Silver Eye Society

You can feel it, I can feel it, we all feel the pull of the algorithms that try to direct our attention in whichever way they decide today. We're still in the denial/dismissal stage of social media's influence on our attention. Some admit it's a problem, but most brush it off at the end of the day. In reality, social media's impact on what we pay attention to is probably worse than we're willing to contend with. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ What's the problem with how social media directs our attention? ⋗ Become unbrandable! ⋗ How can you take your attention back? ⋗ How deep has the influence of social media seeped into us? ⋗ Does the internet degrade creativity? ⋗ We're being incentivized to be worse ◬ Join Justin's schizo Substack ◬ Justin's latest horror story (audio version) ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Vampire movies are either beloved or hated, but your feeling might be complicated if that vampire movie was directed by...David Lynch. A little-known novel matches the story of Mulholland Drive perfectly. Here's the interpretation of this movie that will make David Lynch's unusual style crystal clear. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ How David Lynch's Mulholland Drive is based on an old novel 3:56 ⋗ Is Carmela in Mulholland Drive actually a vampire? 6:32 ⋗ Psychic vampirism 13:57 ⋗ The folklore about vampires spreading vampirism 17:07 ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

More people are drinking an illegal, dangerous, highly legislated beverage you've likely been warned about since childhood: raw milk. Are these raw milk extremists just throwing another contrarian tantrum or is there something deeper to why more people are opting for FDA-unapproved milk? Milk is an ancient food that can tell us more about our culture and government than you'd expect. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Worry about your SALADS, nerd ⋗ How pasteurized milk differs from raw milk ⋗ Why do we pasteurize milk if raw milk is better? ⋗ How dairy pasteurization laws are flawed and encourage dishonesty ⋗ Raw milk as a window into the new counter-culture ⋗ The one thing the French are winning at ⋗ Milk Pilled? ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Do you find yourself unable to discern between reality and satire some days? When serious headlines seem identical to The Onion's headlines, absurdism is the language of our time. Everything, Everywhere, All At Once is a movie that understands we're all losing our minds; is that a good thing or just another sign of our impending doom? ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Word of the podcast: Simultaneous ⋗ Do chaotic times require an absurdist outlook? ⋗ Battle between the black and white pill ⋗ Why Everything, Everywhere, All At Once is a ladies' movie ⋗ Is social media a feminine technology? ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

The trad movement is yet another internet subculture that exposes the strange psychology of our time. Can we really RETVRN or is every belief system that claims to bring something back from the past a nostalgic delusion? The Wickerman is one of the great folk horror films that show us the psychology at play behind nostalgic movements and the horrific outcomes they can yield. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Word of the podcast: Druid ⋗ Explaining the trad movement to a misanthropic hermit ⋗ Can the Trad Lyfe movement work or is it a cosplay? ⋗ Why "making America" anything again is impossible ⋗ Is the Wicca religion fake? ⋗ Beliefs without sacrifice are a hobby (NOTE: we do not endorse human sacrifice). ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Our modern society is a totally different place from the one that artists we still idolize lived in, so how does modernity affect today's artists? Can atheists make good art or do artists need some relationship with divinity to create inspiring art? When it feels like so much mainstream art is tepid and ugly, what is really the purpose of art today? ◬ Featured quote: "125. Irreligiousity of Artists. Homer is so much at home among his gods, and as a poet takes such pleasure in them, that he, at any rate, must have been profoundly unreligious. With that with which popular belief presented him - a paltry, crude, and in part horrible superstition - he trafficked as freely as a sculptor with his clay, that is to say, with the same ease and impartiality as that possessed by Aeschylus and Aristophanes, and which in more recent times, distinguishes the great artists of the Renaissance, as it does Shakespeare and Goethe." ◬ In this episode: ⋗ How an artist's relationship to religion impacts their art ⋗ Denis Forkas: https://www.instagram.com/denisforkasofficial/ ⋗ Is fine art over? ⋗ Art dies when people can't honestly criticize bad art ⋗ Salomé attacks her art enemy, Jeff Koons ⋗ Art conspiracy ◬ Book Mentioned: Human, All Too Human ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Are people becoming more attached to their political identities than their own individuality? A better future requires more freedom from our political labels, not stronger shackles. But how? We're mixing a little Nietzsche, anarchy, and philosophy to find out whether relying on your internal compass can beat relying on ideology. ◬ Featured quote: "569. Self-Satisfaction. The golden fleece of self-satisfaction protects against blows, but not against pinpricks." ◬ In this episode: ⋗ The myth of the golden fleece ⋗ Why the natural progression of human society is toward anarchy ⋗ Justin denounces time ⋗ Is everything getting worse or better on average? ⋗ Why being politically detached makes you a clear thinker ⋗ Developing an internal compass vs ideology ◬ Book Mentioned: Human, All Too Human ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Nietzsche. 70s British horror. What more can you ask for? The film Absolution is a good window into two major problems we face today: confused morality and boring movies. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Word of the podcast: Confess ⋗ When did movies start getting stale? ⋗ How this movie shows us Nietzsche's warning ⋗ Why do movies feel commercial and unoriginal now? ⋗ We need working-class artists ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

