Philosopher's Holler
W.D. James, Terry Rankin, Rodney HargisRemaining human as long as possible. Egalitarian Anti-Modernist philosophical ruminations on our contemporary conundrums. In my native dialect, a 'holler' can refer to a hollow (empty space), a yell, or a work song.
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Musical Interlude: America- Both/And
Ideological people are either/or people. They drive a wedge between camps. Someone must win- that is the raison d’etre of ideologies.
America has too many divisions to survive that sort of approach. We must be both/and people, just to sur...
A Nation Devoted to Happiness
I don’t understand the Declaration of Independence.
Apparently, most of us don’t.
Above is an image of Thomas Jefferson’s statue being removed from the New York City Hall because, apparently, Jefferson owned slaves- who knew? The removal...
Organic Libertarianism in Appalachia
I think we need to seriously consider being more Appalachian.
I try to avoid using the world ‘libertarian.’
This is mainly because the primary associations of the term for Americans is different than for other people. Here the prim...
AI Evil
I’m joined once again by my favorite AI scientist, Terry Rankin.
On this episode, we talk not about what has happened with AI in the past week or so, but some much deeper issues.
First, we talk about the implications of engineering for ‘i...
The Old Weird America, the Occult, and Harry Smiths's Anthology of American Folk Music
I’m joined by Harry Smith aficionado and folk singer Rodney Hargis (https://substack.com/@rlhargis) for a conversation about Harry Smith’s legendary 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music. It only sold 50 copies in the first years of its lif...
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I teach philosophy in Kentucky, USA.
Philosopher-strategist rooted in semiotics, amor mundi, amor fati, and agapasm. Writing at the edge of collapse and renewal, deconstructing systems, amplifying assemblies, and mapping meaning in a world worth loving.
Musician with cochlear implant, dissecting Harry Smith's legendary Anthology of American Folk Music with occasional sidebars.
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