2 Blokes Fishing 4 Meaning In A Sea of Modern Mythology
By 2Blokes
2 Blokes Fishing 4 Meaning In A Sea of Modern MythologyAug 02, 2020
Pottering Around
Jon and Kevin discuss investments in cryptocurrencies and NFTs, selling photos as NFTs and the financial implications. Lots of casual conversation from personal anecdotes to discussions on technology and finance.
The Aesthetics of Dystopia
Kevin and Jon discuss imminent death, AI scriptwriting and dystopian futures.
Grunter's Law
Jon and Kevin discuss the Post Office scandal, bad justice systems, Apple Vision Pro, NFTs, Influencers and Kevin's new law.
Kevin's NFTs are available at: https://exchange.art/kevin-richardson/nfts
Xmas Special 2023 - AI Companionship
Kevin and Jon ruminate on AI Girlfriends, Musk's Woke Mind Virus, Playdohphiles, 4remastered Star Wars and Madeleine's Cello in this year's xmas special.
Total Bland Recall
Jon and Kevin discuss an AI God, photography, Facebook data scraping and can AI be conscious?
Tamagotchi Girlfriend
Kevin and Jon discuss AI Girlfriends, Adrian Edmondson, Elon Musk and offloading your personality to an AI Avatar to save you from social media.
Negative Streamer
Jon and Kevin discuss Russell Brand, Tim Pope, celebrity and negative streaming culture.
Punk Club
Kevin and Jon discuss old punks, celebrity, bit of bitcoin and all that's well with the world.
I Want To Be Adored
Jon and Kevin discuss celebrity, Star Wars, social media addiction and lots about the weather.....
Mimetic Desire
Kevin and Jon discuss the state of Hollywood, mimetic desire and Twin Peaks....
Musn't Grumble
Jon and Kevin discuss Generative AI music, Apple Vision and the fact no Bitcoin Youtubers ever seem to get predictions right.
Deflationary Monopoly
Kevin and Jon discuss deflationary technology and the perpetual game of monopoly that is a rigged game.
Chat GPT Shrugged at Perpetual Inflation
Jon and Kevin discuss pedagogy in a world of AI, perpetual inflation and more on The Price of Tomorrow
Why is it Always a Speedboat?
Kevin and Jon discuss the casino mentality of the world we live in, the teen mental health crisis, Dusty Bin and banging one out.
Banking Down The Plughole
Jon and Kevin discuss the recent collapse of banking and the state of the world.
The Future is Wasted on Those Who Inherit It
Kevin and Jon dive into NFT's, blockchain and a changing world for creators.
Chatting GPT
Jon and Kevin dive into some Chat GPT and NFT elements whilst debating whether Social Media has now jumped the shark.
Attention Mining in a Centralised System
Kevin and Jon try to traverse the opportunities of making things matter in the metaverse so creativity and good faith actors are rewarded.
Flocking Else Matters: Mechanical Keyboards in the Matterverse
Jon and Kevin dive down the rabbit hole of mechanical keyboards, bitcoin mining, the FDX debacle and how a matterverse can exist from bitcoin energy.
Bits of Coin: Money You Can't F**k With?
After a near 2 year hiatus dealing with the collapsing world around them, Kevin and Jon finally return to sidestep philosophy and explore that other thing that makes the world go round - money. Or rather bits of it, bitcoin and crypto to be precise. Is it all it's cracked up to be or is it just magic internet money? Why do we think the magic money printing governments are better? Another puzzle with 2 blokes trying to find meaning in it all......
Apophenia
Kevin and Jon discuss apophenia and its relationship to conspiracy theories, the heartquake of misinterpollation, Althusser and Wanker Percy with lashings and lashings of enantiodromia.
The Commodity of Authenticity
Jon and Kevin discuss Baudrillard, Lacan, the authenticity of influencers and how we are all in the desert of the real following the Capitol Hill riots. We babble a bit too.
Xmas Special - Bounded Rationality
Kevin and Jon discuss Little Moo and Big Moo, fear, anxiety, grandiosity, depression and body language. All perfect topics for xmas listening.
Starving for Wisdom
Jon and Kevin discuss Schadenfreude, Trump and more Covid related technophobic dystopian dilemmas and how we might need to fix them.
Drowning in Information
Kevin and Jon discuss The Social Dilemma, tribalism, internet shaming, observer bias and misinformation.
Self Actualisation
Jon and Kevin discuss self actualisation, educational psychology, narcissism and forest bathing.
Dandypunk
Kevin and Jon discuss Sartre, writing, motivation and the bureaucracy of living abroad during a pandemic.
Anger is an Energy?
Jon and Kevin talk about Super Saturday, Kierkegaard, parachute failure, mindfulness and Lydon.
Monkey's Gone to Heaven
Jon and Kevin discuss oppression, the art of logo design and ancient magic.
Waiting for Superman
Kevin and Jon muse on collaboration, Lacan and what we've learnt during this pandemic.
Electric Dreams
Jon and Kevin ponder further on transhumanism, biohacking, lockdown and AI whilst thinking more about learning either digital or otherwise.
Fizzy Thoughts
Kevin and Jon whilst trapped in lockdown, discuss and muse on issues around dataism and humanism with a little anarchic fun for good measure.