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#22: Group Mind pt. 3: Oxytocin Atrocities

Arnold Schroder

Jan 26, 20212 min read

#22: Group Mind pt. 3: Oxytocin Atrocities

We use religious cults as an example of extreme group psychology to make generalizations about the group dynamics that determine...

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#21: Heal Like An Animal: Interview with Joshua Sylvae pt. 1

Arnold Schroder

Jan 26, 20211 min read

#21: Heal Like An Animal: Interview with Joshua Sylvae pt. 1

(01/07/2021) Joshua Sylvae practices and teaches Somatic Experiencing, an approach to trauma recovery based on a cross-species...

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#20: Group Mind pt. 2: Concerts, riots, cults

Arnold Schroder

Dec 28, 20202 min read

#20: Group Mind pt. 2: Concerts, riots, cults

(12/27/2020) We continue to describe extreme aspects of group psychology, delving into the phenomena like death from social exclusion. We...

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Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#19: Scientific militant pt. 2

(12/06/2020) How scientific is science? In this episode, we further the argument that "science communication" about the ecological crisis...

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Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20202 min read

#18: Scientific militant pt. 1

(11/29/2020) Here, we try out a somewhat dreamlike new format. We will describe a problem in terms of the present day, but we will also...

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#17: Group mind pt. 1: Dancing epidemics

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#17: Group mind pt. 1: Dancing epidemics

(11/18/2020) We begin a series on evolved psychological mechanisms for group participation, evaluating the wild variation in behavior and...

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#16: The nine elders and the ancient scroll: A constitutional crisis comedy mini-special

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#16: The nine elders and the ancient scroll: A constitutional crisis comedy mini-special

(11/02/2020) In these difficult times, it is important to remember that no matter what we do, it should be entirely based on what the...

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#15: GHG removal and the worldviews that consider it

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20204 min read

#15: GHG removal and the worldviews that consider it

(11/02/2020) Movements for climate and ecological survival have largely eschewed talk of taking CO2 out of the sky. For good reason. We...

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#14: A model political program for ecological survival

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#14: A model political program for ecological survival

(10/21/2020) Start by reading climate plans, then write your own. Get a zoning map, change it in Photoshop, and release it to the media....

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#13: What elephants can teach us about civil war

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20202 min read

#13: What elephants can teach us about civil war

(10/05/ 2020) Elephants are changing. The various traumas of extermination—witnessing the deaths of their companions, developing in...

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#12: Do not worship the deities that came before the fire

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#12: Do not worship the deities that came before the fire

(09/27/2020) "Climate denial" has the specific connotation of outright denial such a thing exists, but what about all the other forms of...

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#11: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 4: Academic gibberish vs. life on earth

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20202 min read

#11: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 4: Academic gibberish vs. life on earth

(09/18/2020) Academic constructs, valid or otherwise, tend to diffuse into our culture at large. How has this impacted social and...

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#10: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 3: Foucault ruins your meeting

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#10: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 3: Foucault ruins your meeting

(08/26/2020) In this episode, we trace the journey of 20th century social sciences through innumerable versions of the nature vs. nurture...

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#9: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 2: The universal people

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#9: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 2: The universal people

(08/11/2020) Anthropology describes the observed range of human variation, as well as constants in human life. It therefore informs an...

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#8: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 1: Margaret Mead goes to Samoa

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#8: Nature-nurture death spiral pt. 1: Margaret Mead goes to Samoa

(07/28/2020) What kind of societies are ultimately possible (i.e. within the range of variation our biology allows)? Why are social...

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Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20202 min read

#7: The wilderness of mirrors

(07/15/2020) A CIA counterintelligence chief once described his world as a wilderness of mirrors. In this episode, we ask how ecological...

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Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20202 min read

#6: Genocidal mystics

(07/01/2020) We've looked at some of the psychological traits that correlate with ideology, but what about those that don't? Considering...

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#5: Psychology and politics of collapse: Interview with Ken Ward

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#5: Psychology and politics of collapse: Interview with Ken Ward

(06/21/2020) Having described innate psychological tendencies associated with other political perspectives, in this interview we examine...

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#4: It isn't nonviolent to let people hurt you

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20201 min read

#4: It isn't nonviolent to let people hurt you

(06/13/2020) Having described the right-left spectrum in psychological terms, we will now examine the psychology of the liberal, an...

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#3: The biology of the right-left divide pt. 3: Creepy, hyper-sentient children

Arnold Schroder

Dec 18, 20203 min read

#3: The biology of the right-left divide pt. 3: Creepy, hyper-sentient children

(05/27/2020) Having described the biology of aggression, we discuss the hypothesis that right-left political difference reflects...

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