Thought it would be fun to use this Hunger Games simulator using philosophers/theorists, where they will all fight each other until only one survivor stands.
I decided to have the last district be the evil one.
Any suggestions? Are there some people I should remove for the sake of more significant ones? Any crucial names that are missing?
The annual top 10 book video is out, and hey it's only 3 months late! Thank you everyone for being patient. My next video will be a new installment of the German Revolution series, and after that we'll be holding a new video topic poll.
You can find most of the books mentioned here on our Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rasWDAFyI4t1EOSePbe...
I wanted to mention this great movie, and I figured I could use my Patreon to talk about philosophically or politically relevant movies I've seen.
The Network (1976) is a satire of television culture, but more widely a depiction of multinational capitalism (or late capitalism, or postmodern capitalism, or whatever your preferred label is). As a film about the postmodern era, it depicts the arrival of popular media which concerns itself with absolutely nothing other than whatever brings...
Out of curiosity, which topics covered on my channel have you enjoyed the most and would like to see more of?
2023-03-18 15:37:04 +0000 UTC View PostIf you're interested in seeing the list of my favorite books I read in 2022 before the video comes out, here it is:
(In no particular order, except that the first 5 books are related to the German revolution)
1. The Failure of a Revolution: Germany 1918-1919, by Sebastian Haffner
2. The German Revolution, 1917-1923, by Pierre Broué
3. Working-Class Politics in the German Revolution: Richard Müller, the Revolutionary Shop Stewards, and the Origins of the...
After watching the Italian 70s movie about Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, and being amazed at how campy and bizarre it is, I decided to watch an American one next - When Nietzsche Wept (based on the novel by Yalom). This one is almost so bad it's good. Extremely campy acting, dream sequences with awful special effects, and some of the most ridiculous editing I've ever seen, with out-of-place jump cuts, speed-ups and crossfades that look like something out of a bad 2000s mu...
2023-02-10 07:38:32 +0000 UTC View Post
My copyright dispute claim was luckily approved and my new video is now available on YouTube! Unfortunately, the initial copyright-block really gutted its reach so I might have to re-upload it, but at least it's public.
I also wrote the supplementary notes for the video (attached to the post but also available on our Google Drive). If you're interested in the concept of prosthetic memory, or analyses of Total Recall and Blade Runner, you'll find some more reading materials and leads fo...
Just uploaded the new video on YouTube and it immediately got blocked worldwide because of copyrighted material, I can't express how much I hate copyright laws. I filed a dispute. If that doesn't work I'll try re-editing the footage to get past the copyright censors.
Until then, you can see the video on our Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PQghORo6Z...
Just wanted to let everyone know: currently editing the video on Total Recall, so it should be out before the week ends!
On a side note, I started playing Disco Elysium because several people here have suggested it as a video topic. Loving it so far and it's certainly not as much of a chore to sit through as I thought it might be.
See you soon!
Hey, hope you're doing well! While researching the video on Total Recall I came up with a couple of other video ideas, and since it’s been so long since I did a proper poll between different video topics, I wanted to give you a chance to choose which topic you’d prefer to see first.
1) This would be mainly based on a 90s essay by Alison Landsberg that became influential in memory studies, where she introduces the concept of “prosthetic memory” by looking at the movies Total Reca...
2023-01-17 12:42:45 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is a piece of pop culture or popular media that you think is ripe for analysis, and would make a good subject for a video?
2023-01-08 04:54:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a short surprise video as my holiday gift to you. Discussing Nietzsche and Gramsci. Happy holidays!
2022-12-30 02:23:35 +0000 UTC View PostI'm planning on finally doing the video on Total Recall, Blade Runner, and prosthetic memory sometime soon (the video that's been on my polls for years but never got picked), but what should I prioritize?
2022-12-28 20:21:37 +0000 UTC View PostJust to let you know, I'm going to be uploading a very short New Year-themed video before the year ends. It's only a couple of minutes long, but I wanted to give my viewers a little surprise gift before the year ends. Hope you're having a nice holiday time!
2022-12-28 16:47:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I recently went on a trip and bought some new books.
Leon Trotsky on literature and art. Pretty self-explanatory - a collection of texts by Trotsky on the topic of literature and art from throughout his life. Some people might not know that he was not only a revolutionary and a military leader but an avid reader of novels and a literary critic, and quite cutting-edge in some ways.