The one where Salomé's decides some anarchy might be in order. Is freedom cool? How much freedom? If you've ever wondered about the limits of freedom and the practicality of anarchy, this episode is for you. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ How libertarianism is more complex than many realize ⋗ What Salomé spoke at for LibertyCon ⋗ How freedom is the inevitable outcome of growth ⋗ Why Salomé is an anarchist (for) now ⋗ Basic arguments for and against anarchy ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Love him or hate him, Trump is never boring. Or has that changed with his latest speech: the announcement of his presidential campaign. Looking at Trump's speech from the lens of art criticism, we analyze what makes Trump such a unique speaker and point out some of his ideological flaws. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Why Trump is a natural comedian ⋗ How Trump uses nostalgia ⋗ The major perspective flaw that threatens free societies ⋗ How Trump has irreversibly changed our relationship with government ⋗ Justin's foreign politics analysis ⋗ Rating Trump's speech ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Where have all the public intellectuals gone? In a time when cultural chaos abounds, the lack of reasonable and non-reactionary thinkers is more obvious than ever. In this mostly one-sided feud, Salomé argues for why Sam Harris has failed as a public thinker and epitomizes the anti-intellectualism growing in our culture. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Where did all the public intellectuals go? ⋗ Why Lex Friedman's talk with Kanye is important ⋗ Part 2 of the Salomé x Sam Harris fake feud ⋗ Why Kanye shouldn't be censored ⋗ How alarmist reactions to events damage our culture ◬ Salomé's Kanye essay ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

No doomsday-ing here! This episode marks the beginning of Salomé's public breakdown and how our hyper-connected, reactive online world is making us all lose our minds. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Salomé x Sam Harris fake feud ⋗ Overcoming artistic repression ⋗ Appreciating Kanye's contribution to American culture ⋗ Appreciating and critiquing Sam Harris' ⋗ How social media warps your perspective and expression ⋗ Justin critiques Salomé's writing ◬ Salomé's Kanye essay ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Human dignity was based on the idea of a soul. If you view humans as no more special than a chimp, do you inadvertently accept the belief in treating them as such? Just like Hannibal Lecter viewed humans with rational detachment, modern science might not have the philosophical brakes to prevent dehumanizing its subjects. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Word of the podcast: self-eater ⋗ Salomé finds out she's descended from cannibals ⋗ Is science inherently dehumanizing? ⋗ Don't trust the...behavioral science. ⋗ How coercion and manipulation undermine humanity ⋗ What makes a human life worthy of respect? ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Is the mindset of humans who lived in vastly different times so fundamentally different from our modern mindset that it's impossible to understand? In this episode, we try to understand feudal and ancient minds to better understand our own. ◬ Featured quote: "440. Of the nobility. That in which men and women of the nobility excel others and which gives them an undoubted right to be rated higher consists in two arts, ever more enhanced through inheritance: the art of commanding and the art of obedience..." ◬ In this episode: ⋗ The dumbest explanation of feudalism possible ⋗ Are people still as obedient as peasants? ⋗ The lost value in obedience ⋗ Feudal mindset ⋗ Noticing your subservient tendencies ◬ Book Mentioned: Human, All Too Human ◬ Theorize about the state of our world and everything in it by joining the Silver Eye Society on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

