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robot friends episode 25: eigenrobot vs @visakanvhttps://soundcloud.com/user-557955426/episode-25-eigenrobot-vs-visa …
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eigenrobot Retweeted visa is stretching (hips) 🪔
this was maybe the most dynamic conversation I've cut so far. much of this was because visa is an energetic and electric speaker. but, a second reason is that I suspect there is a secret universal brotherhood of people who read a Lot of fiction as kidshttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1374969681660928001 …
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visa is stretching (hips) 🪔 @visakanvhad a really fun time talking to@eigenrobot, felt like catching up with an old friend. whole hour passed in seconds. it's a really magical thing that some rando anon on the internet halfway across the planet can be someone you connect with so wellShow this thread2 replies 0 retweets 21 likesShow this thread -
so, much of our conversation was simply about fiction and narrative, and how it serves perhaps as a framework for how people live, and view morality, and how societies succeed or fail; all of this hinging on fictional characters naturally we didn't plan this in advance
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i keep meaning to write about this more; as I discussed with
@yashkaf a month or two back when we recorded, I see a lot of what we do here as some kind of an attempt to ravel a renewed fabric for understanding, in the face of global narrative implosion1 reply 0 retweets 14 likesShow this thread -
eigenrobot Retweeted eigenrobot
and of course the role of narratives in shaping character and coherence in one's own life is of special salience to me as someone with a brand new Human for whom i am fairly responsible i was very deliberate in building a library for
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anyway
@visakanv is a gem and it was a delight to finally get a chance to talk with him, and I'm grateful for his time and friendship. he's broadcasting himself at http://youtube.com/visakanv , and he has an ebook out athttp://gumroad.com/l/friendlynerdbook …2 replies 0 retweets 14 likesShow this thread
ps @selentelechia and @sharanvkaur if you two someday want to cut an episode and take over the podcast at our expense, you are absolutely welcome to do this :o)
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