Then I got 2 Baudrillard books. The first one is a collection of writings from the period 1967-1978,...
Patrons, what have you been reading lately? How is it? Post it in the comments
2022-12-07 08:23:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Just uploaded my second gallery of the German revolution. This time, I supplemented photos I scanned myself with photos I found online, so as to make the gallery as complete as possible. Descriptions include locations and dates wherever I was able to find them.
Hope you enjoy them, and feel free to use the photos however you like!
https://imgur.com/gallery/Z7htDTZ
A great anthology I've been reading from lately that I'd definitely recommend. The 19th century is an absolutely incredible period for German philosophy, and it included many amazing women philosophers as well. They were able to turn their exclusion from the academic establishment into a strength, as their thought was not constrained by academic disciplinary constraints, and also tends to have a distinctly practical orientation. In some cases, their contributions were later purposefully suppr...
2022-12-02 11:14:43 +0000 UTC View Post
As I had planned, I uploaded a gallery of photos from the German revolution that I scanned from German-language books I bought, as a lot of these photos can be difficult to find online. I have enough of these photos to make up several galleries, so this first one consists of scenes from the November revolution specifically (50 photos). This includes photos that I didn't include in my video. Every photo includes a description, place and date whenever available, and context when needed.
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Just thought I'd show off two new books I got for my YouTube channel.
The first one is self-explanatory - a collection of texts by influential continental philosophers on the topic of film. Philosophy of film is something I haven't explicitly covered yet, and seems like something that could effectively lend itself to the YouTube format, so I'm looking through it in hopes of finding some video ideas.
The second book is for my current series on the German revolution. It's about Eu...
I'd like to share some of the photos I scanned from German photography books on the revolution, as many of them can't be found online, or are difficult to find/access. Does anyone know what the best place to upload them would be? Some website for making photo galleries where I could add a description of each photo?
2022-11-10 00:38:06 +0000 UTC View PostI just noticed that instead of uploading the complementary notes for the 1st video on the German revolution, I had actually just uploaded the script a second time. Here are the actual complementary notes for part 1, which include a helpful timeline of events.
2022-10-20 00:28:28 +0000 UTC View Post
New video is out! I talk about the November revolution, the sailors' revolt, the soldiers' and workers' councils, the new council government, and finally, the event of Bloody Christmas. A lot of time and effort went into this so I hope you'll like it!
I attached the script, and you can also find it on our Google Drive, where I also added the timeline book "Rosa Luxemburg in the German Revolution - A Chronicle":
2022-10-18 21:27:05 +0000 UTC
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Just wanted to let everyone know that my 2nd video on the German revolution has been written, recorded, and the video editing is more than halfway finished. In all likelihood, it will be released this week. Thank you for your patience. I'm really proud of this one and can't wait to see what you all think of it.
Also, since my last video, I got my first pre-amp, and a new microphone, so the audio quality will be leagues above the last video. That wouldn't have been possible without your...
In case you missed it, here are the complementary notes for the new video, which include a useful timeline of events. I've also uploaded the video script.
You can find both on our Google Drive, as well as PDFs of every book that I used for research:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rasWDAFyI4t1EOSePbeLc0LbMKf10rHN?usp=sharing
Enjoy!
The video is finally out! This covers the development of social-democracy, the First World War, and the anti-war opposition: the Spartacists and the Revolutionary Shop Stewards. It's only the first part and it's already my longest video ever. Hope you enjoy!
2022-08-24 00:43:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Have been editing the video non-stop for the past 3 days, but it's an hour long, and editing is taking a very long time. Should finally finish editing in the next 2-5 days. I'm excited about it and I hope you'll enjoy it
2022-08-21 04:51:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe script for the first part of the German revolution series is finally finished - 16 pages. The video should finally be out sometime this week.
Meanwhile, I've already written some complementary notes for the video, including a timeline of events, and a list of central groups/figures. If you're interested, you could look through it in preparation while waiting for the video.
As mentioned before, you can find all the books I read for research (which are also listed in the compl...
Don't worry, the video script is coming along! I bought 2 more books containing photos of the German revolution – found some images here that I have been unable to find anywhere online. I also managed to fix my mixer! Hopefully I can finish part 1 soon, and I can't wait for you to see it.
Have a nice weekend!