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Did the Internet Kill Debate?
Debate is one of the oldest ways of testing out ideas. And yet, today, it feels folks who take to debating online are more interested in clout than the ideas they’re debating. Are digital debates anything more than a philosophical pissing contest? Let’s find out in this Wisecrack Edition: Did the Internet Kill Debate?
Written by Rachel Van Nes Researched by Michael Lodato Hosted by Michael Burns Directed by Michael Luxemburg Edited by Andrew Nishimura Produced by Olivia Redden
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Did the Internet Kill Debate?
Debate is one of the oldest ways of testing out ideas. And yet, today, it feels folks who take to debating online are more interested in clout than the ideas they’re debating. Are digital debates anything more than a philosophical pissing contest? Let’s find out in this Wisecrack Edition: Did the Internet Kill Debate?
Written by Rachel Van Nes Researched by Michael Lodato Hosted by Michael Burns Directed by Michael Luxemburg Edited by Andrew Nishimura Produced by Olivia Redden
Hang out with the Wisecrack Crew as they explore their favorite movies, shows, and video games!
Each week in January, we’ll be featuring a special segment where we’ll explain how our favorite video games, highlighted by the Final Fantasy Series, are incorporating big philosophical ideas and existential themes to help us better understand the world around us.
And remember, ahead of next months release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Butterfinger is giving YOU the chance to win the Ultimate Gaming Bundle Giveaway!
To enter, simply purchase a Butterfinger bar and type in the UPC code at gamewithbutterfinger.com for a chance to win prizes that include a HyperX Cloud Headset, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Deluxe Edition, a SONY LED Bravia XR TV, and more.
The Butterfinger Ultimate Gaming Bundle Giveaway ends on January 31, 2024 so make sure you enter today!
00:00 Pre-Roll 02:54 Start 06:44 What Are Yas 13:09 What is Dad Gaming? 14:10 What Are Yas II 20:30 Butterfinger Segment 25:00 Disco Elysium 32:27 Elden Ring 39:55 Final Fantasy IVWisecrack Live! - 1/17/2024 #culture #philosophy #newsWisecrack2024-01-16 | Support us on our Patreon to get exclusive video podcasts and behind the scenes: patreon.com/wisecrack
#news #philosophy #culture #politicsWhy Business Talk SucksWisecrack2024-01-12 | The first 100 people to download Endel by clicking the link will get a free week of audio experiences! bit.ly/WisecrackEDU
BIBLIOGRAPHY André Spicer, “Business Bullshit,” 2018. Brian Fugerule, Chelsea Hardaway, and Jon Warshawsky, "Why Business People Speak Like Idiots," 2005. David Graeber, "Bullshit Jobs,” 2018. Emma Green, "The Origins of Office Speak," The Atlantic, 2014. Florian Coulmas, "Sociolinguistics : The Study of Speakers' Choices,” 2006. Gerlinde Mautner, “Language and the Market Society, 2010. John Patrick Leary, “Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism,” 2019. Julia Carrie Wong and Matthew Cantor, "How to Speak Silicon Valley," The Guardian, 2019. Kenneth Hudson, “The Jargon of the Professions,” 1978. Marnie Holborow, "Language and Neoliberalism,” 2015. Phil Graham, “Hypercapitalism: New Media, Language, and Social Perceptions of Value,” 2006. Philip Hancock and Melissa Tyler, “The Management of Everyday Life,” 2009. Thomas Frank, “One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy,” 2001. Tim Phillips, “Talk Normal: Stop the Business Speak, Jargon and Waffle,” 2011.
We start the New Year catching up with comments before looking at the big big world of deregulation and corporate apathy, which leads Michael to find some interesting interviews exploring the concept of time under capitalism. We follow that up with a bit of business talk while looking at the Neri Oxman Plagiarism story, then close out with some What Are Yas as usual.
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#news #philosophy #culture #politicsWisecracks Case of the Mondays - The Gamerfication of Michael Burns - 1/8/24Wisecrack2024-01-08 | Thank you to Butterfinger for sponsoring this stream
Hang out with the Wisecrack Crew as they explore their favorite movies, shows, and video games!
Each week in January, we’ll be featuring a special segment where we’ll explain how our favorite video games, highlighted by the Final Fantasy Series, are incorporating big philosophical ideas and existential themes to help us better understand the world around us.
And remember, ahead of next months release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Butterfinger is giving YOU the chance to win the Ultimate Gaming Bundle Giveaway!
To enter, simply purchase a Butterfinger bar and type in the UPC code at GameWithButterfinger.com for a chance to win prizes that include a HyperX Cloud Headset, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth Deluxe Edition, a SONY LED Bravia XR TV, and more.
The Butterfinger Ultimate Gaming Bundle Giveaway ends on January 31, 2024 so make sure you enter today!
00:00 Pre-Roll 04:55 Start 07:55 Lux Introduction 12:18 What We've Been Consuming 22:09 Butterfinger Segment 26:55 Gaming Recs Begin! 28:00 The Longing 34:04 Outer Wilds 41:41 Final Fantasy VI 49:28 Wrap-upComedians: Our New Philosophers?Wisecrack2024-01-05 | Go to our sponsor betterhelp.com/Wisecrack for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help.
