PraxCast Prax

Nature and Evolution of Language, Origin of Offense, Need for censorshp vs Free Speech, Foucalt's masterpiece, China's obsession with numbers and such.

Sources and Further Exploration : https://www.notion.so/S1E5-Resources-c87d502898734a1192ef4af0d7a19031 

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Introduction :
A discussion about the problems, origin, and future of our education system, and deconstruction of institutions and ideas surrounding it. 



Citations and Further Exploration :
https://economic-coffee-6a7.notion.site/S1E4-Resources-6b66a5be2fec4f20ae17dcfbc2ce967e 



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Introduction :
A discussion about the practical application of concepts like thought pedestals, divergent education, agglomerative discourse, and others, in the backdrop of an exploration of Indian history, from ancient to modern times, and how the heritage of this great civilization got corrupted due to the invasion of religions that destroyed Dharma.  



Citations and Further Exploration :
https://economic-coffee-6a7.notion.site/S1E3-Resources-2789289da495421c95d7dd21e8aa5a9b 



Timestamps : 
[0:00] - Intro
[0:30] - What Hinduism was
[1:05] - Bharat
[12:50] - Truth
[15:00] - Imposinng Beliefs
[19:35] - Caste System
[24:00] - Abrahamisation of Bharat
[28:15] - What is a Religion?
[37:00] - Dharma vs Religion
[39:00] - Bhakti Movement
[47:15] - Bhakti becomes synonymous with Hinduism
[63:00] - Colonial Changes
[65:40] - Khilafat Movement
[71:40] - Killing Bharat by distorting history
[75:50] - Outro

Introduction :
A case for how politicisation of thought is a mass psychosis as it turns people into followers rather than humans which causes them to lose their essence. 



Citations and Further Exploration :
https://economic-coffee-6a7.notion.site/S1E2-2-Citations-f6c5a3fdc18c43e0abd726cec1f92f3f 



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[0:00] INTRO 
[0:48] POLITICS IS LIKE THE MATRIX 
[1:17] POLITICS AFFECTING THOUGHT  
[1:20] HOW POLITICS AFFECTS SOCIETY 
[3:05] HOMOPHOBIA 
[6:40] MEMES AND TRENDS 
[10:00] REASONS FOR POLITICISATION OF THOUGHT 
[10:10] LACK OF PURPOSE 
[14:10] PEOPLE BECOME PROPAGATORS OF IDEOLOGY 
[15:15] IDEOLOGICAL MEMES 
[15:20] DHARMA AND ITS WESTERN INTERPRETATION 
[16:25] IDEOLOGIES ARE MEANT TO BE JOURNEYS 
[17:15] IDEOLOGICAL MEMES ARE LIKE 'LENSES' 
[25:30] COMPASSION FOR IDENTITIES 
[29:20] SOCIAL VALIDATION 
[30:10] HEROES PUT SOCIETY IN A PERPETUAL CYCLE 
[35:00] OUR PEDESTALS 
[37:00] GOVERNMENTS AND EDUCATION 
[38:00] POLITICIZATION OF HISTORY 
[38:30] GDP 
[39:20] 'US VS THEM' MINDSET 
[41:45] CONCLUSION / PROBLEMS WITH DEMOCRACY 
[46:10] END 

Introduction :
I make a case for how diverting the means for gaining social validation towards individual thought lead to rapid periods of rapid progress throughout human history, while also discussing the benefits, as well as threats to individual thought.  



Citations and Further Exploration :
https://economic-coffee-6a7.notion.site/S1E2-Citations-2ec4c07b5831471eb1ee7bb0ac3c5894


Timestamps : 

[0:00] - Intro 
[0:27] - Renniassance 
[2:00] - Agglomeration 
[4:15] - Fable of The Bees 
[5:38] - We stopped Thinking 
[6:18] - David and Michealangelo 
[8:15] - Alexander Luria's experiments 
[10:15] - Nuanced and Abstract Mental Models 
[11:50] - Layers of Identity 
[15:35] - Reasons for the downfall of Thought 
[16:10] - Thoughts interfere with stability in Tribes 
[18:40] - Outsourcing Thought to Influencers 
[24:32] - Information consumes attention 
[27:18] - Memes create bandwagon 
[30:20] - Comedy Virtue-fication 
[32:40] - Gamification of Public Discourse 
[40:02] - Outro

Introduction :
I try to create an argument for why higher rates of depression in atheists are a result of growing levels of economic prosperity. 



Citations and Further Exploration :
https://economic-coffee-6a7.notion.site/S1E1-Citations-b49e36bdd204482783a89783930276fd



Time Stamps :

[0:00] INTRO
[1:20] SOCIAL HEDONISM 
[8:44] POWERFUL TOOLS 
[12:32] GOD 
[18:35] MORALS  
[20:55] HOW DOES MORALITY GIVE SENSE AND PURPOSE 
[26:00] NIHILISM  
[30:40] HOMOPHOBIC VERSES IN QURAN AND BIBLE  
[37:00] HOW IS MORDERNISM A RELIGION  
[40:15] FREE WILL 
[54:10] HOW CERTAINITY STABILIZES 
[59:15] RECAP 
[65:00] OUTRO