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- 2 days ago1 min
S2E9 - Epilogue
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit ggupodcast.substack.comThings:* What are the actual failure modes of AI?* Jordan’s thesis: your brain quits doing the work the moment it knows AI can do it — whether or not you actually use AI* The recent study showing essay-writing ability declines with Claude use (”well, duh”)* Mallory: the deeper sickness is the worship of productivity* “Amish people do things slowly so they don’t l…
- 2 weeks ago0 min
S2E7 - Epilogue
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit ggupodcast.substack.com* Update on Tom’s puppy Willa* The Night Parade — Tom’s new podcast, announced* Long-form essayistic, 45–70 minutes, twice a month, with a target launch date of
- 2 weeks ago44 min
Is Earth Alive? Gaia, Volcanoes, and the Will to Life
The Will to LifeWe’ve got a very special guest this week. You’re going to have to tune in to find out who it is.We’re covering a Ukrainian UFO video, Military-origin, recently declassified, filmed in May at 800 meters. It looks like an evil eye in a cloak. Mostly just an excuse to talked about how wrecked the whole UFO conversation is right now, like a force field of stink around a row of outhouses.Then on to happier things, like how volcanoes might be evidence of a planetary mechanism of homeostasis. Gaia? Sure. Anyway:* Surprise guest* A Ukrainian UFO video* “Filmed on a potato” quality* Why the UFO conversation is exhausting by design (here’s that essay, by Dr. Heather Lynn, about how the aliens-vs-demons question is a type of semantic warfare)* “Mr. Credibility weighs in” (re: JD Vance)* Peter Thiel and the evangelical framing apparatus* The porta potty force field* How the Joseph Smith story reminds Jordan of the current UFO conversation* The slough of despond* Whatever happened to quicksand?* Brother Richard, again, on every entity having something to teach you* The Debrief: a volcano with a built-in emergency brake* Why the Gaia hypothesis is useful* Homeostasis is the signature of life* Mars: dead. Venus: hellfire. Earth: alive!* “Don’t sh*t in the strawberry patch”* Strip mining the Appalachians* “Poverty is a societal choice. Food scarcity is a societal choice.”* Viktor FranklAnd in the epilogue…* What our special guest has been up to lately* Jordan’s insane commitment to 100 Essays in 100 Days* Advantages of the end timesSuccessfully maintaining homeostasis,Jordan & Tom (& Mal) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ggupodcast.substack.com/subscribe
- 3 weeks ago1h 0m
God's Eye View - Quantum physics, daddy issues, and faith
Scientism to ScriptureTrevor was deep in the trenches of science—cellular biology, bioinformatics, a PhD in aging research, chasing longevity and the promises of the Human Genome Project. He bought the materialist worldview hook, line, and sinker. Until he didn’t.What started as intellectual disappointment in grand theories of consciousness led him through quantum physics, information theory, and eventually back to the Gospels in the Bible he once dismissed. Along the way: father wounds that shaped atheism, the surprising consistency of the Christian story, and a growing sense that the universe is far more alive than he’d been taught.This week we’re doing a crossover episode with the host of the God’s Eye View podcast to talk about leaving dogmatic scientism, why so many prominent atheists share similar childhood scars, how ghosts are hard to categorize, and what, if anything, UFOs and non-human intelligences might have to do with scripture. They also explore discernment, sacredness versus inerrancy, and why “love your enemy” really is the most radical idea in history.Highlights:* A decade-long decline from scientism* “science will fix everything” * Physical therapist, bioinformatics PhD, professorship* Trevor’s growing disillusionment with materialist grand theories of consciousness* Quantum mechanics, information theory, and physicists trying really hard not to talk about God* Hoping the Gospels are true* The correlation between father wounds and atheism* Patriarchy, healthy authority, and the revelations of fatherhood (we both have an 8 year old and a 4 year old* What are ghosts?* Anti-reductionism* UFOs/aliens: semantic slipperiness and possible biblical framework (angels, Nephilim, sons of God, ascending/descending beings)* NHIs have been communicating with humans throughout history — what does this say about sacred texts?* The false dichotomy that undermined 20th Century Mormonism* You can’t get away from the need for personal discernment* Sacredness and inerrancy aren’t the same thing* That time Kelly Chase said “Love your enemy” is the most supernatural statement in historyAnd in the epilogue…* A summary of Mormon cosmology* The only right way to judge a person’s faith* Why theological debate is boringWith skeptical hope,Jordan & Trevor (& Mal) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ggupodcast.substack.com/subscribe
- May 6, 20261 min
S2E5 - Epilogue
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit ggupodcast.substack.com* Lots of Jesuses* That time in middle school Mallory gave a friend a Book of Mormon* The Mormon alternative to hell:
- May 6, 202642 min
Ego Death, Buddhism, and the Vampire Problem: What's so scary about Pluribus?