Comedians, philosophers, or … both?!
It’s common today to hear comedians compared to philosophers, especially as many prominent stand-up comedians seem more focused on social and political commentary. But is it reasonable to compare your favorite joke to a philosophical idea? Or are we fundamentally misunderstanding the relationship between comedy and philosophy? Let’s find out in this video: Are Comedians the New Philosophers?
Famous people usually get treated pretty generously when they die. Unless they’re named Henry Kissinger. His recent death was met with social media jubilance, and a refusal to accept polite media’s sugar coating of the diplomat’s blood-stained legacy. So what made Kissinger different? And is it a moral failing to laugh at someone else’s earthly demise? Let’s find out in this video: Is it OK to Laugh at Henry Kissinger’s Death?
TikToks about Osama bin Laden’s “Letters to America” recently went viral…or did they? The media seemingly created its own internet sensation overnight, but that success made us wonder: Who decides what narratives we’re told and why? And what effect do those choices have on our society? Let’s find out in this Wisecrack Edition: The Dark Side of Media.
Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more! #youtube #cultureThe Cinema of 2023 feat. Raymond Creamer - Wisecrack Live! - 12/20/23 #culture #philosophy #moviesWisecrack2023-12-20 | We start with reader comments and then talk a little about Michael's Sight and Sound picks for Best Video Essays of 2023 before Raymond Creamer comes on board to talk best flicks of 2023!
00:00 Pre-roll 04:05 Start 14:35 Comments 22:30 Sight and Sound Video Essays 28:30 Raymond Creamer 38:05 Polite Society / Bottoms 40:40 May December 50:45 The Holdovers 58:10 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. 01:01:50 Asteroid City 01:07:40 Oppenheimer, Priscilla, Passages 01:15:15 How To blow Up A Pipeline 01:22:30 Showing Up, Return to Seoul, Past Lives 01:31:40 Across the Spiderverse 01:34:10 Past Lives 01:40:00 Godzilla Minus One 01:43:50 Telemarketers 1:44:30 Killers of the Flower Moon 1:59:00 Wrap-Up
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#news #philosophy #culture #politicsWhat We Wont DebateWisecrack2023-12-13 | Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more! #culture #debateGen X vs Gen Z on ActivismWisecrack2023-12-12 | Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more! #genx #genz #activism #cultureThe Genius of CultsWisecrack2023-12-11 | Cults and The Internet: A Match Made in Hell?
Twin Flames Universe has captured the attention of the terminally online, not least because its leaders, Jeff and Shaleia Divine, seem like total goobers. So what made Twin Flames Universe so attractive to so many seemingly-normal people? What does it mean that a cult can thrive on the internet? And are all of us just one Google search away from getting inducted into a creepy online cult? Let’s find out in this video: Why Do People Join Cults?
There is a long history of politicians and media figures referring to particular human beings as animals, usually with an explicitly negative intent. But what does it actually mean to call humans animals? And how can this difference in language lead to drastic social effects? Let's find out in this video on What it Means to Call Humans Animals.
Written by Rachel Van Nes Researched by Michael Lodato Hosted by Michael Burns Directed by Michael Luxemburg Edited by Mark Potts Produced by Olivia Redden
Chapters: 00:00 - Pre-Roll 03:05 - Michael Starts 07:00 - Comment Readings 13:35 - Prelude to Guest 21:50 - Skyler's Segment 1:00:57 - HBomb Video Talk Begins 1:12:58 - Raw Dome 1:21:50 - Lux Hops On 1:26:44 - Raw Dome 2 1:31:28 - Raw Dome 3 1:50:36 - Post-Roll
#news #philosophy #culture #politicsWhy Everyone Has ADHD NowWisecrack2023-12-01 | Go to our sponsor betterhelp.com/Wisecrack for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help.
How the whole world got ADHD
ADHD seems to be the “mental health condition” of the moment, whether we’re self-diagnosing ourselves on TikTok or waiting three weeks to refill our meds due to the chronic shortage. But why has ADHD taken off in such a big way, and what can it tell us about our society? Let’s find out in this video: How We All Became ADHD.
#news #philosophy #culture #politicsDisinformation: The End of Humanity?Wisecrack2023-11-27 | How disinformation took over the world
Disinformation has taken over social media, which is annoying in the best of times and deeply scary in the worst. So why has truth become an endangered species, and what makes the internet so ripe for falsehoods? Let’s find out in this video: How Truth Died
Surveillance is everywhere! No longer merely the provence of governments and corporations, the act of watching and being watched is now a community affair. But what is the effect of knowing that any minor freak-out at J.C. Penny might go viral? We’d argue it’s making us all a little bit nuts. We’ll explain in this video The New Surveillance is All of Us.
#news #philosophy #culture #politicsCEO: A Fake Job?Wisecrack2023-11-17 | New Bespoke Post subscribers get 20% off their first box of awesome — go to bespokepost.com/wisecrack and enter code WISECRACK at checkout. Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring!
