Fighting Anomie A podcast about life’s big questions
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- Society & Culture
Fighting Anomie is a podcast hosted by Marshall McCready that questions fundamental philosophical and cultural ideas.
www.fightinganomie.com
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Anomie & Why It's Worth Fighting
The social self, social emotions, anomie, types of social disruptions, responses to anomie, preventing and fighting anomie.
Seth Abrutyn’s article on anomie
Fighting Anomie is a podcast and blog about life’s big questions.
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Substack blog
YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
Marshall’s website
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Thinking Time
I discuss the two senses of time, lifetime and meantime, and why distinguishing between the two matters.
Blog post on time
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Nothingness, Faith, and Psychophilosophy
I discuss humility and certainty and how they relate to psychic health and psychopathology.
Nothingness & Faith: The path of self-awareness
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What is identity and what does it mean to identify as something?
I discuss the nature of identities, the act of identification, and how these things relate to the social construction of language.
I Identify as Hot, Cool, Smart, Skilled, and Good
The Joy of Overcoming: What Pride Month is Really About
Self-Portrait in Black and White
Glen Loury on Lex Friedman
A Hidden Life (A film about human sacrifice under undemocratic rule)
Animal
Boys vs Women (Website about athletic advantages)
Secret Hitler board game
Awesome lecture on Nietzsche’s perspectivalism
Awesome lecture on William James’ pragmatism
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Orwell's Doublethink & How to Self-Deceive
I explain George Orwell’s concept of doublethink and how you can do it so that you can avoid self-deception and become more free.
My doublethink article
William James’ essay on habits
Megan Phelps-Roper’s memoir
Book on intra-individual gene conflict
Awakening from the Meaning Crisis
The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (Birdman)
Donate to Alyona’s Ukraine fund: @Alyona-McCready on Venmo
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What is a Scientific Worldview? (feat. Dr. Kevin McCaffree)
I talk to interdisciplinary sociologist Dr. Kevin McCaffree about whether there is such a thing as “a scientific worldview.” Our conversation touches on human free will, the meaning of meaning, and the nature of truth.
Dr. McCaffree’s Google Scholar
Intriguing book review by Dr. McCaffree
Worldview Foundations Research Team
Putting the Panic Back in Moral Panic Theory
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