words and Action
Free Guy on Virtue
Touching on the movie Free Guy and how it points at the rise of American Daoism.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Famílias do coração
Touching on the coming role of intentional communities.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Despair in the Individual
Objects and Things
Touching on our relationship with objects.
You may find more of Emma Swaninger (who is featured in this episode) in her Filling in the Gaps World Poetry podcast.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
The Hobbits of Dandelion Hill
The hobbits of Dandelion Hill are visited by Elendril the Elf, who introduces them to debt.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Part of a Whole
Touching on understanding ourselves as a part of a whole.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Centers of Gravity
Who We Remember
Touching on one way a collective rewards individuals to shape societal behavior.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Laser Scalpels and Pen Knives
Synthesis in Learning
Touching on what synthesis feels like from the inside.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
The Wages of Disconnection
Touching on what's behind most relationship conflicts.
Music by Antoine Beaudet.
Presented by Agitproper.
Decadence and Games
Touching on cycles of decadence in game scenes.
Music by Antoine Beaudet
Reason and Persuasion
Money and Material Wealth
Touching on money in our times.
Dark Ages
Touching on cycles of homogeneity and heterogeneity.
Security in Diversity
Touching on one of the benefits of pluralism.
Masculinity and Femininity
Touching on the play between the masculine and the feminine in society.
NEETs are our Fremen
People who aren't in education, employment, or training are in a unique position in a world. This position will one day be used for political change.
Movies and Learning
Touching on the impact of large super societies and modern media on learning. Tried a new lapel microphone, which resulted in some changes to the sound quality.
Egregores and You
Touching on what egregores are, and how they relate to you.
Hobbs & Shaw & Nietzsche
Touching on Nietzsche's conception of morality by thinking about the movie Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.
Decolonization as Colonization
Touching on the shapes of colonization.
What makes it cool?
Touching on how social endorsement impacts the adoption of ideas, things, and practices.
Mongooses and Snakes
Touching on the relationship between those who might protect and those who might destroy.
Motherhood and Fighting
In this walk, I discuss how motherhood and fighting are fundamental experiences for each sex.
Intellectual Property and Beginnings
An introductory episode to Walks with Ray, a podcast in which I, Ray Doraisamy, ramble about shit as I'm walking along. This week, we'll talk about intellectual property and a little bit about why I find it useful to walk.