Who needs CEOs?
After countless scandals and major fumbles, CEOs are increasingly becoming persona non grata amongst regular society. And yet they continue to rake in unfathomable fortunes. So why are CEOs so valued, and does that system actually make sense? Let's find out in this video on CEOS: A Fake Job?
#news #philosophy #culture #politicsAmericas Freedom is a LieWisecrack2023-11-13 | America Doesn't Understand Freedom
America loves nothing more than the idea of freedom. But what if that idea misses the point about what freedom actually is? And is there a better way to think about what it really means to be a free society? Let's find out in this video in this Wisecrack video in Freedom: The Ultimate American Idol?
Written by Michael Burns Researched by Jack Murphy Hosted by Michael Burns Directed by Michael Luxemburg Edited by Brian M Kim Produced by Olivia Redden
#news #philosophy #culture #politicsPoliteness is a TrapWisecrack2023-11-06 | The Sinister Politics of Politeness
Politeness originated as a counterreaction to tyranny. But it was quickly weaponized by elites to control the public. Today, politeness is used both to unify and divide us. So does politeness promote goodwill among our fellow man? Or is it just a tool of The Man to keep us down? Let’s find out in this Wisecrack Edition: The Sinister Side of Being Polite.
Written by Rachel Van Nes Researched by Corrigan Vaughan Hosted by Michael Burns Directed by Michael Luxemburg Edited by Mark Potts Produced by Olivia Redden Production Assistance by Gregory Elek
Nietzsche’s famous phrase, God is Dead, has long been considered a rallying cry for atheism, and a vicious critique of religion. But what if Nietzsche wasn’t only targeting the religious folks of his day, but the atheists who were too quick to throw dirt on God’s casket? We’ll explain in this video: : God is Dead but So is Atheism.
Written by Michael Burns Researched by Tom Whyman Hosted by Michael Burns Directed by Michael Luxemburg Edited by Andrew Nishimura Produced by Olivia Redden
#news #philosophy #culture #politicsHave We Felt That?Wisecrack2023-11-01 | Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more! #culture #reaction #philosophyDeath Is Not A DefectWisecrack2023-10-31 | Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more! #culture #reaction45 Seconds of ContextWisecrack2023-10-30 | Is this getting too meta? Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more! #culture #commentsCastlevania: How Revolutions FailWisecrack2023-10-27 | Castlevania: Nocturne and the perils of revolution
Castlevania: Nocturne offers the same vampire-fighting antics we’ve come to expect. But it has more than a shade of gloom mixed in. Specifically, it raises the question: do revolutions work? So what can the show tell us about real-life revolution? Let’s find out in this video on Castlevania: Nocturne: Are Revolutions Good For Us?
Written by Tommy Cook Hosted by Michael Burns Directed by Michael Luxemburg Edited by Benji Dunaief Production Assistance by Gregory Elek and Matthew Keibler
#news #philosophy #culture #politicsIf Something Is Good for Wall Street, Is It Good?Wisecrack2023-10-25 | Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more!When Is the Last Time You Held Money?Wisecrack2023-10-24 | Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more!Homelessness: What Should You Do?Wisecrack2023-10-23 | Does giving make you good?
The question of whether to give money to unhoused folks or not has become a surprisingly hot-button issue because of what it says about us and our ability to stick to our moral principles. So how should we think about homelessness, on an ethical level? Do we have a moral obligation to give, or is it someone else’s responsibility? Let’s find out in the Wisecrack Edition: Does Giving Make You Good?
Written by Rachel Van Nes Researched by Michael Lodato Hosted by Helen Floersh Directed by Michael Luxemburg Edited by Jackson Maher Produced by Olivia Redden Production Assistance by Matthew Keibler
#news #philosophy #culture #politicsDoes Being a Father Change Your Perspective?Wisecrack2023-10-18 | Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more!The Apocalypse is All the Time NowWisecrack2023-10-17 | Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more!Michael on Conspiracy TheoriesWisecrack2023-10-16 | Check out Wisecrack Live every Wednesday at 10am PST for more!How Often Do YOU Think About the Roman Empire?Wisecrack2023-10-16 | The real reason TikTok is crazy for ancient Rome
If you’re even a little bit online, you know that the men love ancient Rome. This isn’t new: The civilization has loomed large in the western imagination ever since its catastrophic collapse. But why do images of arches and aqueducts continue to fuel such a widespread fixation? Can obsessing over Rome make our world better, or is there a sinister side to fetishizing the ancient past? Let’s find out in this video: Why Bros Love Rome.
There’s not a whole lot to love about America’s healthcare system. It’s insanely pricey, deeply confusing, and continues to yield worse health outcomes than any other wealthy nation in the world. But was the system we have today inevitable? Let’s find out in this video: American Healthcare: How We Got Here
Written by Amanda Scherker Researched by Corrigan Vaughan Hosted by Michael Burns Directed by Michael Luxemburg Edited by Mark Potts Produced by Olivia Redden