The Alien Observer

Aug 22, 2020 — Episode 7 — We talk a lot about changing ourselves and we spend a lot of time waiting for other people to change. But what if the truth is that we never change who we are? What if all the people we are waiting to change are never going to change,...

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Jul 09, 2020 — Episode 6 — Our culture is intellectually broken. This might not seem important to most people. It might not even seem interesting. But if you can tell that we are somehow off course — in ways that are both large and small — you need to understand that...

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Jun 30, 2020 — Episode 5 — People all around me seem angry and agitated in ways that they don’t even seem to fully understand. I’ve realized lately that I’ve felt something very much like what existential philosophers called existential angst or dread. It seems as...

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Jun 22, 2020 — Episode 4 — Every single time you get outraged at something in the news media or posted on social media, someone makes some money. These media companies have a vested interest in keeping you outraged — so you’ll keep watching and reading and angrily...

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Jun 01, 2020 — Episode 3 — When a major earthquake is coming, there are often many small earthquakes that hit before the big one arrives. They’re like little warnings about what’s coming. That’s what is going on in the United States right now. Big social and...

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