Frantz Fanon on Violence (Gaza) // 143

Join for ad-free and more episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThere's only been about a century of structuralism. It had a day, then in the 80s haters celebrated its falloff. But today, the LLMs designed according to the precepts of structuralist linguistics have proven ... Show More

This week we evaluate a paper written by a Google DeepMind engineer which, in effect updates the Chinese Room Thought Experiment (Searle, 1980) to modern LLMs.Get this episode and hundreds more https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills 

Join for ad-free and more episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsHubert Dreyfus loved recounting how he was maligned for his AI skepticism, which was informed by applications of Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and turned out to be correct as of 2007. Is he still ... Show More

<p>In this episode, we tackle the concept of violence as it appears in the revolutionary and anticolonial work of Frantz Fanon’s <em>The Wretched of the Earth</em>. Throughout the episode we link together Fanon’s endorsement of revolutionary violence against colonial domination w ... Show More

<p>In the past weeks, headlines around the world have focused on the violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. In this favorite episode from our archive, we hear from a former Israeli soldier and a Palestinian man who asked a radical question: <em>what happens when you ... Show More

Discussing the recent events in Gaza 

The hosts have a deeper discussion about the tensions in Israel and Palestine as violence escalates between the Israeli military and Hamas. They discuss why the violence can be difficult to discuss, and the bad political actors who take advantage of justified emotions. Then, they ... Show More

<p>In this show Eli examines why so many professors and intellectuals have expressed solidarity with the fanatic butchers of Hamas and the thinker who made radical violence cool, Frantz Fanon. His guest is Leon Wieseltier, the founder and editor of Liberties.</p><p>Time Stamps: < ... Show More

Today, we discuss the tragic terror attack in Israel by Hamas, along with a background of the origins of Hamas. We also discuss the larger geopolitical implications of the war and the fear of mass suffering of Palestnians. https://www.patreon.com/brohistory #291 Learn more about ... Show More

<p>From tunnels to tanks to drones, Gaza’s horrors provide object lessons in urban warfare. We ask what Western forces <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2024/07/18/to-see-the-future-of-urban-warfare-look-at-gaza?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.n ... Show More

From tunnels to tanks to drones, Gaza’s horrors provide object lessons in urban warfare. We ask what Western forces will be learning about their own future conflicts. Silicon Valley types may relish the prospect of J. D. Vance, a former tech investor, becoming America’s vice-pres ... Show More

In our final installment of "The Wretched of the Earth" Alyson and Breht summarize, examine, and apply the lessons of the final chapter and conclusion of Frantz Fanon's masterpiece work. Next month, we will cover "The Civil War in France" by Karl Marx Support Red Menace and get a ... Show More

In our first installment of "The Wretched of the Earth" Alyson and Breht summarize, examine, and apply the lessons of the first two chapters of Frantz Fanon's masterpiece work. Next month, we will cover chapters 3 and 4, and in December we will finish off this text by covering ch ... Show More