We had a golden moment where secular liberal people got to enjoy a more liberal society while still reaping the benefits of tradition. That moment has passed. Children of the Corn is an accidental character study of the person who enjoys liberalism while sneering at everything that helped produce it. Let's examine where our secular arrogance went wrong. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Word of the podcast: Harvest ⋗ What makes some movies feel so stale? ⋗ The morning after secular liberal arrogance ⋗ Is the folk horror genre feminine? ⋗ How Children of the Corn fails as a film ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Would you get thrown into the Wickerman or would you do the throwing? The idea that some people must be sacrificed for others to thrive has been with humanity forever. Utopianism can be a driving force in getting people to do terrible things in the name of a wonderful, non-existent future. What's up with utopianism and can it be cured? ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Word of the podcast: Utopia ⋗ Is utopianism a destructive perspective? ⋗ Is leftism inherently utopianistic? ⋗ What cures utopianism? ⋗ Does social media make resentment and utopianism more likely? ⋗ How Salomé overcame utopianistic political views ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

Can you live with no regrets? This episode, Justin is stumped by Nietzsche's quote but Salomé appreciates its YOLO-esque message. We request your art critique of Salomé's new recording background. ◬ Featured quote: "563. Easily Resigned. One suffers little from disappointed wishes if one has trained one's imagination to blacken the past." ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Salomé's missed million-dollar opportunity she refuses to regret ⋗ Can we live with no regrets? ⋗ Justin rejects Nietzsche's idea ⋗ Submit your art criticism of my weird Soviet-style sculpture! ◬ Book Mentioned: Human, All Too Human ◬ Join your fellow peasants to theorize about the state of our world at the Silver Eye Society on Patreon. ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

A recent social media situation showed that even reasonable people now view a once derogatory term, "nerd", as a positive. What does it say about our culture when words meant to denote negative qualities become positive? We're looking at the history of "nerd" and whether it spells out a much bigger problem of cultural decline. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ How "nerd" has changed from a negative to positive meaning ⋗ Analyzing Bill Nye and other "cool nerds" like Elon Musk ⋗ "Cool nerds" as a microcosm of cultural over-correction ⋗ The consequences of subverting traditional values unthinkingly ⋗ Nietzsche's criticism of a culture that idolizes meekness ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

This ON LOCATION episode of Peasant Radio exposes Salome's Carnival Cruise trauma and connects it to the state of our culture. ◬ In this episode: ⋗ Analyzing Carnival Cruise passenger demographics ⋗ Baby Shark will destroy western civilization ⋗ Visiting an abandoned carnival in nowhere Florida ⋗ The Bahamas is fake ⋗ Carnival-induced depression ⋗ Acceptable cruise alternatives ◬ To submit your questions for our next AMA, follow us on social media to stay up-to-date on when questions will be taken: https://www.reddit.com/r/SilverEyeSociety/ ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple

In the Silver Eye Society's AMA, we consider your questions in our usual absurdist form. In this public portion of July's AMA, we answer: ⋗ Q: How to school your children with the rise of indoctrination in public schools? ⋗ The real problem causing panic about indoctrination in schools ⋗ Do we indoctrinate our own kids? ⋗ Q: What's your view on longevity research that tries to extend human lifespan? ⋗ How extended human lifespan would inject wisdom into society ⋗ What society would be like if Ben Franklin was still alive today ◬ To get the full version of this AMA in addition to the free portion, join the Silver Eye Society on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/silvereyesociety ◬ To submit your questions for our next AMA, follow us on social media to stay up-to-date on when questions will be taken: https://www.reddit.com/r/SilverEyeSociety/ ◬ Listen to the podcast via: SpotifyAmazonTune-InPodbeanApple