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by Milo & Shawn
Two long-time best friends wander through culture, politics, tech, and fatherhood and try to arrive at—stumble upon, alchemize and synthesize—something wise. satellitehaiku.substack.com
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- 5 days ago1h 10m
075: Midterms, Secular Parallels to Church
MiLo shares stories about his canvasing work in AZ, Vivek’s ad as a MAGA loyalty test, “live by the sword” misuse, grammar pet peeves, prescriptivism vs descriptivism, fun yiddish words, virtues of the English language, D&D character alignment, evil genius behavior, Trump’s corruption, politics and virtue double-standards, psychedelics, epigenetics, ghosts, tolerating uncertainty, spiritual (but not religious) communities, and secular parallels to church. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com
- 2 weeks ago1h 10m
074: Tragedies of the Commons
We talk about first world (tech) problems, choosing convenience over what’s right, the tragedy of the commons, the atheism debate, the purpose of religion, Hegseth’s planned/cancelled public execution, the real root of our political differences, harmful versus harmless false beliefs, FAFO, cognitive biases, what it means to live in a society, consolidates power, the midterm elections, where common ground exists (and doesn’t), the scientific method, the cycle of dark ages, just asking questions, institutions, technocracy in politics and its limits, witch trials in Scotland and elsewhere, something the founding fathers got wrong, MiLo’s new songs. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com
- Oct 9, 202653 min
073: Empty Vessels
We talk about working in large organizations, meeting to agree to decide, Zeno’s paradox, internal thoughts, the experience of listening to podcasts these days, f*cking with the algorithm, the Jean Claude Vandamme Volvo commercial, humans vs AI, Soylent, infinite personalized music, Elon Musk’s Grokipedia, Time Magazine’s Trump interview, cults, and the death of Liquid Death.Mentioned in this episodeGuy Ritchie’s “The Gentlemen” (film and Netflix series)B******t Jobs (book) by David GraeberThe Volvo ad from “Crazy People” (1990 Dudley Moore film)The Jean Claude Van Damme Volvo commercial:Justin Bieber’s “Love Yourself” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com
- Sep 28, 20261h 12m
072: Money, Corruption, and Cults
Do money and power corrupt, or are corrupt people drawn to chase money and power? Both surely. We start with this question and return to it at various points. In-between we talk about the human propensity to latch onto gurus and saviors, the power of rizz, Elon Musk, Elizabeth Holmes, Tony Robbins, Tim Tebow / Life Surge, two questions to always ask a self-proclaimed guru or spiritual leader, scammers and their victims, FOMO and greater-fool theory, the “please run for president” reflex, the pain of uncertainty, rejecting false binaries, false equivalences, double-standard traps, the God of the Old Testament, a theory of wealth corruption, chasing the next billion, CEOs and psychopathy, Paul Piff’s money+corruption experiments, NYC mayors’ approaches to panhandling and poverty. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com
- Sep 22, 20261h 20m
071: Apocalypse How? (AI Edition)
We talk about how an AI might “evolve,” Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, recursive self-improvement, scaling up to super-intelligence from LLMs, the nuclear disarmament analogy, lifespan disparities, Waymo rollouts, anthropomorphizing chatbots, chatbots emulating human niceties, Siri getting spicy in Spanish, Google Maps of late, AI in Gmail, the new COVID strain (“cicada”), evolution of the human immune system, the leap past neanderthals, the Hugging Face hack, AI regulation schemes, the AI financial bubble, AI as a useful technology (today) vs magical super-intelligence (future), nationalizing AGI, neurosymbolic AI vs deep learning, what happened to IBM Watson, Uber, enshitification and willingness to buy, jobs that are/aren’t vulnerable to AI, unit economics, when bubbles collapse, the fall of Borders books and the rise of Amazon, our personal places on the anxiety vs hope scale, what human “extinction” means. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com
- Sep 14, 20261h 10m
070: Late-Stage Trumpism
We talk about the 6-7 meme, generational divides, our old friend Peter, prank comedy, entrapment as a law enforcement tactic, the Lake Ontario name change and CEO boot-lickers, late-stage Trumpism, dishonest discourse (about Hasan Piker, zionism/antisemitism, socialism, etc), John Ratcliffe’s Trip to Moscow, the human costs of Russia’s war in Ukraine, and pet peeves.Mentioned in this episodeSacha Baron Cohen as “Erran Morad” and the “Kinder Guardians” programMentalist Derren Brown’s special,“The Push” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com
- Sep 13, 20261h 14m
069: Remembering 9/11
We remember where we were on 9/11, and MiLo shares a song he wrote in the immediate aftermath, an anthem for hope and lasting peace. Then we talk about how our individual political views have changed (or not over the years). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com
- Aug 31, 20261h 14m
068: Reality Remains Undefeated
We talk about the paradox of ‘brown MAGA,’ the Natalie Harp saga, quitting Bill Maher and Sam Harris, the ‘socialism’ debate, correcting the online discourse, straw men and slippery slope arguments, marriage vs domestic partnership, Trump vs reality, concentration camps in America, rationalizing Trump, revisiting Kamala, and the meaningless courage of outsider candidates.Mentioned in this episodeNick Hanaur on Diary of a CEO and The.InkNeil DeGrasse Tyson on the trans athlete issueMark Kelly vs Tommy Tuberville This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit satellitehaiku.substack.com
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