Today, Gavi FINALLY gets to talk about his favorite topic, Jean Beaudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulation," which explains Hyperreality. "The Matrix" film is allegorical to the postmodern condition of Hyperreality. We discuss examples of simulacra, Hyperreality, and the history of how we (in the western canon) came to view the world this way. We discuss simulated reality as it relates to christian fundamentalism and the US. If you have any thoughts, opinions, or questions about this topic (or corrections) please let us know either by comment or by emailing us at LeavingEdenPod@gmail.com! We would love to do a listener responses episdoe! 02:00 - Intro 02:20 - Black Mirror San Junipero 03:15 - The Matrix 03:30 - Elon Musk 03:48 - Mark Zuckerberg and the Metaverse 04:10 - Please subscribe to our Patreon! 04:40 - Media Theory and Philosophy 05:17 - I'm sorry for mixing up SimulaCRA and SimulaCRUM 05:47 - Jean Baudrillard's "Hyperreality" 06:04 - Simulacra and Simulation 07:10 - First Order Simulacrum 07:40 - Second Order Simulacrum 07:55 - Third Order Simulacrum, Hyperreality 08:29 - Fourth Order Simulacrum, or Pure Simulation 08:50 - Alexander Hamilton to Scamilton is Hyperreality 11:07 - Christian Nationalism and Hyperreality 12:54 - Hyperreality and Pure Simulation are curated reality 13:30 - Did Sadie grow up in a simulation? 13:50 - Kim Kardashian's butt broke the internet 14:54 - The 6 7 meme is proof that we are living in a simulation 15:30 - Doot Doot 6 7 by Skrilla 15:50 - Lamello Ball 16:00 - The 6 7 kid is Hyperreality and the meme is pure simulation 17:19 - Brainrot is hyperreality 18:50 - Thank you to our patrons! 20:17 - The Civil War and the birth of Modernism 21:50 - Modernist themes, truth comes from struggle and effort 22:17 - Upton Sinclair, The Jungle 22:30 - John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath 22:50 - Gone With the Wind 24:00 - Little Women 24:34 - The Civil War, Transcendentalism, Naturalism 25:05 - The birth of postmodernism 25:15 - Dada art movement (dadaism) 25:26 - Anything can be a source of truth 25:30 - The gifts of postmodernism, Civil rights, LGBT rights, Women's Lib movement 25:55 - World War 2 and the nuclear age 27:10 - Love is Blind, Kobe Bryant, Fresh off the Boat, Scottish Independence referendum 28:45 - Absurdism, Memes, and Breadtube Spongebob 29:04 - The drawbacks of postmodernism 30:00 - Hyperreality, 9/11 31:22 - Loss of sense of self 32:04 - Michael Jackson, Prince, Robin Williams, George Carlin, Jesus, AI Deepfakes 32:35 - Leonard Cohen 32:50 - Bag Culture, Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Jason Kelce, Commercials 34:35 - Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 36:28 - Please email us! 37:01 - Our current state of Hyperreality 37:31 - Doctors vs. Anti-Vaxxers and influencers 37:41 - Teachers vs. Homeschoolers 38:07 - Doomerism 38:17 - It's going to be OK? 38:38 - The early church 38:50 - Jesus was a guy (probably?) 39:11 - The Disciples (first order Simulacrum) 39:22 - The Council of Nicaea (Second order Simulacrum) 39:40 - Church Tradition (Third Order Simulacra, or Hyperreality) 40:10 - Culture War/Kid Rock Turning Point USA halftime show 40:45 - Growing up in a cult vs. growing up in a simulation 41:04 - Destruction of the 2nd Temple happened, Revelation is a first order simulacrum 41:35 - Millerism, Adventism, Premillennial Pretribulationism are second order simulacra 41:45 - Protocols of the elders of Zion, A Thief in the Night, and Left Behind are all third order simulacra or Hyperreality 42:12 - The Holocaust, McCarthyism and the Red Scare, Satanic Panic, Q Anon, January 6, 2025 Rapture Hoax, are mass delusion brought on by pure simulation 44:20 - Hyperreality peaked in 2020 44:45 - The end of COVID-19 and the rise of AI 45:04 - What is coming next? 45:45 - AI CEOs are grifters 46:32 - Minor League Baseball 47:10 - 2020, Social Unrest, George Floyd protests, Anti-Mask/Vaxx 48:14 - Transcendentalism, Naturalism, humanity's relationship with nature, Oliver Wendel Holmes, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman 50:29 - The next movement Subscribe to Leaving Eden Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4q94gAnsoW2jME4SvVrrQ Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with other fans! https://www.facebook.com/groups/edenexodus Join our subreddit! Reddit.com/r/EdenExodus Bluesky: @leavingedenpodcast.bsky.social @hellyeahsadie.bsky.social @gavihacohen.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leavingedenpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/sadiecarpentermusic/ https://www.instagram.com/gavrielhacohen/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