Losing Ourselves in Good TVEver since we watched Pluribus, we’ve been wanting to talk about it on the pod. Both of us have been wrestling with the concept of ego-death and the ultimate merging of all consciousness, and the core conceit of this show seems to tackle those very same themes. So, really, how could we not talk about it?We get into the so-called vampire problem in philosophy, the idea of coercion vs surrender, and why that one ritual conversion scene with the little girl was so incredibly disturbing to us. Is losing your “self” really the whole point of spirituality? Or is is just the ego? But also what is the ego? Is it even real?!As always, don’t expect any solid answers, but if you want to take a stroll around the questions with us, come on down!Highlights:* Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, ex-X-Files) delivers another high-concept sci-fi masterpiece* The premise* The immune few * The Buddhist/Christian tension* Nirvana as “annihilation of the drop into the ocean” * The hive mind as a character* Ritual as theater* The Vampire Problem* Coerced vs. voluntary ego death* Communism, the Law of Consecration, and how to actually make them work* Obedience vs. compliance (Deirdre Green)* AI parallels* A Pluribus plot theory about that, uh, virus* We must have a will in order to surrender it* The ego is already dying a thousand times a day* Acting, improv, and parenthood — all practices of sacrificing plans for presence* “Greater love hath no man than this…”And in the epilogue…* Mallory in middle school* Our personal versions of hell* Happiness extraction at DisneylandDoggedly agentive,Jordan & Mal This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ggupodcast.substack.com/subscribe
- Apr 29, 202626 min
Why AI Can't Make Art - Film Sets, First Drafts, and Freelancing
Art, etcPretty soon, we’re gonna have a little summer break. Among other things, it’s because Mal is shooting a movie and Jordan is moving his family from LA to Cedar City, Utah.But that’s not really what this episode is about. What it’s about is what happens when you make things that nobody asked you to make. Mal just finished the first draft of her first solo screenplay. Also, she’s been writing music alone in dark rooms for years and only recently felt like it was time to show anyone. Jordan wrote a novel once by telling himself he wasn’t allowed to write anything for anyone else to read, and rediscovered the passion he’d lost decades ago.Mal says she can’t quit the film industry without trying to make this movie first, and she’s defining success as having genuinely gone for it. Jordan says the thing you create can’t be valuable to other people unless it’s first valuable to you — which is also why AI can’t make art. Because AI doesn’t need it.Well, we sure do. Highlights:* What’s coming up…* Life on a film set * Why Jordan gave up on directing * Oscar Wilde on the blessing and curse of being an artist: you never become anything* Mal finished the first draft of her first solo screenplay* Sandboxes* Freelance artist life* Stop and Go - Mal’s first feature, made during the pandemic with a friend* Writing songs in dark rooms for therapy* Writing a novel for the same reason * “It can’t be genuinely valuable for other people if it is not first valuable to the person who’s creating it”* Why AI can’t make art* Jordan’s imminent move away from LA to Cedar City, Utah* Mal is operating on spiritual logic right now * The podcast “forces me to challenge the more deeply worn grooves”* Epilogue topics: Mal’s suspicion that she is a “tongue genius,” modern food science, and why food, money, and sex are the three most embarrassing topicsAnd in the epilogue…* Is Mal a tongue genius?* The absurdity of modern food science* Why food, money, and sex are the three most embarrassing topicsWe need this,Jordan & Mal (in spirit) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ggupodcast.substack.com/subscribe
- Apr 22, 202655 min
How do you know if a spiritual experience is real?
The Epistemic Paradox of GnosisKelly Chase was a materialist and an atheist. Then on a random Saturday morning in August 2021, something reached into her mind and showed her what she’s come to refer to as The Good — coherence, beauty, truth — whatever it is that allows creation to exist. The experience completely changed her life.But here’s the problem: she also knows that whatever did this to her could also make her happy about it. And as someone who values her personal freedom more than almost anything, it’s frightening to suspect that something fundamentally rewired her without her consent. This is the epistemic paradox of gnosis, or, in other words, knowledge that is supposed to be self-authoritative, but that you still have to figure out how to test. How do you build a life on something you can’t prove? And if you can’t, what exactly are you supposed to build on instead?Highlights:* Kelly Chase is the host of Inquiry (formerly Cosmos, formerly The UFO Rabbit Hole Podcast) — find her at kellychase.media* Mal couldn’t make it, thanks to business travel and a conspiracy of misfortune* “Semantic anarchy” — words don’t mean the same things across tribes anymore* What turned Kelly into an experiencer: an out-of-body, out-of-time connection to a higher intelligence that changed everything she believes* From lifelong materialist and atheist to a spiritual convert to The Good* Plato’s Republic and the allegory of Er* Experience without consent (does being happy about it make it ok?)* Kelly’s precognitive dreams* The IRVA conference in Mexico* Precognitive dreams vs. regular dreams* The epistemic paradox of gnosis* The preface paradox, the lottery paradox, and the paradox of the knower* The Mormon parallel: revelation is basically the Mormon word for gnosis, and discerning true revelation has been the church’s ongoing problem for 200 years* Are feelings of unconditional love emotional manipulation?* The Enlightenment is an oxymoron* The cultural dominance of the “dead universe cosmology”* If your cosmological foundation breaks down, you’re desperate for a replacement — and there are people happy to sell you one* Control systems* What the elites believe about souls* Brother Richard on human utilitarianism* The Law of One and the left hand path vs. the right hand path — Kelly argues America’s default values are left hand path, along which the ultimate purpose is self-expression* Is there such a thing as a true cosmology?* The imperative to judge for oneself * The missing character in Plato’s Cave — who drags the prisoner out?* “Gnosis is a great starting point. It’s a terrible ending point.”* Tools of Discernment* “It can’t just be vibes”And in the epilogue…* Is yearning for the divine evidence of the divine?* Worship as technology* Supernatural love (of your enemy)Navigating the paradoxes,Jordan & Kelly & Mal (in spirit) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ggupodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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